PangoCairo Text rendering

render.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
#-*- coding:utf8 -*-
# Modified for python3
# python2 version https://gist.github.com/santhoshtr/bea3da00651bcd18e282
import cairo
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, Pango, PangoCairo
import cairo

surface = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32, 600, 100)
context = cairo.Context(surface)
pc = PangoCairo.create_context(context)
layout = PangoCairo.create_layout(context)
layout.set_font_description(Pango.FontDescription('Serif Normal 12'))
layout.set_text('മലയാളം हिन्दी ଓଡ଼ିଆ தமிழ்', -1);
# Next four lines take care of centering the text. Feel free to ignore ;-)
width, height = surface.get_width(), surface.get_height()
print(width, height)
w, h = layout.get_pixel_size()
position = (width/2.0 - w/2.0, height/2.0 - h/2.0)
position = (w,h)
context.move_to(*position)
PangoCairo.show_layout(context, layout)
surface.write_to_png('malayalam.png')

you may want to remove line 20 for actual centering to take place.