@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ class TextShape(Shape):

         width = float(width)/pango.SCALE

         height = float(height)/pango.SCALE

+        descent = 2 # XXX get descender from font metrics

+

         cr.move_to(self.x - self.w/2, self.y)

         if self.j == self.LEFT:

@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ class TextShape(Shape):

         else:

             assert 0

-        y = self.y - height

+        y = self.y - height + descent

         cr.move_to(x, y)