diff --git a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
index 0f80b75aa..62f7c6ab6 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFont.java
@@ -169,12 +169,15 @@ public class PdfFont implements Comparable {
     }
 
     float width(String s) {
+        double width = 0.0d;
         java.awt.Font font = this.getAwtFont();
-        float scale = ONE_THOUSAND / font.getSize2D();
-        java.awt.Font derivedFont = font.deriveFont(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scale, scale));
-        double width = derivedFont.getStringBounds(s,  new FontRenderContext(new AffineTransform(), true, true)).getWidth();
-        if (derivedFont.isTransformed()){
-            width /= scale;
+        if (font.getSize2D() > 0) {
+            float scale = ONE_THOUSAND / font.getSize2D();
+            java.awt.Font derivedFont = font.deriveFont(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(scale, scale));
+            width = derivedFont.getStringBounds(s,  new FontRenderContext(new AffineTransform(), true, true)).getWidth();
+            if (derivedFont.isTransformed()){
+                width /= scale;
+            }
         }
         if (image == null)
             return (float) width * hScale;