I've made it just like your suggestion.
From: Ryo Furue <furue@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ferret_users@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ferret_users] Island and the Sea Name
Dessy,
| I would like to display name of Island and the sea
| in my plot area.
I think you have to manually specify the locations
to print the names at. To learn how to do that,
I recommend starting from the Ferret User's Guide:
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/users-guide/
What you need is the LABEL command, with which you can print
letters (characters) anywhere in your plot.
Regards,
Ryo