diff --git a/bench/src/bench.rs b/bench/src/bench.rs
index 052ef5d63..5acf15f80 100644
--- a/bench/src/bench.rs
+++ b/bench/src/bench.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn benchmarks(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     let mut env = Env::new(loader);
 
-    let scope = library::_new();
+    let scope = library::new();
     let state = State::default();
 
     for case in CASES {
diff --git a/src/eval/value.rs b/src/eval/value.rs
index 84701b3da..33592e5d6 100644
--- a/src/eval/value.rs
+++ b/src/eval/value.rs
@@ -650,26 +650,30 @@ impl From<AnyValue> for Value {
     }
 }
 
-/// Make a type usable as a [`Value`].
+/// Mark a type as a [`Value`].
 ///
 /// Given a type `T`, this implements the following traits:
 /// - [`Type`] for `T`,
 /// - [`Cast<Value>`](Cast) for `T`.
 ///
 /// # Example
-/// Allow a type `FontFamily` to be cast from:
-/// - a [`Value::Any`] variant already containing a `FontFamily`
-/// - a string, producing a `FontFamiliy::Named(..)`.
 /// ```
-/// # use typst::typify;
-/// # enum FontFamily { Named(String) }
-/// typify! {
+/// # use typst::value;
+/// enum FontFamily {
+///     Serif,
+///     Named(String),
+/// }
+///
+/// value! {
 ///     FontFamily: "font family",
-///     Value::Str(string) => Self::Named(string.to_lowercase())
+///     Value::Str(string) => Self::Named(string),
 /// }
 /// ```
+/// This would allow the type `FontFamily` to be cast from:
+/// - a [`Value::Any`] variant already containing a `FontFamily`,
+/// - a string, producing a named font family.
 #[macro_export]
-macro_rules! typify {
+macro_rules! value {
     ($type:ty:
         $type_name:literal
         $(, $pattern:pat => $out:expr)*
diff --git a/src/library/align.rs b/src/library/align.rs
index ccb25b346..3b1ea24ea 100644
--- a/src/library/align.rs
+++ b/src/library/align.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ impl Display for AlignValue {
     }
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     AlignValue: "alignment",
 }
diff --git a/src/library/font.rs b/src/library/font.rs
index cf329567d..df7b90058 100644
--- a/src/library/font.rs
+++ b/src/library/font.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ pub fn font(ctx: &mut EvalContext, args: &mut FuncArgs) -> Value {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 struct FontFamilies(Vec<String>);
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     FontFamilies: "string or array of strings",
     Value::Str(string) => Self(vec![string.to_lowercase()]),
     Value::Array(values) => Self(values
@@ -143,16 +143,16 @@ typify! {
     ),
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     FontFamily: "font family",
     Value::Str(string) => Self::Named(string.to_lowercase())
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     FontStyle: "font style",
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     FontWeight: "font weight",
     Value::Int(number) => {
         let [min, max] = [Self::THIN, Self::BLACK];
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ typify! {
     },
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     FontStretch: "font stretch",
     Value::Relative(relative) => {
         let [min, max] = [Self::ULTRA_CONDENSED, Self::ULTRA_EXPANDED];
@@ -193,6 +193,6 @@ typify! {
     },
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     VerticalFontMetric: "vertical font metric",
 }
diff --git a/src/library/mod.rs b/src/library/mod.rs
index 2cfe02ba5..6e7966a06 100644
--- a/src/library/mod.rs
+++ b/src/library/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! The standard library.
 //!
-//! Call [`_new`] to obtain a [`Scope`] containing all standard library
+//! Call [`new`] to obtain a [`Scope`] containing all standard library
 //! definitions.
 
 mod align;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use crate::geom::*;
 use crate::syntax::{Node, Spanned};
 
 /// Construct a scope containing all standard library definitions.
-pub fn _new() -> Scope {
+pub fn new() -> Scope {
     let mut std = Scope::new();
 
     macro_rules! func {
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ pub fn _new() -> Scope {
     std
 }
 
-typify! {
+value! {
     Dir: "direction"
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fa98d4c51..9a112d5a5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let mut env = Env::new(loader);
 
-    let scope = library::_new();
+    let scope = library::new();
     let state = State::default();
 
     let Pass { output: frames, diags } = typeset(&mut env, &src, &scope, state);
diff --git a/tests/typeset.rs b/tests/typeset.rs
index f60b81f75..1e1964468 100644
--- a/tests/typeset.rs
+++ b/tests/typeset.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fn test_part(
     let (local_compare_ref, ref_diags) = parse_metadata(src, &map);
     let compare_ref = local_compare_ref.unwrap_or(compare_ref);
 
-    let mut scope = library::_new();
+    let mut scope = library::new();
 
     let panics = Rc::new(RefCell::new(vec![]));
     register_helpers(&mut scope, Rc::clone(&panics));