now print(text) returns something like:

 <matplotlib.text.Text at 0x7f7d0cfdf0f0>

suggestion: return the _text property in __repr__()

• Matplotlib version, Python version and Platform (Windows, OSX, Linux ...)

{'dirty': False,
 'error': None,
 'full-revisionid': 'c0728d23ca5adbff6b79cda3153d0d36bff12c55',
 'version': '1.5.1+1304.gc0728d2'}

Python3.4
Ubuntu 14

• How did you install Matplotlib and Python (pip, anaconda, from source ...)

  pip from git