V2 is back :-) the overall goal is codebase modernization. Much of the code hasn't been worked on since 2010, so it's time to do an all-up scrub.

While most user scenarios and functionality will be the same as V1, the one main functionality improvement will be multi-project editing that will allow for cross-project copy/paste and merging fonts.

My rough road-map is to start refactoring the Glyph Element objects (the underlying data structures that describe glyphs), ensure we have good separation between data and the UI, then start working on the new UI layer.

So, here at Glyphr Studio, we've always had a very strong DIY attitude - this means:

• The only external library we will use for the UI is OpenType.js, for importing and exporting OTF files
  • This means no UI Frameworks like React or Vue, and no helper libraries like Paper.js
• The whole app will still concat down to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files:
  • Continuing the ability to run locally (or online) without a back-end
  • Build process using Vite for modules

Preliminary investigations started in 2019... but Covid slowed things way down. Things have picked back up in 2021/2022. Alphas are being released in late 2022 / early 2023, with a goal of finishing in (the first half?) of 2023.

Bug fixes for V1 will still take precedence over V2.

Merging new ideas with old functionality is time consuming :-)

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