diff --git a/resources/scripts/bump-version.sh b/resources/scripts/bump-version.sh
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index 000000000..26343109b
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+++ b/resources/scripts/bump-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# See usage() for usage
+
+source "$(dirname -- "$0";)/rel-common.sh"
+
+# Helpers
+function usage() {
+  echo "Usage: ./bump-version.sh crate1 crate2 crateN bump"
+  echo "       ./bump-version.sh read-fonts write-fonts patch"
+  echo "       ./bump-version.sh {read,write}-fonts patch"
+  echo "bump is as defined by cargo release: major minor or patch"
+}
+
+# What is it you want us to do?
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  die_with_usage "No arguments provided, must specify crate(s)"
+fi
+
+# bump is the last argument, crate list is everythign else
+bump="${@:$#}"
+set -- "${@:1:$(($#-1))}"
+crates=("$@")
+
+# Validate
+[[ "$bump" =~ ^(major|minor|patch)$ ]] || die_with_usage "Invalid bump, must be major, minor, or patch"
+
+validate_crates "${crates[@]}"
+
+# Do the thing. We set errexit so step failure should break us out.
+for crate in "${crates[@]}"
+do
+  cargo release version "${bump}" -p "${crate}" -x
+done
+
+echo "NEXT STEPS"
+echo "Commit these changes to a new branch, get it approved and merged, and switch to the up-to-date main."
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diff --git a/resources/scripts/check_no_println.sh b/resources/scripts/check_no_println.sh
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index ab79b79d5..000000000
--- a/resources/scripts/check_no_println.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Script to check for println! or eprintln! in Rust files, ignoring comments.
-#
-# When no args are provided, all the git-tracked *.rs files are searched.
-# When run with two args, respectively --from-ref <ref> and --to-ref <ref>,
-# only the added lines from the git diff between the two refs are searched.
-# The latter is useful when running this as a pre-push git hook.
-
-
-grep_rust_lines_with_prints() {
-    for file in $(git ls-files '*.rs'); do
-        # Strip all inline comments
-        sed -e 's://.*$::' "$file" | \
-        # Prepend the file name and line number to each line, with colors
-        awk -v file="$file" '{ printf "\033[35m%s\033[0m:\033[32m%s\033[0m: %s\n", file, FNR, $0 }' | \
-        # Grep for print statements
-        grep --color=always -E '\b(println!|eprintln!)' || true
-    done
-}
-
-diff_rust_lines_with_prints() {
-    local from_ref="$1"
-    local to_ref="${2:-HEAD}"
-    # --diff-filter=A is to list only added files, excluding modified/deleted
-    git diff "$from_ref" "$to_ref" --name-only --diff-filter=A | \
-    grep '\.rs$' | \
-    while read -r file; do
-        # For each file, get a unified diff with no context (-U0)
-        git diff "$from_ref" "$to_ref" -U0 -- "$file" | \
-        # Strip lines starting with '+++' containing the file name
-        grep -v -E '^\+\+\+' | \
-        # Select only the added lines, i.e. starting with a plus sign
-        grep -E '^\+' | \
-        # Strip the '+' prefix and the inline comments
-        sed -e 's/^\+//' -e 's://.*$::' | \
-        # Prepend the file name and line number to each line, with colors
-        awk -v file="$file" '{ printf "\033[35m%s\033[0m:\033[32m%s\033[0m: %s\n", file, FNR, $0 }' | \
-        # Grep for print statements
-        grep --color=always -E '\b(println!|eprintln!)' || true
-    done
-}
-
-
-opt_error() {
-    local message="$1"
-    echo "Error: $message"
-    echo "Usage: $0 [--from-ref <ref>] [--to-ref <ref>]"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    # when no arguments are passed, search all git-tracked files
-    matches=$(grep_rust_lines_with_prints)
-else
-    from_ref=""
-    to_ref=""
-    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-        case "$1" in
-            --from-ref)
-                from_ref="$2"
-                shift 2
-                ;;
-            --to-ref)
-                to_ref="${2:-HEAD}"
-                shift 2
-                ;;
-            *)
-                opt_error "Unknown option: $1"
-                ;;
-        esac
-    done
-
-    if [ -z "$from_ref" ] || [ -z "$to_ref" ]; then
-        opt_error "both --from-ref and --to-ref must be provided, or none at all."
-    fi
-
-    matches=$(diff_rust_lines_with_prints "$from_ref" "$to_ref")
-fi
-
-if [ ! -z "$matches" ]; then
-    echo "Error: The following Rust source files contain println! or eprintln! statements:"
-    echo "$matches"
-    echo "Please remove or comment out the println! and eprintln! statements before pushing."
-    exit 1
-fi
-exit 0
diff --git a/resources/scripts/release.sh b/resources/scripts/release.sh
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index 000000000..79344df77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# See usage() for usage
+
+source "$(dirname -- "$0";)/rel-common.sh"
+
+# Helpers
+function usage() {
+  echo "Usage:"
+  echo "       # release everything changed"
+  echo "       ./release.sh"
+  echo
+  echo "       # release one crate"
+  echo "       ./release.sh write-fonts"
+  echo
+  echo "Typically you should be running this after bump-version.sh"
+}
+
+# What is it you want us to do?
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+  die_with_usage "Specify 0 - meaning all - or 1 packages"
+fi
+crate_specifier=""
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  crates=("$@")
+  validate_crates "${crates[@]}"
+  crate_specifier="-p ${crates[0]}"
+fi
+
+# Do the thing. We set errexit so step failure should break us out.
+
+echo "Dry run..."
+cargo release publish ${crate_specifier}
+
+echo "Doing the thing; ${COLOR_RED}PRESS CTRL+C if anything looks suspicious${TEXT_RESET}"
+
+echo "Publish to crates.io"
+cargo release publish -x ${crate_specifier}  # this prompts y/N
+echo "Generate tags"
+cargo release tag -x ${crate_specifier}  # this prompts y/N
+echo "Pushing tag to github"
+git push --tags
+
+echo "NEXT STEPS"
+echo "You probably want to create a release on github"