import gtk import cairo import cairo.gtk def expose_event(widget, event): surface = cairo.gtk.surface_from_drawable(widget.window) ctx = cairo.Context() ctx.set_target_surface(surface) ctx.set_line_width(5) ctx.set_tolerance(.1) ctx.select_font('sans-serif') ctx.scale_font(48) (x, y, width, height, dx, dy) = ctx.text_extents('Hello World') ctx.new_path() ctx.move_to(10,10) ctx.rel_line_to(width + 20, 0) ctx.rel_line_to(0, height + 20) ctx.rel_line_to(-(width + 20), 0) ctx.close_path() ctx.set_rgb_color(0,0,1) ctx.stroke() ctx.move_to(20 + x, 20 + y) ctx.set_rgb_color(0,0,0) ctx.show_text('Hello World') win = gtk.Window() win.set_title('Cairo Demo') drawingarea = gtk.DrawingArea() drawingarea.set_double_buffered(False) drawingarea.set_size_request(400,100) win.add(drawingarea) win.show_all() win.connect('destroy', gtk.mainquit) drawingarea.connect('expose_event', expose_event) gtk.main()