/**
* The constructor
* @params array $directions of mixed the directions. the value -1 is reserved for global information
* array has a default value of 0 (horizontal) and 1 (vertical). Sets the direction to be $directions[0]
* @param I2CE_Encoding $encoding -- the encoding used for the internal storage of strings/characters
* needs to be one that is a valid encoding for PHP multibyte strings.
*/
public function __construct($directions, &$encoding)
{
parent::__construct($encoding);
$this->font_metrics = array();
foreach ($directions as $direction) {
if ($direction != -1) {
//-1 is reserved for global font metric info
$this->font_metrics[$direction] = new I2CE_FontMetric($encoding);
}
}
$this->font_metrics[-1] = $this;
$this->directions = $directions;
$this->direction = $directions[0];
}
