FIX: move non-finite position check in text.draw

ffteja · tacaswell · commit b9bf090626aa · 2015-06-17T00:21:46.000-04:00
closes #4066
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
 
         renderer.open_group('text', self.get_gid())
 
+        if not np.isfinite(posx) or not np.isfinite(posy):
+            raise ValueError("posx and posy should be finite values")
+
         with _wrap_text(self) as textobj:
             bbox, info, descent = textobj._get_layout(renderer)
             trans = textobj.get_transform()
@@ -760,8 +763,6 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
             angle = textobj.get_rotation()
 
             for line, wh, x, y in info:
-                if not np.isfinite(x) or not np.isfinite(y):
-                    continue
 
                 mtext = textobj if len(info) == 1 else None
                 x = x + posx
