Index: read.c
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--- read.c	(revision 29196)
+++ read.c	(revision 29197)
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
 static void parse_dwg_text(hkp_ctx_t *ctx, pcb_subc_t *subc, pcb_layer_t *ly, const hkp_netclass_t *nc, node_t *nt, int omit_on_silk, pcb_flag_values_t flg)
 {
 	node_t *attr, *tmp;
-	pcb_coord_t tx, ty, h, thickness = 0;
+	pcb_coord_t tx, ty, h, thickness = 0, width = 0, height = 0, ymin = 0;
 	double rot = 0;
 	unsigned long mirrored = 0;
 	long int font_id = 0;
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@
 			hkp_error(tmp, "Unparsed text (%s) after font ID. Text will be rendered, but it may not have a correct size.\n", tmp_char);
 	}
 
+	result = font_text_nominal_size(font_id, nt->argv[1], &width, &height, &ymin);
+	if (result == FSR_INVALID_GLYPH_ID) 
+			hkp_error(tmp, "Invalid glyph ID. Text will be rendered, but it may not have a correct size.\n");
+	else if (result == FSR_INVALID_FONT_ID) {
+		hkp_error(tmp, "Invalid font ID. Text will be NOT rendered.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 TODO("we should compensate for HOTIZ_JUST and VERT_JUST but for that we need to figure how big the text is originally");
 TODO("HEIGHT should become scale");
 TODO("figure what TEXT_OPTIONS we have. One of them is MIRRORED (brd2 example)");