I added a text support for Cairo backend.. unfortunately i was unable to force it rendering with subpixel AA, Cairo completely ignoring settings i passing to it (looks like i need to dig into compilation options to enable it) So, following examples contain simple code to draw text on surface: AthensCairoSurfaceExamples drawFontMetrics AthensCairoSurfaceExamples draw2Strings A following one is my current state of endless battle area with Morphic.. AthensTextRenderTest testWindowRender since morphic using absolute coordinate system, i can't make the clipping right no matter how hard i try arghhhh .. These changes are available if you load ConfigurationOfAthens v 1.4 But you might probably will unable to use it anyways ;), because NB-enabled VMs on jenkins are not yet bundled with cairo library.. I will do a pass on VMs this week and let you know when this stuff will be readily available for download and play with. So many things stacked on top of each other.. it is a pain the ass when something on base level breaks. -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.