New Post: On Azure, Text Doesn't Render When Converting SVG to PNG

Label uses the freetype library and that seems to be able to load the font. Pango uses GDI to draw fonts.

I found the following post about GDI issues: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24921518/running-azure-webjob-with-gdi-requirements.

1. Components rely on GDI API may not work on Azure Websites. The workaround is moving to Azure Web Role
   

No idea what this means but it might help you.

I should probably switch to FreeType with Pango but that means I will have to add fontconfig to the mix. I think I tried that earlier and that I was not able to get it working. I might give it another try some time.