diff --git a/types/runes/index.d.ts b/types/runes/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/runes/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for runes 0.4
+// Project: https://github.com/dotcypress/runes
+// Definitions by: Jamie Davies <https://github.com/viralpickaxe>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare function runes(text: string): string[];
+declare namespace runes {
+    function substr(text: string, index: number): string;
+}
+
+export = runes;
diff --git a/types/runes/runes-tests.ts b/types/runes/runes-tests.ts
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+import runes = require('runes');
+
+runes('hello world 😁');
+runes.substr('hello world 😁', 1);
diff --git a/types/runes/tsconfig.json b/types/runes/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "runes-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/runes/tslint.json b/types/runes/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }