utf8 = "cairo" snippet_normalize (cr, width, height) cr.select_font_face ("Sans", cairo.FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL) cr.set_font_size (0.4) x_bearing, y_bearing, width, height, x_advance, y_advance = cr.text_extents (utf8) x=0.1 y=0.6 cr.move_to (x,y) cr.show_text (utf8) #/* draw helping lines */ cr.set_source_rgba (1,0.2,0.2,0.6) cr.arc (x, y, 0.05, 0, 2*M_PI) cr.fill () cr.move_to (x,y) cr.rel_line_to (0, -height) cr.rel_line_to (width, 0) cr.rel_line_to (x_bearing, -y_bearing) cr.stroke ()