@@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ class TextShape(Shape):

             fo.set_antialias(cairo.ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT)

             fo.set_hint_style(cairo.HINT_STYLE_NONE)

             fo.set_hint_metrics(cairo.HINT_METRICS_OFF)

-            pangocairo.context_set_font_options(context, fo)

+            try:

+                pangocairo.context_set_font_options(context, fo)

+            except TypeError:

+                # XXX: Some broken pangocairo bindings show the error

+                # 'TypeError: font_options must be a cairo.FontOptions or None'

+                pass

             # set font

             font = pango.FontDescription()