How do I change font size in a docx file python

Question

I am trying to create a Finance Log, however I canot change the font size from one size to another without the entire font size of all the text changing.

I want "Finance Log" and "Created On..." to be in 48 and "Log Begins:" to be in 24.

Tstyle = doc.styles['Normal']
font = Tstyle.font
font.name = "Nunito Sans"
font.size = Pt(48)
Title = doc.add_paragraph()
TRun = Title.add_run("Finance Log")
TRun.bold = True
CurrentDate= datetime.datetime.now()
FormattedDate= CurrentDate.strftime('%d-%m-%Y')
FCreated = Title.add_run("\nFile Created On "+FormattedDate)
Fstyle = doc.styles['Heading 1']
font = Fstyle.font
font.name = "Nunito Sans"
font.size = Pt(24)
FLog = doc.add_paragraph()
FinanceTitle = FLog.add_run("Log Begins:")
doc.save(path_to_docx)

I have tried multiple things such as creating a new style, setting the new style to a heading etc...

I am aware of Set paragraph font in python-docx however I could not resolve the problem from this

Assign the font `.size` to a `run` object. I haven't worked with styles, but I suspect it's the same thing, assign the style to a `run`. This should be the same idea as [how to apply bold or underlining](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53638832/bold-underlining-and-iterations-with-python-docx/53639019#53639019) — David Zemens, Jan 14 '19 at 14:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '19 at 14:13

I canot change the font size from one size to another without the entire font size of all the text changing.

That's because you're changing the underlying font size of the style objects:

Tstyle = doc.styles['Normal']
font = Tstyle.font  # << this line assigns font = doc.styles['Normal'].font

So, you're not working with some generic "font" property, you're working with the font that belongs to the named style "Normal". And so:

font.name = "Nunito Sans"
font.size = Pt(48)  # << this line changes the font size of doc.styles['Normal']

Untested, but try something like:

TStyle, FStyle = doc.styles['Normal'], doc.styles['Heading 1']
for style in (TStyle, FStyle):
    style.font.name = "Nunito Sans"
TStyle.font.size = Pt(48)
FStyle.font.size = Pt(24)


Title = doc.add_paragraph()
Title.style = TStyle
TRun = Title.add_run("Finance Log")
TRun.bold = True

FCreated = Title.add_run("\nFile Created On {0}".format(datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%y')))

FLog = doc.add_paragraph()
FLog.style = FStyle
FinanceTitle = FLog.add_run("Log Begins:")
doc.save(path_to_docx)

How do I change font size in a docx file python

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