diff --git a/Graphics/drawGlyph.cpp b/Graphics/drawGlyph.cpp
index 8bbb7048152e8cd3cd26e7bc0831310d1628e51d..9bfb4c2c0a90974b857b368663df7b935a013945 100644
--- a/Graphics/drawGlyph.cpp
+++ b/Graphics/drawGlyph.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 void drawContext::drawString(const std::string &s, const std::string &font_name,
                              int font_enum, int font_size, int align)
 {
+  if(s.empty()) return;
   if(CTX::instance()->printing && !CTX::instance()->print.text) return;
 
   GLboolean valid;