Re: can't render text

Hi,

On 31.10.2012 17:17, Techie Help wrote:
[...]
> I am using following code:
> 
> Please let me know, what I am doing wrong.
> <code>
> cairo_select_font_face (cr, "monospace", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAl);
> 
>     cairo_set_font_size (cr, 14);
> 
>     cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
> 
>     cairo_move_to (cr, 0, 50);
> 
>     cairo_show_text (cr, "Print Something");
> </code>

Let's turn this into a full, self-contained example (attached). When I compile
and run this code, I get a file called "out.png" which shows the text "Print
Something".

So you aren't doing anything wrong.

Uli
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#include <cairo.h>

int main()
{
	cairo_surface_t *surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, 200, 200);
	cairo_t *cr = cairo_create(surface);
	cairo_surface_destroy(surface);

	/* Fill everything with white */
	cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 1, 1, 1);
	cairo_paint(cr);

	/* Draw some text */
	cairo_select_font_face (cr, "monospace", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
	cairo_set_font_size (cr, 14);
	cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
	cairo_move_to (cr, 0, 50);
	cairo_show_text (cr, "Print Something");

	cairo_surface_write_to_png(cairo_get_target(cr), "out.png");
	cairo_destroy(cr);
	return 0;
}