Streamlined code

13 files changed, 218 insertions, 170 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60ca2aa..e3a7caa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Svg.js
 
-Svg.js is a lightweight (2.5k gzipped) library for manipulating SVG.
+Svg.js is a lightweight (less than 3k gzipped) library for manipulating SVG.
 
 Svg.js is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ rect.remove();
 
 
 ### Text element
-Text elements can be created with a single style applied.
+Text elements can be created with an object as the first argument defining the 'text' content, 'x' and 'y':
 ```javascript
 var text = draw.text({
   text: "svg\nto\nthe\npoint.",
@@ -102,20 +102,13 @@ var text = draw.text({
   y:    0
 });
 ```
-Styling text can be done using the 'font()' method which is both a setter and a getter:
+Styling text can be done using the 'attr()':
 ```javascript
-// get a single font property
-text.font('size');
-
-// set a single font property
-text.font('anchor', 'start');
-
-// set multiple font properties at once
 text.font({
-  family: 'Helvetica',
-  size: 36,
-  anchor: 'middle',
-  leading: 1.5
+  'font-family': 'Helvetica',
+  'font-size': 36,
+  'text-anchor': 'middle',
+  'leading': 1.5
 });
 ```
 Changing text afterwards is also possible with the 'text()' method:
@@ -124,13 +117,15 @@ text.text('Brilliant!');
 ```
 To get the raw text content:
 ```javascript
-text.content;
+text.attr('text');
 ```
-Setting attributes like fill, opacity, x and y is the same as other elements:
+The sugar.js module provides some syntax sugar specifically for this element type:
 ```javascript
 text.attr({
-  fill: '#333',
-  x: 100
+  family:   'Helvetica',
+  size:     144,
+  anchor:   'middle',
+  leading:  1.5
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0f44e65..2d1d0c5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SVGJS_VERSION = '0.1a'
 
 # all available modules in the correct loading order
-ALL = %w[ svg container element group arrange clip doc defs shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar ]
+ALL = %w[ svg container element group arrange defs clip doc shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar ]
 
 # required modules to make the library operational
 CORE = %w[ circle container defs doc element ellipse image path rect shape svg text ]
diff --git a/dist/svg.js b/dist/svg.js
index 6560668..1553e61 100644
--- a/dist/svg.js
+++ b/dist/svg.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* svg.js 0.1a - svg container element group arrange clip doc defs shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar - svgjs.com/license */
+/* svg.js 0.1a - svg container element group arrange defs clip doc shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar - svgjs.com/license */
 (function() {
 
   this.SVG = {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
           e.size(v.width, v.height);
         
         v.data != null ?
-          e.data(v.data) :
+          e.plot(v.data) :
         v.src != null ?
           e.load(v.src) :
         v.text != null ?
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
   SVG.Element = function Element(n) {
     this.node = n;
     this.attrs = {};
+    
+    this._s = ('size family weight stretch variant style').split(' ');
   };
   
   // Add element-specific functions
@@ -184,18 +186,38 @@
     
     // set svg element attribute
     attr: function(a, v, n) {
-      
       if (arguments.length < 2) {
         if (typeof a == 'object')
           for (v in a) this.attr(v, a[v]);
+          
+        else if (this._isStyle(a))
+          return a == 'text' ?
+                   this.content :
+                 a == 'leading' ?
+                   this[a] :
+                   this.style[a];
+          
         else
           return this.attrs[a];
       
+      } else if (this._isStyle(a)) {
+        a == 'text' ?
+          this.text(v) :
+        a == 'leading' ?
+          this[a] = v :
+          this.style[a] = v;
+        
+        this.text(this.content);
+        
       } else {
         this.attrs[a] = v;
-        n != null ?
-          this.node.setAttributeNS(n, a, v) :
-          this.node.setAttribute(a, v);
+        if (a == 'x' && this._isText())
+          for (var i = this.lines.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+            this.lines[i].attr(a, v);
+        else
+          n != null ?
+            this.node.setAttributeNS(n, a, v) :
+            this.node.setAttribute(a, v);
           
       }
       
@@ -242,6 +264,16 @@
         e = e.parent;
   
       return e;
+    },
+    
+    // private: is this text style
+    _isStyle: function(a) {
+      return typeof a == 'string' && this._isText() ? (/^font|text|leading/).test(a) : false;
+    },
+    
+    // private: element type tester
+    _isText: function() {
+      return this instanceof SVG.Text;
     }
     
   });
@@ -274,9 +306,7 @@
     
     // send given element one step backwards
     backward: function() {
-      var i, p = this.mother();
-      
-      p.levelDefs();
+      var i, p = this.mother().levelDefs();
       
       i = this.siblings().indexOf(this);
       
@@ -295,9 +325,7 @@
     
     // send given element all the way to the back
     back: function() {
-      var i, p = this.mother();
-      
-      p.levelDefs();
+      var i, p = this.mother().levelDefs();
       
       i = this.siblings().indexOf(this);
       
@@ -309,6 +337,16 @@
     
   });
 
+  SVG.Defs = function Defs() {
+    this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('defs'));
+  };
+  
+  // inherit from SVG.Element
+  SVG.Defs.prototype = new SVG.Element();
+  
+  // include the container object
+  SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, SVG.Container);
+
   var clipID = 0;
   
   SVG.Clip = function Clip() {
@@ -327,9 +365,9 @@
   SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
     
     // clip element using another element
-    clip: function(block) {
+    clip: function(b) {
       var p = this.mother().defs().clipPath();
-      block(p);
+      b(p);
   
       return this.clipTo(p);
     },
@@ -340,16 +378,28 @@
     }
     
   });
-
+  
+  // add def-specific functions
+  SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, {
+    
+    // define clippath
+    clipPath: function() {
+      var e = new SVG.Clip();
+      this.add(e);
+  
+      return e;
+    }
+    
+  });
 
   SVG.Doc = function Doc(e) {
     this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('svg'));
     
-    this.attr('xmlns', SVG.ns);
-    this.attr('version', '1.1');
-    this.attr('xlink', SVG.xlink, SVG.ns);
     
-    this.defs();
+    this.
+      attr({ xmlns: SVG.ns, version: '1.1' }).
+      attr('xlink', SVG.xlink, SVG.ns).
+      defs();
     
     if (typeof e == 'string')
       e = document.getElementById(e);
@@ -363,29 +413,6 @@
   // include the container object
   SVG.extend(SVG.Doc, SVG.Container);
 
-  SVG.Defs = function Defs() {
-    this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('defs'));
-  };
-  
-  // inherit from SVG.Element
-  SVG.Defs.prototype = new SVG.Element();
-  
-  // include the container object
-  SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, SVG.Container);
-  
-  // Add def-specific functions
-  SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, {
-    
-    // define clippath
-    clipPath: function() {
-      var e = new SVG.Clip();
-      this.add(e);
-  
-      return e;
-    }
-    
-  });
-
   SVG.Shape = function Shape(element) {
     this.constructor.call(this, element);
   };
@@ -482,7 +509,7 @@
   SVG.extend(SVG.Path, {
     
     // set path data
-    data: function(d) {
+    plot: function(d) {
       return this.attr('d', d);
     }
     
@@ -508,11 +535,9 @@
   SVG.Text = function Text() {
     this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('text'));
     
-    this.style = { 'font-size':  16, 'font-family': 'Helvetica' };
+    this.style = { 'font-size':  16, 'font-family': 'Helvetica', 'text-anchor': 'start' };
     this.leading = 1.2;
-    this.anchor = 'start';
-    this._s = ('size family weight stretch variant style').split(' ');
-    this._p = ('leading anchor').split(' ');
+    this.lines = [];
   };
   
   // inherit from SVG.Element
@@ -523,47 +548,29 @@
     
     text: function(t) {
       this.content = t = t || 'text';
+      this.lines = [];
       
-      var i,
+      var i, s,
           p = this.parentDoc(),
           a = t.split("\n");
       
       while (this.node.hasChildNodes())
         this.node.removeChild(this.node.lastChild);
       
-      for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) 
-        this.node.appendChild(new TSpan().
+      for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) {
+        s = new TSpan().
           text(a[i]).
-          attr('style', this._style()).
-          attr({ dy: this.style['font-size'] * this.leading, x: (this.attr('x') || 0) }).node  );
-  
-      return this;
-    },
-    
-    font: function(a, v) {
-      if (typeof a == 'object') {
-        var i, s = this._s;
-  
-        for (i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-          if (a[s[i]] != null)
-            this.style['font-' + s[i]] = a[s[i]];
-  
-        s = this._p;
-  
-        for (i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-          if (a[s[i]] != null)
-            this[s[i]] = a[s[i]];
+          attr({
+            dy:     this.style['font-size'] * this.leading,
+            x:      (this.attr('x') || 0),
+            style:  this._style()
+          });
         
-      } else if (v != null) {
-        var s = {};
-        s[a] = v;
-        this.font(s);
-        
-      } else {
-        return this._p.indexOf(a) > -1 ? this[a] : this._s.indexOf(a) > -1 ? this.style['font-' + a] : void 0;
-      }
+        this.node.appendChild(s.node);
+        this.lines.push(s);
+      };
       
-      return this.text(this.content);
+      return this;
     },
     
     _style: function() {
@@ -573,8 +580,7 @@
         if (this.style['font-' + s[i]] != null)
           o += 'font-' + s[i] + ':' + this.style['font-' + s[i]] + ';';
       
-      if (this.anchor != null)
-        o += 'text-anchor:' + this.anchor + ';';
+      o += 'text-anchor:' + this.style['text-anchor'] + ';';
         
       return o;
     }
@@ -654,6 +660,26 @@
     
   });
   
+  // Add text-specific functions
+  SVG.extend(SVG.Text, {
+    
+    // set font 
+    font: function(o) {
+      var a = {};
+      
+      for (var k in o)
+        k == 'leading' ?
+          a[k] = o[k] :
+        k == 'anchor' ?
+          a['text-anchor'] = o[k] :
+        this._s.indexOf(k) > -1 ?
+          a['font-'+ k] = o[k] :
+          void 0;
+      
+      return this.attr(a).text(this.content);
+    },
+    
+  });
   
   
   
diff --git a/dist/svg.min.js b/dist/svg.min.js
index 3ae8654..9b20932 100644
--- a/dist/svg.min.js
+++ b/dist/svg.min.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/* svg.js 0.1a - svg container element group arrange clip doc defs shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar - svgjs.com/license */
-(function(){function t(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("tspan"))}this.SVG={ns:"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",xlink:"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink",create:function(e){return document.createElementNS(this.ns,e)},extend:function(e,t){for(var n in t)e.prototype[n]=t[n]}},this.svg=function(e){return new SVG.Doc(e)},SVG.Container={add:function(e,t){return this.has(e)||(t=t==null?this.children().length:t,this.children().splice(t,0,e),this.node.insertBefore(e.node,this.node.childNodes[t]),e.parent=this),this},has:function(e){return this.children().indexOf(e)>=0},children:function(){return this._children||(this._children=[])},remove:function(e){return this.removeAt(this.children().indexOf(e))},removeAt:function(e){if(0<=e&&e<this.children().length){var t=this.children()[e];this.children().splice(e,1),this.node.removeChild(t.node),t.parent=null}return this},defs:function(){return this._defs==null&&(this._defs=new SVG.Defs,this.add(this._defs,0)),this._defs},levelDefs:function(){var e=this.defs();return this.remove(e).add(e,0),this},group:function(){var e=new SVG.G;return this.add(e),e},rect:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Rect,e)},circle:function(e){var t;return e!=null&&(t={x:e.x,y:e.y},e.r||e.radius?t.width=t.height=(e.r||e.radius)*2:t.width=t.height=e.width||e.height),this.place(new SVG.Circle,t)},ellipse:function(e){var t;return e!=null&&(t={x:e.x,y:e.y},e.width&&(t.width=e.width),e.height&&(t.height=e.height),e.rx&&(t.width=e.rx*2),e.ry&&(t.height=e.ry*2)),this.place(new SVG.Ellipse,t)},path:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Path,e)},image:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Image,e)},text:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Text,e)},place:function(e,t){return t!=null&&(t.x!=null&&t.y!=null&&e.move(t.x,t.y),t.width!=null&&t.height!=null&&e.size(t.width,t.height),t.data!=null?e.data(t.data):t.src!=null?e.load(t.src):t.text!=null?e.text(t.text):void 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this.transform("translate("+e+" "+t+")")}})}).call(this);
\ No newline at end of file
+/* svg.js 0.1a - svg container element group arrange defs clip doc shape rect circle ellipse path image text sugar - svgjs.com/license */
+(function(){function t(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("tspan"))}this.SVG={ns:"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",xlink:"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink",create:function(e){return document.createElementNS(this.ns,e)},extend:function(e,t){for(var n in t)e.prototype[n]=t[n]}},this.svg=function(e){return new SVG.Doc(e)},SVG.Container={add:function(e,t){return this.has(e)||(t=t==null?this.children().length:t,this.children().splice(t,0,e),this.node.insertBefore(e.node,this.node.childNodes[t]),e.parent=this),this},has:function(e){return this.children().indexOf(e)>=0},children:function(){return this._children||(this._children=[])},remove:function(e){return this.removeAt(this.children().indexOf(e))},removeAt:function(e){if(0<=e&&e<this.children().length){var t=this.children()[e];this.children().splice(e,1),this.node.removeChild(t.node),t.parent=null}return this},defs:function(){return this._defs==null&&(this._defs=new SVG.Defs,this.add(this._defs,0)),this._defs},levelDefs:function(){var e=this.defs();return this.remove(e).add(e,0),this},group:function(){var e=new SVG.G;return this.add(e),e},rect:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Rect,e)},circle:function(e){var t;return e!=null&&(t={x:e.x,y:e.y},e.r||e.radius?t.width=t.height=(e.r||e.radius)*2:t.width=t.height=e.width||e.height),this.place(new SVG.Circle,t)},ellipse:function(e){var t;return e!=null&&(t={x:e.x,y:e.y},e.width&&(t.width=e.width),e.height&&(t.height=e.height),e.rx&&(t.width=e.rx*2),e.ry&&(t.height=e.ry*2)),this.place(new SVG.Ellipse,t)},path:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Path,e)},image:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Image,e)},text:function(e){return this.place(new SVG.Text,e)},place:function(e,t){return t!=null&&(t.x!=null&&t.y!=null&&e.move(t.x,t.y),t.width!=null&&t.height!=null&&e.size(t.width,t.height),t.data!=null?e.plot(t.data):t.src!=null?e.load(t.src):t.text!=null?e.text(t.text):void 0),this.add(e),e}},SVG.Element=function(t){this.node=t,this.attrs={},this._s="size family weight 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RegExp("^"+s);for(var o=0,r=i.length;o<r;o++)t.test(i[o])||n.push(i[o])}else n=i;return n.push(e),this.attr("transform",n.join(" "))},bbox:function(){var e=this.node.getBBox();return e.cx=e.x+e.width/2,e.cy=e.y+e.height/2,e},_parent:function(e){var t=this;while(t!=null&&!(t instanceof e))t=t.parent;return t},_isStyle:function(e){return typeof e=="string"&&this._isText()?/^font|text|leading/.test(e):!1},_isText:function(){return this instanceof SVG.Text}}),SVG.G=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("g"))},SVG.G.prototype=new SVG.Element,SVG.extend(SVG.G,SVG.Container),SVG.extend(SVG.Element,{siblings:function(){return this.mother().children()},forward:function(){var e=this.siblings().indexOf(this);return this.mother().remove(this).add(this,e+1),this},backward:function(){var e,t=this.mother().levelDefs();return e=this.siblings().indexOf(this),e>1&&t.remove(this).add(this,e-1),this},front:function(){return this.mother().remove(this).add(this),this},back:function(){var e,t=this.mother().levelDefs();return e=this.siblings().indexOf(this),e>1&&t.remove(this).add(this,0),this}}),SVG.Defs=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("defs"))},SVG.Defs.prototype=new SVG.Element,SVG.extend(SVG.Defs,SVG.Container);var e=0;SVG.Clip=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("clipPath")),this.id="_"+e++,this.attr("id",this.id)},SVG.Clip.prototype=new SVG.Element,SVG.extend(SVG.Clip,SVG.Container),SVG.extend(SVG.Element,{clip:function(e){var t=this.mother().defs().clipPath();return e(t),this.clipTo(t)},clipTo:function(e){return this.attr("clip-path","url(#"+e.id+")")}}),SVG.extend(SVG.Defs,{clipPath:function(){var e=new SVG.Clip;return this.add(e),e}}),SVG.Doc=function(t){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("svg")),this.attr({xmlns:SVG.ns,version:"1.1"}).attr("xlink",SVG.xlink,SVG.ns).defs(),typeof t=="string"&&(t=document.getElementById(t)),t.appendChild(this.node)},SVG.Doc.prototype=new SVG.Element,SVG.extend(SVG.Doc,SVG.Container),SVG.Shape=function(t){this.constructor.call(this,t)},SVG.Shape.prototype=new SVG.Element,SVG.Rect=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("rect"))},SVG.Rect.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.Circle=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("circle"))},SVG.Circle.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(SVG.Circle,{move:function(e,t){return this.attrs.x=e,this.attrs.y=t,this.center()},size:function(e){return this.attr("r",e/2).center()},center:function(e,t){var n=this.attrs.r||0;return this.attr({cx:e||(this.attrs.x||0)+n,cy:t||(this.attrs.y||0)+n})}}),SVG.Ellipse=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("ellipse"))},SVG.Ellipse.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(SVG.Ellipse,{move:function(e,t){return this.attrs.x=e,this.attrs.y=t,this.center()},size:function(e,t){return this.attr({rx:e/2,ry:t/2}).center()},center:function(e,t){return this.attr({cx:e||(this.attrs.x||0)+(this.attrs.rx||0),cy:t||(this.attrs.y||0)+(this.attrs.ry||0)})}}),SVG.Path=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("path"))},SVG.Path.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(SVG.Path,{plot:function(e){return this.attr("d",e)}}),SVG.Image=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("image"))},SVG.Image.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(SVG.Image,{load:function(e){return this.attr("href",e,SVG.xlink)}}),SVG.Text=function(){this.constructor.call(this,SVG.create("text")),this.style={"font-size":16,"font-family":"Helvetica","text-anchor":"start"},this.leading=1.2,this.lines=[]},SVG.Text.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(SVG.Text,{text:function(e){this.content=e=e||"text",this.lines=[];var n,r,i=this.parentDoc(),s=e.split("\n");while(this.node.hasChildNodes())this.node.removeChild(this.node.lastChild);for(n=0,l=s.length;n<l;n++)r=(new t).text(s[n]).attr({dy:this.style["font-size"]*this.leading,x:this.attr("x")||0,style:this._style()}),this.node.appendChild(r.node),this.lines.push(r);return this},_style:function(){var e,t="",n=this._s;for(e=n.length-1;e>=0;e--)this.style["font-"+n[e]]!=null&&(t+="font-"+n[e]+":"+this.style["font-"+n[e]]+";");return t+="text-anchor:"+this.style["text-anchor"]+";",t}}),t.prototype=new SVG.Shape,SVG.extend(t,{text:function(e){return this.node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(e)),this}}),SVG.extend(SVG.Shape,{fill:function(e){return e.color!=null&&this.attr("fill",e.color),e.opacity!=null&&this.attr("fill-opacity",e.opacity),this},stroke:function(e){e.color&&this.attr("stroke",e.color);var t="width opacity linecap linejoin miterlimit dasharray dashoffset".split(" ");for(var n=t.length-1;n>=0;n--)e[t[n]]!=null&&this.attr("stroke-"+t[n],e[t[n]]);return this}}),SVG.extend(SVG.Element,{rotate:function(e){var t=this.bbox();return e.x==null&&(e.x=t.cx),e.y==null&&(e.y=t.cy),this.transform("rotate("+(e.deg||0)+" "+e.x+" "+e.y+")",e.relative)}}),SVG.extend(SVG.G,{move:function(e,t){return this.transform("translate("+e+" "+t+")")}}),SVG.extend(SVG.Text,{font:function(e){var t={};for(var n in e)n=="leading"?t[n]=e[n]:n=="anchor"?t["text-anchor"]=e[n]:this._s.indexOf(n)>-1?t["font-"+n]=e[n]:void 0;return this.attr(t).text(this.content)}})}).call(this);
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diff --git a/src/arrange.js b/src/arrange.js
index d7fcb5f..b5dc41a 100644
--- a/src/arrange.js
+++ b/src/arrange.js
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
   
   // send given element one step backwards
   backward: function() {
-    var i, p = this.mother();
-    
-    p.levelDefs();
+    var i, p = this.mother().levelDefs();
     
     i = this.siblings().indexOf(this);
     
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
   
   // send given element all the way to the back
   back: function() {
-    var i, p = this.mother();
-    
-    p.levelDefs();
+    var i, p = this.mother().levelDefs();
     
     i = this.siblings().indexOf(this);
     
diff --git a/src/clip.js b/src/clip.js
index 2266adb..ddc2588 100644
--- a/src/clip.js
+++ b/src/clip.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Clip, SVG.Container);
 SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
   
   // clip element using another element
-  clip: function(block) {
+  clip: function(b) {
     var p = this.mother().defs().clipPath();
-    block(p);
+    b(p);
 
     return this.clipTo(p);
   },
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
   }
   
 });
+
+// add def-specific functions
+SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, {
+  
+  // define clippath
+  clipPath: function() {
+    var e = new SVG.Clip();
+    this.add(e);
+
+    return e;
+  }
+  
+});
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diff --git a/src/container.js b/src/container.js
index a6eeb93..868b477 100644
--- a/src/container.js
+++ b/src/container.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ SVG.Container = {
         e.size(v.width, v.height);
       
       v.data != null ?
-        e.data(v.data) :
+        e.plot(v.data) :
       v.src != null ?
         e.load(v.src) :
       v.text != null ?
diff --git a/src/defs.js b/src/defs.js
index f5753e1..2ba11e8 100644
--- a/src/defs.js
+++ b/src/defs.js
@@ -7,17 +7,4 @@ SVG.Defs = function Defs() {
 SVG.Defs.prototype = new SVG.Element();
 
 // include the container object
-SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, SVG.Container);
-
-// Add def-specific functions
-SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, {
-  
-  // define clippath
-  clipPath: function() {
-    var e = new SVG.Clip();
-    this.add(e);
-
-    return e;
-  }
-  
-});
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+SVG.extend(SVG.Defs, SVG.Container);
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diff --git a/src/doc.js b/src/doc.js
index e307d09..0fe5e21 100644
--- a/src/doc.js
+++ b/src/doc.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 SVG.Doc = function Doc(e) {
   this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('svg'));
   
-  this.attr('xmlns', SVG.ns);
-  this.attr('version', '1.1');
-  this.attr('xlink', SVG.xlink, SVG.ns);
   
-  this.defs();
+  this.
+    attr({ xmlns: SVG.ns, version: '1.1' }).
+    attr('xlink', SVG.xlink, SVG.ns).
+    defs();
   
   if (typeof e == 'string')
     e = document.getElementById(e);
diff --git a/src/element.js b/src/element.js
index 87ae198..981f9a0 100644
--- a/src/element.js
+++ b/src/element.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 SVG.Element = function Element(n) {
   this.node = n;
   this.attrs = {};
+  
+  this._s = ('size family weight stretch variant style').split(' ');
 };
 
 // Add element-specific functions
@@ -34,18 +36,38 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
   
   // set svg element attribute
   attr: function(a, v, n) {
-    
     if (arguments.length < 2) {
       if (typeof a == 'object')
         for (v in a) this.attr(v, a[v]);
+        
+      else if (this._isStyle(a))
+        return a == 'text' ?
+                 this.content :
+               a == 'leading' ?
+                 this[a] :
+                 this.style[a];
+        
       else
         return this.attrs[a];
     
+    } else if (this._isStyle(a)) {
+      a == 'text' ?
+        this.text(v) :
+      a == 'leading' ?
+        this[a] = v :
+        this.style[a] = v;
+      
+      this.text(this.content);
+      
     } else {
       this.attrs[a] = v;
-      n != null ?
-        this.node.setAttributeNS(n, a, v) :
-        this.node.setAttribute(a, v);
+      if (a == 'x' && this._isText())
+        for (var i = this.lines.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+          this.lines[i].attr(a, v);
+      else
+        n != null ?
+          this.node.setAttributeNS(n, a, v) :
+          this.node.setAttribute(a, v);
         
     }
     
@@ -92,6 +114,16 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Element, {
       e = e.parent;
 
     return e;
+  },
+  
+  // private: is this text style
+  _isStyle: function(a) {
+    return typeof a == 'string' && this._isText() ? (/^font|text|leading/).test(a) : false;
+  },
+  
+  // private: element type tester
+  _isText: function() {
+    return this instanceof SVG.Text;
   }
   
 });
diff --git a/src/path.js b/src/path.js
index ab1aa87..5c8ca46 100644
--- a/src/path.js
+++ b/src/path.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SVG.Path.prototype = new SVG.Shape();
 SVG.extend(SVG.Path, {
   
   // set path data
-  data: function(d) {
+  plot: function(d) {
     return this.attr('d', d);
   }
   
diff --git a/src/sugar.js b/src/sugar.js
index 18f422e..b9ac577 100644
--- a/src/sugar.js
+++ b/src/sugar.js
@@ -54,6 +54,26 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.G, {
   
 });
 
+// Add text-specific functions
+SVG.extend(SVG.Text, {
+  
+  // set font 
+  font: function(o) {
+    var a = {};
+    
+    for (var k in o)
+      k == 'leading' ?
+        a[k] = o[k] :
+      k == 'anchor' ?
+        a['text-anchor'] = o[k] :
+      this._s.indexOf(k) > -1 ?
+        a['font-'+ k] = o[k] :
+        void 0;
+    
+    return this.attr(a).text(this.content);
+  },
+  
+});
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/text.js b/src/text.js
index 78675ed..e102360 100644
--- a/src/text.js
+++ b/src/text.js
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 SVG.Text = function Text() {
   this.constructor.call(this, SVG.create('text'));
   
-  this.style = { 'font-size':  16, 'font-family': 'Helvetica' };
+  this.style = { 'font-size':  16, 'font-family': 'Helvetica', 'text-anchor': 'start' };
   this.leading = 1.2;
-  this.anchor = 'start';
-  this._s = ('size family weight stretch variant style').split(' ');
-  this._p = ('leading anchor').split(' ');
+  this.lines = [];
 };
 
 // inherit from SVG.Element
@@ -17,47 +15,29 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Text, {
   
   text: function(t) {
     this.content = t = t || 'text';
+    this.lines = [];
     
-    var i,
+    var i, s,
         p = this.parentDoc(),
         a = t.split("\n");
     
     while (this.node.hasChildNodes())
       this.node.removeChild(this.node.lastChild);
     
-    for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) 
-      this.node.appendChild(new TSpan().
+    for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) {
+      s = new TSpan().
         text(a[i]).
-        attr('style', this._style()).
-        attr({ dy: this.style['font-size'] * this.leading, x: (this.attr('x') || 0) }).node  );
-
-    return this;
-  },
-  
-  font: function(a, v) {
-    if (typeof a == 'object') {
-      var i, s = this._s;
-
-      for (i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-        if (a[s[i]] != null)
-          this.style['font-' + s[i]] = a[s[i]];
-
-      s = this._p;
-
-      for (i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-        if (a[s[i]] != null)
-          this[s[i]] = a[s[i]];
+        attr({
+          dy:     this.style['font-size'] * this.leading,
+          x:      (this.attr('x') || 0),
+          style:  this._style()
+        });
       
-    } else if (v != null) {
-      var s = {};
-      s[a] = v;
-      this.font(s);
-      
-    } else {
-      return this._p.indexOf(a) > -1 ? this[a] : this._s.indexOf(a) > -1 ? this.style['font-' + a] : void 0;
-    }
+      this.node.appendChild(s.node);
+      this.lines.push(s);
+    };
     
-    return this.text(this.content);
+    return this;
   },
   
   _style: function() {
@@ -67,8 +47,7 @@ SVG.extend(SVG.Text, {
       if (this.style['font-' + s[i]] != null)
         o += 'font-' + s[i] + ':' + this.style['font-' + s[i]] + ';';
     
-    if (this.anchor != null)
-      o += 'text-anchor:' + this.anchor + ';';
+    o += 'text-anchor:' + this.style['text-anchor'] + ';';
       
     return o;
   }