basic lettering GUI (#351)

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diff --git a/lib/utils/dotdict.py b/lib/utils/dotdict.py
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+class DotDict(dict):
+    """A dict subclass that allows accessing methods using dot notation.
+
+    adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13520421/recursive-dotdict
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(DotDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        for k, v in self.iteritems():
+            if isinstance(v, dict):
+                self[k] = DotDict(v)
+
+    __setattr__ = dict.__setitem__
+    __delattr__ = dict.__delitem__
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name.startswith('_'):
+            raise AttributeError("'DotDict' object has no attribute '%s'" % name)
+
+        if name in self:
+            return self.__getitem__(name)
+        else:
+            new_dict = DotDict()
+            self.__setitem__(name, new_dict)
+            return new_dict
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        super_repr = super(DotDict, self).__repr__()
+        return "DotDict(%s)" % super_repr