# fontcreate works more reliably to add a font
$mw->fontCreate('big',
 #  -family=>'arial',
   -weight=>'bold',
   -size=> 18
   );

 # create the Entry widget
  $entries{$_}{'entry'} = $fr->Entry(
    -font => 'big',
    -textvariable => \$entries{$_}{'addy'},
    -width        => 3,
    -bg => 'white'
  );