diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/font.py b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
index 15ad7ab4b63a81..a9f79d8e456bb7 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ def __init__(self, root=None, font=None, name=None, exists=False,
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<{self.__class__.__module__}.{self.__class__.__qualname__}" \
+               f" object {self.name!r}>"
+
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if not isinstance(other, Font):
             return NotImplemented
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
index a021ea336807bb..6d1eea44b4d2f3 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ def test_names(self):
             self.assertTrue(name)
         self.assertIn(fontname, names)
 
+    def test_repr(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            repr(self.font), f'<tkinter.font.Font object {fontname!r}>'
+        )
+
+
 tests_gui = (FontTest, )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 85001daf67d234..f4c98ed82d6d4f 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1351,6 +1351,7 @@ Zero Piraeus
 Antoine Pitrou
 Jean-François Piéronne
 Oleg Plakhotnyuk
+Anatoliy Platonov
 Marcel Plch
 Remi Pointel
 Jon Poler
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-29-16-23-54.bpo-41876.QicdDU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-29-16-23-54.bpo-41876.QicdDU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d4f5f0a37bf484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-29-16-23-54.bpo-41876.QicdDU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tkinter font class repr uses font name
\ No newline at end of file