Brief Code Review Please - Learning Python

Sat Dec 5 14:35:04 EST 2015

Hello List Members,
 I am beginning to learn Python, and I've adapted some code from Google
into the function below. I'm also looking at the PEP 8 style guide. I'd
appreciate a brief code review so I can start this journey off on a solid
foundation. :)
 * I've already changed my editor from tabs to 4 spaces.
 * I've also set my editor to alert me at 72 characters and don't exceed
79 characters.
 * I've named the function and variables with lower case, underscore
separated, and meaningful words.
 * I've surrounded this function with two blank lines before and after.
 * I just recognized I need to pick a quote style and stick to it so I'll
fix that (" " or ' ').
 * I'm not sure about the WidthAndHeight on lines 16 and 17 regarding
capitalization.
 If I understand correctly a namedtuple is a class so the CapWords
convention is correct.
 * Is how I've aligned the function arguments on lines 1-4 and 22-25 good
style or \
 is spreading these out onto fewer lines preferred?
 * Same question as right above but with the if tests on lines 5-8.
 * I've also used ( ) around the if tests, but I'm not sure if this is
good Python style or not.
 1 def measure_string(desired_text,
 2 desired_font_family,
 3 desired_font_size,
 4 is_multi_lines):
 5 if (desired_text != '') and \
 6 (desired_font_family != '') and \
 7 (desired_font_size != '') and \
 8 ((is_multi_lines == "True") or (is_multi_lines == "False")):
 9 with Image(filename='wizard:') as temp_image:
10 with Drawing() as measure:
11 measure.font_family = desired_font_family
12 measure.font_size = desired_font_size
13 measures = measure.get_font_metrics(temp_image,
14 desired_text,
15
multiline=is_multi_lines)
16 WidthAndHeight = namedtuple("WidthAndHeight", "Width Height")
17 width_and_height = WidthAndHeight(measures.text_width, \
18 measures.text_height)
19 return width_and_height
20
21
22 print(measure_string("some text\na new line",
23 "Segoe UI",
24 40,
25 "True"))
Any and all feedback is much appreciated. As I said, I'm just beginning to
learn Python and want to start off with a solid foundation. Thank you to
everyone in advance for your time and thoughts.
 Jason