diff --git a/Lib/gftools/fontsetter.py b/Lib/gftools/fontsetter.py
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+from fontTools.misc.cliTools import makeOutputFileName
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
+import types
+import yaml
+import argparse
+
+
+def loads(string):
+    """
+    name->setName: ["Hello world", 0, 3, 1, 0x409]
+    OS/2->sTypoAscender: 1200
+    -->
+    {
+        ("name", "setName): ["Hello world", 0, 3, 1, 0x409],
+        ("OS/2", "sTypoAscender"): 1200,
+    }
+    """
+    config = yaml.safe_load(string)
+    res = {}
+    for k, v in config.items():
+        path = k.split("->")
+        res[tuple(path)] = v
+    return res
+
+
+def load_config(fp):
+    with open(fp, encoding="utf-8") as doc:
+        return loads(doc.read())
+
+
+def hasmethod(obj, name):
+    return hasattr(obj, name) and type(getattr(obj, name)) == types.MethodType
+
+
+def set_all(obj, config):
+    for path, value in config.items():
+        setter(obj, path, value)
+
+
+def getter(obj, path):
+    if len(path) == 0:
+        return obj
+    key = path[0]
+    if hasmethod(obj, key):
+        import pdb
+        pdb.set_trace()
+        return getattr(obj, key)(*path[1])
+    if isinstance(key, str) and hasattr(obj, key):
+        return getter(getattr(obj, key), path[1:])
+    if isinstance(obj, (list, dict, tuple, TTFont)):
+        return getter(obj[key], path[1:])
+    return obj
+
+
+def setter(obj, path, val):
+    if len(path) == 0:
+        return
+    key = path[0]
+
+    if len(path) == 1:
+        if isinstance(key, str) and hasmethod(obj, key):
+            getattr(obj, key)(*val)
+        elif isinstance(key, str) and hasattr(obj, key):
+            setattr(obj, key, val)
+        else:
+            obj[path[0]] = val
+        return
+
+    if isinstance(key, str) and hasattr(obj, key):
+        setter(getattr(obj, key), path[1:], val)
+    elif isinstance(obj, (list, dict, tuple, TTFont)):
+        is_tuple = False
+        # convert numeric keys if needed
+        try:
+            obj[key]
+        except:
+            key = str(key)
+            obj[key]
+        # convert tuples to lists and then reconvert back using backtracking
+        if isinstance(obj[key], tuple):
+            is_tuple = True
+            obj[key] = list(obj[key])
+        setter(obj[key], path[1:], val)
+        if is_tuple:
+            obj[key] = tuple(obj[key])
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("font", type=TTFont)
+    parser.add_argument("config")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--out", default=None)
+    args = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    config = load_config(args.config)
+    set_all(args.font, config)
+
+    if not args.out:
+        args.out = makeOutputFileName(args.font.reader.file.name)
+    args.font.save(args.out)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_fontsetter.py b/tests/test_fontsetter.py
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+++ b/tests/test_fontsetter.py
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+from gftools.fontsetter import setter, getter
+import pytest
+from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont
+import os
+
+
+TEST_FONT = TTFont(os.path.join("data", "test", "Inconsolata[wdth,wght].ttf"))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    """obj,path,val,res""",
+    [
+        (
+            [10], [0], 100, [100]
+        ),
+        (
+            [10, [10]], [1, 0], 100, [10, [100]]
+        ),
+        (
+            [(0, [1, (2,)]), [1, 0], 100, (0, [100, (2,)])]
+        ),
+        (
+            [[0, (0, (0, ))], [1, 1, 0], 100, [0, (0, (100, ))]]
+        ),
+        (
+            {"A": {"B": [0, [10]]}}, ["A", "B", 1], [100], {"A": {"B": [0, [100]]}}
+        )
+    ]
+)
+def test_setter(obj, path, val, res):
+    setter(obj, path, val)
+    assert obj == res
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    """obj,path,val""",
+    [
+        # simple atttribs
+        (
+            TEST_FONT, ["OS/2", "fsSelection"], 64
+        ),
+        (
+            TEST_FONT, ["hhea", "ascender"], 1000
+        ),
+        # attrib then dict
+        (
+            TEST_FONT, ["hmtx", "metrics", "A"], (10, 10)
+        ),
+        # attrib then attrib
+        (
+            TEST_FONT, ["OS/2", "panose", "bSerifStyle"], 10
+        )
+    ]
+)
+def test_setter_on_fonts(obj, path, val):
+    setter(obj, path, val)
+    assert getter(obj, path) == val