 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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


    if textBox.node().getComputedTextLength() > lineWidth() or next_char is "\n"
      textBox.text current
      textBox = newLine()
      textBox.text word
      if reverse then line-- else line++

  start = 1
