diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject clj-pdf "2.3.9"
+(defproject clj-pdf "2.4.0"
   :description "PDF generation library"
   :url "https://github.com/yogthos/clj-pdf"
 
diff --git a/src/clj/clj_pdf/section.clj b/src/clj/clj_pdf/section.clj
index 56408f5..cc10c79 100644
--- a/src/clj/clj_pdf/section.clj
+++ b/src/clj/clj_pdf/section.clj
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
          (apply render tag new-meta elements)))
      (catch Exception e
-       (prn meta element)
+       #_(prn meta element)
        (throw (ex-info "failed to parse element" {:meta meta :element element} e))))))
 
 
diff --git a/src/clj/clj_pdf/section/core.clj b/src/clj/clj_pdf/section/core.clj
index a9c0c97..8486000 100644
--- a/src/clj/clj_pdf/section/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/clj_pdf/section/core.clj
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     (.setBackground element color)))
 
 
-(defn- text-chunk [style content]
-  (let [ch (Chunk. ^String (make-section content) ^Font (font style))]
+(defn- text-chunk [style ^String content]
+  (let [ch (Chunk. ^String content ^Font (font style))]
     (set-background ch style)
     (cond
       (:super style) (.setTextRise ch (float 5))
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
 
 (defn- format-content [meta content]
   (cond
-    (string? content) (Chunk. ^String content ^Font (font meta))
-    (number? content) (Chunk. ^String (str content) ^Font (font meta))
+    (string? content) (text-chunk meta content)
+    (number? content) (text-chunk meta (str content))
     :else content))
 
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     (cond
       (instance? Image children) (image-chunk meta children)
       (instance? Chunk children) children
-      :else (text-chunk meta children))))
+      :else (format-content meta children))))
 
 
 (defmethod render :graphics
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diff --git a/test/clj_pdf/test/example.clj b/test/clj_pdf/test/example.clj
index 46cb595..becc4c2 100644
--- a/test/clj_pdf/test/example.clj
+++ b/test/clj_pdf/test/example.clj
@@ -578,3 +578,9 @@
     "STYLED"]
    [:chunk "UNSTYLEs"]]
   "font-test.pdf")
+
+#_(pdf
+  [{}
+   [:chunk 123]
+   [:chunk {:color [255 0 0] :background [0 255 0]} "Text with green background"]]
+  "doc.pdf")
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