the class doesn't draw non english text probably

Hi

i have xml file that contains Arabic text on it and i try to draw it by converting it to array and then sending it to the method loadfromarray()
it works but the Arabic text not appeared correctly
my xml file is utf-8 and i try to convert the encoding of every node before converting it to array using iconv() function to my local encoding and still the arabic text not appears well

and this is the xml file and the example im working with to complete the view
rapidshare.com/files/83978921/drawx ...
any help

thanks in advance.

tere is a variable in the class called var $font = 2;
can be the font ?
can i choose any font that is local? how? id not what is the solution?

thanks.