- pango_layout_set_tabs(layout, tab_array);
- font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string(font);
- pango_font_description_set_size(font_desc, size * PANGO_SCALE);
- pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, font_desc);
- pango_layout_set_markup(layout, text, -1);
+
+ /* pango expects the string to be utf-8 encoded */
+ utf8_text = g_locale_to_utf8((const gchar *) text, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ /* In case of an error, i.e. utf8_text == NULL (locale settings messed
+ * up?), we fall back to a possible "invalid UTF-8 string" warning instead
+ * of provoking a failed assertion in libpango. */
+ if (im->with_markup)
+ pango_layout_set_markup(layout, utf8_text ? utf8_text : text, -1);
+ else
+ pango_layout_set_text(layout, utf8_text ? utf8_text : text, -1);
+
+ g_free(utf8_text);