// Add a path to the cairo context tracing the current text.
    pango_cairo_layout_path(cr.get(), &layout);

    if(add_outline_) {
        // Set color for background outline (black).
        cairo_set_source_rgba(cr.get(), 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);

        cairo_set_line_join(cr.get(), CAIRO_LINE_JOIN_ROUND);
        cairo_set_line_width(cr.get(), 3.0); // Adjust as necessary

        // Stroke path to draw outline. Don't delete it the path.
        cairo_stroke_preserve(cr.get());
    }

    // Set main text color.
    cairo_set_source_rgba(cr.get(),
        foreground_color_.r / 255.0,
        foreground_color_.g / 255.0,
        foreground_color_.b / 255.0,
        foreground_color_.a / 255.0
    );

    // Fill text path. This is a hack to work around bug #1744 (bad alpha blending when rendering the
    // output surface). Instead of calling pango_cairo_show_layout twice, we fill the layout path here
    // It greatly improves the look of text, but it shouldn't really be necessary and probably messes
    // with certain OS settings like disabling AA.
    cairo_fill(cr.get());

    // Necessary for pango markup to be properly rendered.
    pango_cairo_show_layout(cr.get(), &layout);