Drawing Text -- X Python Reference Manual

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1.2.2. Drawing Text

To draw text, a font must first be selected. A font object is acquired by using the widget method LoadQueryFont. This object can then be passed to the GC method SetFont or assigned to the GC instance variable font.

For example:

    font = w.LoadQueryFont(
                    '-*-times-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1')

    gc.SetFont(font)

    gc.DrawString(x, y, 'Hello World!')