diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/text/font/color.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/text/font/color.rs
index a7e8d55ef..0a7b13c97 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/text/font/color.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/text/font/color.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use typst_syntax::Span;
 use usvg::tiny_skia_path;
 use xmlwriter::XmlWriter;
 
-use crate::foundations::{Bytes, Smart};
+use crate::foundations::Bytes;
 use crate::layout::{Abs, Frame, FrameItem, Point, Size};
 use crate::text::{Font, Glyph};
 use crate::visualize::{
@@ -105,11 +105,7 @@ fn draw_raster_glyph(
     raster_image: ttf_parser::RasterGlyphImage,
 ) -> Option<()> {
     let data = Bytes::new(raster_image.data.to_vec());
-    let image = Image::new(
-        RasterImage::new(data, ExchangeFormat::Png, Smart::Auto).ok()?,
-        None,
-        Smart::Auto,
-    );
+    let image = Image::plain(RasterImage::plain(data, ExchangeFormat::Png).ok()?);
 
     // Apple Color emoji doesn't provide offset information (or at least
     // not in a way ttf-parser understands), so we artificially shift their
@@ -181,7 +177,7 @@ fn draw_colr_glyph(
     svg.end_element();
 
     let data = Bytes::from_string(svg.end_document());
-    let image = Image::new(SvgImage::new(data).ok()?, None, Smart::Auto);
+    let image = Image::plain(SvgImage::new(data).ok()?);
 
     let y_shift = Abs::pt(upem.to_pt() - y_max);
     let position = Point::new(Abs::pt(x_min), y_shift);
@@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ fn draw_svg_glyph(
     );
 
     let data = Bytes::from_string(wrapper_svg);
-    let image = Image::new(SvgImage::new(data).ok()?, None, Smart::Auto);
+    let image = Image::plain(SvgImage::new(data).ok()?);
 
     let position = Point::new(Abs::pt(left), Abs::pt(top) + upem);
     let size = Size::new(Abs::pt(width), Abs::pt(height));
diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/mod.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/mod.rs
index 19b1bdb4f..a13a7a207 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/mod.rs
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ impl Image {
         Self::new_impl(kind.into(), alt, scaling)
     }
 
+    /// Create an image with optional properties set to the default.
+    pub fn plain(kind: impl Into<ImageKind>) -> Self {
+        Self::new(kind, None, Smart::Auto)
+    }
+
     /// The internal, non-generic implementation. This is memoized to reuse
     /// the `Arc` and `LazyHash`.
     #[comemo::memoize]
diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/raster.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/raster.rs
index 86455ce19..22f077d9e 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/raster.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/visualize/image/raster.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ impl RasterImage {
         data: Bytes,
         format: impl Into<RasterFormat>,
         icc: Smart<Bytes>,
-    ) -> StrResult<RasterImage> {
+    ) -> StrResult<Self> {
         Self::new_impl(data, format.into(), icc)
     }
 
+    /// Create a raster image with optional properties set to the default.
+    pub fn plain(data: Bytes, format: impl Into<RasterFormat>) -> StrResult<Self> {
+        Self::new(data, format, Smart::Auto)
+    }
+
     /// The internal, non-generic implementation.
     #[comemo::memoize]
     #[typst_macros::time(name = "load raster image")]
@@ -425,7 +430,7 @@ mod tests {
         fn test(path: &str, format: ExchangeFormat, dpi: f64) {
             let data = typst_dev_assets::get(path).unwrap();
             let bytes = Bytes::new(data);
-            let image = RasterImage::new(bytes, format, Smart::Auto).unwrap();
+            let image = RasterImage::plain(bytes, format).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(image.dpi().map(f64::round), Some(dpi));
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/typst-svg/src/text.rs b/crates/typst-svg/src/text.rs
index 2386006d7..e6620a59e 100644
--- a/crates/typst-svg/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-svg/src/text.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 use base64::Engine;
 use ecow::EcoString;
 use ttf_parser::GlyphId;
-use typst_library::foundations::{Bytes, Smart};
+use typst_library::foundations::Bytes;
 use typst_library::layout::{Abs, Point, Ratio, Size, Transform};
 use typst_library::text::{Font, TextItem};
 use typst_library::visualize::{
@@ -246,15 +246,8 @@ fn convert_bitmap_glyph_to_image(font: &Font, id: GlyphId) -> Option<(Image, f64
     if raster.format != ttf_parser::RasterImageFormat::PNG {
         return None;
     }
-    let image = Image::new(
-        RasterImage::new(
-            Bytes::new(raster.data.to_vec()),
-            ExchangeFormat::Png,
-            Smart::Auto,
-        )
-        .ok()?,
-        None,
-        Smart::Auto,
+    let image = Image::plain(
+        RasterImage::plain(Bytes::new(raster.data.to_vec()), ExchangeFormat::Png).ok()?,
     );
     Some((image, raster.x as f64, raster.y as f64))
 }