diff --git a/fontland/fontland/directory.rkt b/fontland/fontland/directory.rkt
index 06e31230..d816712c 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/directory.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/directory.rkt
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/tables/directory.js
 
 (define (directory-post-decode this-res)
   (define new-tables-val (mhash))
-  (for ([table (in-list (· this-res tables))])
-    (hash-set! new-tables-val (escape-tag (· table tag)) table))
+  (for ([table (in-list (hash-ref this-res 'tables))])
+    (hash-set! new-tables-val (escape-tag (hash-ref table 'tag)) table))
   (dict-set! this-res 'tables new-tables-val)
   this-res)
 
 (define (directory-pre-encode this-val)
-  (define tables (for/list ([(tag table) (in-hash (· this-val tables))])
+  (define tables (for/list ([(tag table) (in-hash (hash-ref this-val 'tables))])
                    (define table-codec (hash-ref table-codecs tag))
                    (mhash 'tag (unescape-tag tag)
                           'checkSum 0
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/subset.rkt b/fontland/fontland/subset.rkt
index c2a13a30..03aafe87 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/subset.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/subset.rkt
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/subset/TTFSubset.js
   (define glyf-bytes (read-bytes (- next-offset this-offset) port))
 
   ;; if it is a compound glyph, include its components
-  (when (and ttf-glyf-data (negative? (· ttf-glyf-data numberOfContours)))
-    (for ([ttf-glyph-component (in-list (· ttf-glyf-data components))])
+  (when (and ttf-glyf-data (negative? (hash-ref ttf-glyf-data 'numberOfContours)))
+    (for ([ttf-glyph-component (in-list (hash-ref ttf-glyf-data 'components))])
       (define gid (subset-add-glyph! ss (ttf-glyph-component-glyph-id ttf-glyph-component)))
       ;; note: this (ttf-glyph-component-pos component) is correct. It's a field of a Component object, not a port
       (bytes-copy! glyf-bytes (ttf-glyph-component-pos ttf-glyph-component) (encode uint16be gid #f))))
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/subset/TTFSubset.js
   (hash-update! (ttf-subset-hmtx ss) 'metrics
                 (λ (ms) (append ms
                                 (list (mhash 'advance (glyph-advance-width glyph)
-                                             'bearing (· (get-glyph-metrics glyph) leftBearing))))))
+                                             'bearing (hash-ref (get-glyph-metrics glyph) 'leftBearing))))))
   (set-ttf-subset-offset! ss (+ (ttf-subset-offset ss) (bytes-length glyf-bytes)))
   (sub1 (length (ttf-subset-glyf ss))))
 
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/table-stream.rkt b/fontland/fontland/table-stream.rkt
index 5285bd59..5ffc18cd 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/table-stream.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/table-stream.rkt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 (define (has-table? this tag)
   #;((or/c bytes? symbol?) . ->m . boolean?)
   (define directory (force (ttf-font-directory this)))
-  (hash-has-key? (· directory tables) (match tag
+  (hash-has-key? (hash-ref directory 'tables) (match tag
                                              [(? bytes?) (string->symbol (bytes->string/latin-1 tag))]
                                              [_ tag])))
 
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@
 
 (define (get-table-stream this tag)
   (define directory (force (ttf-font-directory this)))
-  (define table (hash-ref (· directory tables) tag))
-  (and table (pos (ttf-font-port this) (· table offset)) (ttf-font-port this)))
+  (define table (hash-ref (hash-ref directory 'tables) tag))
+  (and table (pos (ttf-font-port this) (hash-ref table 'offset)) (ttf-font-port this)))
   
 (define (decode-table this table-tag)
   (unless (hash-has-key? table-codecs table-tag)
     (raise-argument-error 'decode-table "decodable table" table-tag))
   (define directory (force (ttf-font-directory this)))
-  (define table (hash-ref (· directory tables) table-tag))
+  (define table (hash-ref (hash-ref directory 'tables) table-tag))
   ;; todo: possible to avoid copying the bytes here?
-  (pos (ttf-font-port this) (· table offset))
-  (define table-bytes (open-input-bytes (peek-bytes (· table length) 0 (ttf-font-port this))))
+  (pos (ttf-font-port this) (hash-ref table 'offset))
+  (define table-bytes (open-input-bytes (peek-bytes (hash-ref table 'length) 0 (ttf-font-port this))))
   (define table-decoder (hash-ref table-codecs table-tag))
   (decode table-decoder table-bytes #:parent this))
 
diff --git a/fontland/fontland/ttf-glyph.rkt b/fontland/fontland/ttf-glyph.rkt
index e418e25e..52b9fc41 100644
--- a/fontland/fontland/ttf-glyph.rkt
+++ b/fontland/fontland/ttf-glyph.rkt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/glyph/TTFGlyph.js
          (pos port (+ (pos port) glyfPos))
          (define startPos (pos port))
          (define glyph-data (decode GlyfHeader port))
-         (match (· glyph-data numberOfContours)
+         (match (hash-ref glyph-data 'numberOfContours)
            [(? positive?) (decode-simple glyph-data port)]
            [(? negative?) (decode-composite glyph-data port startPos)])
          glyph-data)))
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/fontkit/blob/master/src/glyph/TTFGlyph.js
 
   ;; this is a simple glyph
   (dict-set! glyph-data 'points empty)
-  (define endpts-of-contours (decode (x:array #:type uint16be #:length (· glyph-data numberOfContours)) port))
+  (define endpts-of-contours (decode (x:array #:type uint16be #:length (hash-ref glyph-data 'numberOfContours)) port))
   (dict-set! glyph-data 'instructions (decode (x:array #:type uint8be #:length uint16be) port))
   (define num-coords (add1 (last endpts-of-contours)))