diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
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+
+#include "script.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+script_t script_create(toml_table_t *table) {
+	script_t script;
+	font_t font;
+
+#define TOML_GET_KEY(var, key, func) toml_datum_t (var) = func(table, (key));\
+	if (!(var).ok) {\
+		char str[200];\
+		snprintf(str, 200, "key '%s' missing from", (key)); \
+		error(str, filename); \
+	}
+	TOML_GET_KEY(filename, "filename", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(font_name, "font", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(min_tiles, "min_tiles_per_line", toml_int_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(max_tiles, "max_tiles_per_line", toml_int_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(tilemap_format, "tilemap_format", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(leading_zeroes, "leading_zeroes", toml_bool_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(tile_offset, "tile_offset", toml_int_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(raw_filename, "raw_filename", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(dedupe_filename, "dedupe_filename", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(tilemap_filename, "tilemap_filename", toml_string_in)
+	TOML_GET_KEY(little_endian, "little_endian", toml_bool_in)
+#undef TOML_GET_KEY
+
+	toml_table_t *fonts = toml_table_in(table, "font");
+	toml_datum_t font_filename = toml_string_in(fonts, font_name);
+	if (!font_filename.ok) {
+		char str[200]
+		snprintf(str, 200, "failed to obtain data for font %s", font_name);
+		error(str, "");
+	}
+	font = font_create(font_name, font_filename);
+
+	script.filename = filename.u.s;
+	script.font = font;
+	script.min_tiles_per_line = min_tiles.u.i;
+	script.max_tiles_per_line = max_tiles.u.i;
+	script.format = tilemap_format.u.s;
+	script.leading_zeroes = leading_zeroes.u.b;
+	script.tile_offset = tile_offset.u.i;
+	script.raw_filename = raw_filename.u.s;
+	script.dedupe_filename = dedupe_filename.u.s;
+	script.tilemap_filename = tilemap_filename.u.s;
+	script.little_endian = little_endian.u.b;
+
+	return script;
+}
+
+void script_destroy(script_t script) {
+	font_destroy(script.font);
+
+	free(script.filename);
+	free(script.format);
+	free(script.raw_filename);
+	free(script.dedupe_filename);
+	free(script.tilemap_filename);
+}