diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index d9800b8..57d1442 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2024 David Vogel
+// Copyright (c) 2024-2025 David Vogel
 //
 // This software is released under the MIT License.
 // https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
@@ -80,22 +80,17 @@ func (c CLI) Compile(input io.Reader, output io.Writer, options *CLIOptions) err
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Compile takes a typst document from input, and renders it into the output writer.
+// CompileWithVariables takes a typst document from input, and renders it into the output writer.
 // The options parameter is optional.
 //
 // Additionally this will inject the given map of variables into the global scope of the typst document.
+//
+// Deprecated: You should use InjectValues in combination with the normal Compile method instead.
 func (c CLI) CompileWithVariables(input io.Reader, output io.Writer, options *CLIOptions, variables map[string]any) error {
 	varBuffer := bytes.Buffer{}
 
-	// TODO: Use io.pipe instead of a bytes.Buffer
-
-	enc := NewVariableEncoder(&varBuffer)
-	for k, v := range variables {
-		varBuffer.WriteString("#let " + CleanIdentifier(k) + " = ")
-		if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode variables with key %q: %w", k, err)
-		}
-		varBuffer.WriteRune('\n')
+	if err := InjectValues(&varBuffer, variables); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to inject values into Typst markup: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	reader := io.MultiReader(&varBuffer, input)
diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index 3433439..476b2e2 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024-2025 David Vogel
+//
+// This software is released under the MIT License.
+// https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
 package typst
 
 import (
@@ -22,8 +27,10 @@ func (i Image) MarshalTypstVariable() ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// TODO: Make image encoding more efficient: Use reader/writer, baseXX encoding
 
+	// TODO: Consider using raw pixel encoding instead of PNG
+
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	buf.WriteString("image.decode(bytes((")
+	buf.WriteString("image.decode(bytes((") // TODO: Pass bytes directly to image once Typst 0.12.0 is not supported anymore
 	for _, b := range buffer.Bytes() {
 		buf.WriteString(strconv.FormatUint(uint64(b), 10) + ",")
 	}
diff --git a/image_test.go b/image_test.go
index 1c6f8d3..90e4d6b 100644
--- a/image_test.go
+++ b/image_test.go
@@ -33,18 +33,24 @@ func (p *testImage) Opaque() bool {
 }
 
 func TestImage(t *testing.T) {
-	img := &testImage{image.Rect(0, 0, 255, 255)}
+	img := &testImage{image.Rect(0, 0, 256, 256)}
 
 	// Wrap image.
 	typstImage := typst.Image{img}
 
 	cli := typst.CLI{}
 
-	r := bytes.NewBufferString(`= Image test
+	var r bytes.Buffer
 
-#TestImage`)
+	if err := typst.InjectValues(&r, map[string]any{"TestImage": typstImage}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to inject values into Typst markup: %v.", err)
+	}
 
-	if err := cli.CompileWithVariables(r, io.Discard, nil, map[string]any{"TestImage": typstImage}); err != nil {
+	r.WriteString(`= Image test
+
+#TestImage`) // TODO: Add assertion for the image width and height as soon as it's possible to query that
+
+	if err := cli.Compile(&r, io.Discard, nil); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to compile document: %v.", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7479c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 David Vogel
+//
+// This software is released under the MIT License.
+// https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+package typst
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// InjectValues will write the given key-value pairs as Typst markup into output.
+// This can be used to inject Go values into typst documents.
+//
+// Every key in values needs to be a valid identifier, otherwise this function will return an error.
+// Every value in values will be marshaled according to VariableEncoder into equivalent Typst markup.
+//
+// Passing {"foo": 1, "bar": 60 * time.Second} as values will produce the following output:
+//
+//	#let foo = 1
+//	#let bar = duration(seconds: 60)
+func InjectValues(output io.Writer, values map[string]any) error {
+	enc := NewVariableEncoder(output)
+
+	for k, v := range values {
+		if !IsIdentifier(k) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid identifier", k)
+		}
+		if _, err := output.Write([]byte("#let " + CleanIdentifier(k) + " = ")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode variables with key %q: %w", k, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := output.Write([]byte("\n")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffa5f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package typst
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestInjectValues(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		values map[string]any
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		args       args
+		wantOutput string
+		wantErr    bool
+	}{
+		{"empty", args{values: nil}, "", false},
+		{"nil", args{values: map[string]any{"foo": nil}}, "#let foo = none\n", false},
+		{"example", args{values: map[string]any{"foo": 1, "bar": 60 * time.Second}}, "#let foo = 1\n#let bar = duration(seconds: 60)\n", false},
+		{"invalid identifier", args{values: map[string]any{"foo😀": 1}}, "", true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			output := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			if err := InjectValues(output, tt.args.values); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("InjectValues() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if gotOutput := output.String(); gotOutput != tt.wantOutput {
+				t.Errorf("InjectValues() = %v, want %v", gotOutput, tt.wantOutput)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}