I am asking tkinter to tell me the different fonts available with
import tkinter.font as font
print(font.families())
It returns ('fixed',) meaning that apparently only a single, default font is available. So when I try to set the font type, size or weight of e.g. a Text widget this has no effect.
However, in my CENTOS installation there are a few fonts installed, e.g. the liberation font I would like to use under /usr/share/fonts/liberation .
How can I make this font available to tkinter? Apparently it doesn't find the fonts under /usr/share/fonts/.
Thanks!