diff --git a/bingus/src/bin_/bytes.rs b/bingus/src/bin_/bytes.rs
index 74a0b03..6b059f3 100644
--- a/bingus/src/bin_/bytes.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/bin_/bytes.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,4 @@ impl Bendable for Bytes {
         iter.for_each(|e| *e = f(Cow::Borrowed(e)));
         self
     }
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        crate::Format::Binary
-    }
 }
diff --git a/bingus/src/doc/pdf.rs b/bingus/src/doc/pdf.rs
index 0e9b26d..43a0277 100644
--- a/bingus/src/doc/pdf.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/doc/pdf.rs
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ impl Bendable for PdfDocument {
             bookmarks,
         }
     }
-
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        crate::Format::Archive
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/bingus/src/doc/shiva.rs b/bingus/src/doc/shiva.rs
index 2a98422..d8b08c7 100644
--- a/bingus/src/doc/shiva.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/doc/shiva.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,4 @@ impl Bendable for ShivaDocument {
             self.output_format,
         )
     }
-
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        crate::Format::Doc
-    }
 }
diff --git a/bingus/src/fnt/fontkit.rs b/bingus/src/fnt/fontkit.rs
index bf44dcf..4b8721c 100644
--- a/bingus/src/fnt/fontkit.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/fnt/fontkit.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,4 @@ impl Bendable for Font {
         )
         .expect("coudn't get font back from bytes after map")
     }
-
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        crate::Format::Font
-    }
 }
diff --git a/bingus/src/img/image.rs b/bingus/src/img/image.rs
index e2a0f66..f8edff5 100644
--- a/bingus/src/img/image.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/img/image.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use num::{
 use rayon::iter::ParallelIterator;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::{Bendable, Format, FromDataBytes, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes};
+use crate::{Bendable, FromDataBytes, IntoDataBytes, TryFromDataBytes};
 
 impl<P: Pixel> IntoDataBytes for ImageBuffer<P, Vec<P::Subpixel>>
 where
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ where
         iter.for_each(|p| *p = f(Cow::Borrowed(p)));
         self
     }
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        Format::Image
-    }
 }
 
 impl IntoDataBytes for DynamicImage {
diff --git a/bingus/src/lib.rs b/bingus/src/lib.rs
index b13513a..3a48087 100644
--- a/bingus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub mod txt;
 
 pub type Bytes = Vec<u8>;
 
-mod dynamic {
+pub mod dynamic {
     #[cfg(feature = "text")]
     use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
     use std::{
@@ -40,53 +40,33 @@ mod dynamic {
     use cfg_if::cfg_if;
     #[cfg(feature = "fonts")]
     use font_kit::error::FontLoadingError;
-    pub use infer::MatcherType;
+    pub use infer::*;
     #[cfg(feature = "documents")]
     use printpdf::PdfDocument;
     #[cfg(feature = "documents")]
     use shiva::core::{bytes, Document, DocumentType};
-    use strum::{AsRefStr, EnumDiscriminants, EnumString};
     use thiserror::Error;
 
-    #[derive(EnumDiscriminants)]
-    #[strum_discriminants(name(Format), derive(EnumString, AsRefStr))]
     pub enum DynamicBendable<'a> {
         #[cfg(feature = "pictures")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "img", serialize = "image"))]
         Image(DynamicImage),
         #[cfg(feature = "binary")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "bin", serialize = "binary"))]
         Binary(Bytes),
         #[cfg(feature = "music")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "snd", serialize = "sound"))]
         Sound(Audio),
         #[cfg(feature = "text")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "txt", serialize = "text"))]
         Text(Text<'a>),
         #[cfg(not(feature = "text"))]
         Phantom(PhantomData<&'a ()>),
         #[cfg(feature = "documents")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "doc", serialize = "document"))]
         Doc(ShivaDocument),
         #[cfg(feature = "documents")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "arc", serialize = "archive"))]
         Archive(PdfDocument),
         Meta,
         #[cfg(feature = "fonts")]
-        #[strum_discriminants(strum(serialize = "fnt", serialize = "font"))]
         Font(FontKitFont),
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "pictures")]
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    #[test]
-    fn format_str() {
-        use std::str::FromStr;
-
-        assert_eq!("image", Format::Image.as_ref());
-        assert_eq!(Ok(Format::Image), Format::from_str("img"));
-    }
-
     #[cfg(feature = "shiva")]
     #[derive(Debug, Error)]
     #[error("extension is unknown by Shiva")]
@@ -165,15 +145,11 @@ mod dynamic {
             }
             self
         }
-
-        fn format() -> Format {
-            Format::Meta
-        }
     }
 
     pub type DynamicResult = Result<Option<DynamicBendable<'static>>, OpenError>;
 
-    fn guess(t: Option<infer::Type>, bytes: Bytes) -> DynamicResult {
+    pub fn guess(t: Option<infer::Type>, bytes: Bytes) -> DynamicResult {
         use MatcherType::*;
         t.map(|t| (t.matcher_type(), t.extension()))
         .map(
@@ -244,8 +220,6 @@ mod dynamic {
 
 use std::{borrow::Cow, convert::Infallible};
 
-pub use dynamic::*;
-
 pub trait Bendable: TryFromDataBytes + IntoDataBytes {
     type Unit;
     fn bend_into<T: TryFromDataBytes + IntoDataBytes>(
@@ -263,7 +237,6 @@ pub trait Bendable: TryFromDataBytes + IntoDataBytes {
         Self::try_from_data_bytes(b.into_data_bytes(), format, crop)
     }
     fn map<F: Fn(Cow<Self::Unit>) -> Self::Unit + Sync>(self, f: F) -> Self;
-    fn format() -> Format;
 }
 
 pub trait IntoDataBytes: Sized {
diff --git a/bingus/src/snd/raw.rs b/bingus/src/snd/raw.rs
index 0f57acb..4ef1bd4 100644
--- a/bingus/src/snd/raw.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/snd/raw.rs
@@ -93,8 +93,5 @@ if #[cfg(feature = "rayon")] {
             self.0.iter_mut().for_each(|e| *e = f(Cow::Borrowed(e)));
             self
         }
-        fn format() -> crate::dynamic::Format {
-            crate::Format::Sound
-        }
     }
 }}
diff --git a/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs b/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs
index 5cb3beb..b58741e 100644
--- a/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs
+++ b/bingus/src/txt/bare.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,4 @@ impl Bendable for Text<'_> {
             .collect::<String>()
             .into()
     }
-
-    fn format() -> crate::Format {
-        crate::Format::Text
-    }
 }