Pango without X display/gtk_init()?

["W. Borgert" <debacle debian org>]

Hello,

I like to add a non-X11 mode (command line only) to a GUI
program.  At the moment, a DISPLAY is needed for GDK/GTK,
which is not useful, if running in an automated process,
such as make, on a non-GUI-server.  The program needs Pango
nonetheless for rendering text to export as a PNG file.  Is
this possible?  If so, how?  Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
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W. Borgert <debacle debian org>