[cairo] Improving PDF output

[Baz]

On 08/01/07, Baz <brian.ewins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a reason why there's no fast path like this? (apart from
> there being no patch for it yet :) )

Ok removing my foot from my mouth and engaging my brain for a moment,
this is the toy text api.  Obviously theres issues with font
substitution etc that will be handled badly by working that way.

It does seem wrong though, to disassemble the string and rebuild it in
the back-end like that.