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gh-86017: Document displayof for Font.actual() and clarify Font.copy() 
Explain the displayof argument of tkinter.font.Font.actual() and describe
what Font.copy() returns, including for a wrapped font description.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Expand Up @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ The different font weights and slants are:
requested ones because of platform limitations.
With no *option*, return a dictionary of all the attributes; if *option*
is given, return the value of that single attribute.
The attributes are resolved on the display of the *displayof* widget,
or the main application window if it is not specified.

.. method:: cget(option)

Expand All @@ -97,7 +99,11 @@ The different font weights and slants are:

.. method:: copy()

Return new instance of the current font.
Return a distinct copy of the current font:
a new named font with the same attributes but a different name,
which can be reconfigured independently of the original.
If the current font wraps a font description,
the copy is instead a named font with its resolved attributes.

.. method:: measure(text, displayof=None)

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