[ferret_users] strange error in pyferret

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Subject: [ferret_users] strange error in pyferret

From: afwande juliet <afwandej965@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:38:03 +0300

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Dear All and happy new year. I have got strange behaviour of pyferret as below. I have checked for this thread but cant get much help http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/pyferret/known-issues/

grdelTextSize: Error when calling the Python binding's textSize method: **ERROR <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: width of the rectangle in not positive
**ERROR: Error getting text size from PyFerret font call N
ppl fill
Command file, command group, or REPEAT execution aborted

Attached is my script

the version of the pyferret is below
NOAA/PMEL TMAP
     PyFERRET v7 (opt)
     Linux 3.19.0-64-generic - 07/01/16
     4-Jan-17 12:32