+void
+Gtkmm2ext::pixel_size (const string& str, Pango::FontDescription& font, int& width, int& height)
+{
+ Gtk::Label foo;
+ Glib::RefPtr<Pango::Layout> layout = foo.create_pango_layout ("");
+
+ layout->set_font_description (font);
+ layout->set_text (str);
+
+ Gtkmm2ext::get_ink_pixel_size (layout, width, height);
+}
+