Back in 2011/12, I started building Word w/ Friends clone for fun and went down this path. I never finished it but even now, years later, when I tinker with it

Back in 2011/12, I started building Word w/ Friends clone for fun and went down this path. I never finished it but even now, years later, when I tinker with it - I still want to use Canvas and reimplement everything and I don't know why. It just feels more correct somehow? It makes no sense to me.