Was the VPORT size also part of your Scale List?
Scale List
Displays the list of currently defined scales. Also displays temporary scales that are imported when xrefs are attached. If a scale name is duplicated, but has a different value, a number is appended to the name.
scalelistedit (or 'scalelistedit for transparent use)
Controls the list of scales available for layout viewports, page layouts, and plottting.
If it isn't any better in the AM send me a file with that bad text in it to look at.