from gi.repository import Gtk window = Gtk.Window() # this is new label = Gtk.Label() label.set_label("OMG I think thenewboston is awesome!") label.set_angle(30) label.set_halign(Gtk.Align.END) window.add(label) # you can also set and get properties this way print(label.get_properties("angle")) window.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit) window.show_all() Gtk.main()