diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.font.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.font.rst
index b0f4505e9e3c692..0f828259c19d1a3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.font.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.font.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ The different font weights and slants are:
 
       Return new instance of the current font.
 
+   .. method:: equal(other)
+
+      Compare the font to another and check if they represent the same font (in
+      contrast to :meth:`__eq__`, which checks if they are the same Tk object).
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.10
+
    .. method:: measure(text, displayof=None)
 
       Return amount of space the text would occupy on the specified display
@@ -93,4 +100,4 @@ The different font weights and slants are:
 
 .. function:: nametofont(name)
 
-   Return a :class:`Font` representation of a tk named font.
\ No newline at end of file
+   Return a :class:`Font` representation of a tk named font.
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/font.py b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
index 15ad7ab4b63a815..874257e0246f114 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ def config(self, **options):
 
     configure = config
 
+    def equal(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Font):
+            raise TypeError("Value for comparison must also be a Font")
+        return self.actual() == other.actual()
+
     def measure(self, text, displayof=None):
         "Return text width"
         args = (text,)
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
index a021ea336807bb8..a2cb5e8773c5d2f 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ def test_eq(self):
         self.assertNotEqual(font1, 0)
         self.assertEqual(font1, ALWAYS_EQ)
 
+    def test_equal(self):
+        font1 = font.Font(root=self.root, size=32)
+        font2 = font1.copy()
+        self.assertTrue(font1.equal(font2))
+        self.assertTrue(font2.equal(font1))
+        font2['size'] = 30
+        self.assertFalse(font1.equal(font2))
+        font3 = font.Font(root=self.root, size=30, underline=True)
+        self.assertFalse(font2.equal(font3))
+        font2['underline'] = True
+        self.assertTrue(font2.equal(font3))
+
     def test_measure(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(self.font.measure('abc'), int)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-24-11-29-21.bpo-41851.JpgrR4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-24-11-29-21.bpo-41851.JpgrR4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..d258381389f4784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-24-11-29-21.bpo-41851.JpgrR4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add :meth:`equal` method to tkinter font class