 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module.exports = (vars) ->
 
-  newLine = (w, first) ->
-    w = "" unless w
+  newLine = (first) ->
     if not reverse or first
       tspan = vars.container.value.append("tspan")
     else

      .attr "dy", dy + "px"
      .style "baseline-shift", "0%"
      .attr "dominant-baseline", "alphabetic"
      .text w

  mirror = vars.rotate.value is -90 or vars.rotate.value is 90
  width = if mirror then vars.height.inner else vars.width.inner

    vars.container.value.html ""
    words    = vars.text.words.slice()
    words.reverse() if reverse
    progress = ""
    textBox  = newLine true
    line = start

    for word in words
