--- orig/gal/e-text/e-text.c
+++ mod/gal/e-text/e-text.c
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@
 			pango_layout_set_attributes (text->layout, attrs);
 			pango_attr_list_unref (attrs);
 		}
+	} else {
+		pango_layout_set_text (text->layout, tmp_string->str, tmp_string->len);
 	}
 
 	if (preedit_string)
