diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.gem
+*.rbc
+.bundle
+.config
+.yardoc
+Gemfile.lock
+InstalledFiles
+_yardoc
+coverage
+doc/
+lib/bundler/man
+pkg
+rdoc
+spec/reports
+test/tmp
+test/version_tmp
+tmp
+*.bundle
+*.so
+*.o
+*.a
+mkmf.log
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gemspec
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+++ b/LICENSE.txt
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+Copyright (c) 2014 Andy Meneely
+
+MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# Squib
+
+TODO: Write a gem description
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'squib'
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install squib
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/squib/fork )
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create a new Pull Request
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+
diff --git a/lib/squib.rb b/lib/squib.rb
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+++ b/lib/squib.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require "squib/version"
+
+module Squib
+end
+
+##################
+### PUBLIC API ###
+##################
+
+def font(type: , size: 12, **options)
+end
+
+def set_font(type: 'Arial', size: 12, **options)
+
+end
+
+def text(range=:all, str: , font: :use_set, x: 0, y: 0, **options)
+end
+
+def image(range=:all, file: , x: 0, y: 0)
+end
+
+def load_csv(file:, header: true)
+end
+
+def data(field)
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/squib/version.rb b/lib/squib/version.rb
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+++ b/lib/squib/version.rb
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+module Squib
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end
diff --git a/squib.gemspec b/squib.gemspec
index a853a92..e00ab0f 100644
--- a/squib.gemspec
+++ b/squib.gemspec
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name        = 'squib'
-  s.version     = '0.0.0'
-  s.date        = '2014-07-04'
-  s.summary     = "An API for card game designers"
-  s.description = "Squib is a Ruby API for prototyping your own card game. Script your build so you can output PNGs or PDFs for printing."
-  s.authors     = ["Andy Meneely"]
-  s.email       = 'playconfidencegames@gmail.com'
-  s.files       = ["lib/squib.rb"]
-  s.homepage    = 'http://rubygems.org/gems/squib'
-  s.license     = 'MIT'
+# coding: utf-8
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'squib/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "squib"
+  spec.version       = Squib::VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ["Andy Meneely"]
+  spec.email         = ["playconfidencegames@gmail.com"]
+  spec.summary       = %q{A Ruby API for prototyping card and other tabletop games}
+  spec.homepage      = ""
+  spec.license       = "MIT"
+
+  spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0")
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'cairo', '~> 1.12.9'
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.6"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
 end