diff --git a/src/data/field/text.cpp b/src/data/field/text.cpp
index 4fdf2ae2..314af951 100644
--- a/src/data/field/text.cpp
+++ b/src/data/field/text.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ TextStyle::TextStyle(const TextFieldP& field)
 bool TextStyle::update(Context& ctx) {
 	return Style     ::update(ctx)
 	     | font       .update(ctx)
-	     | symbol_font.update(ctx);
+	     | symbol_font.update(ctx)
+	     | alignment  .update(ctx)
+	     | angle      .update(ctx);
 }
 void TextStyle::initDependencies(Context& ctx, const Dependency& dep) const {
 	Style     ::initDependencies(ctx, dep);
diff --git a/src/data/field/text.hpp b/src/data/field/text.hpp
index c11f3d7c..1b00eb1d 100644
--- a/src/data/field/text.hpp
+++ b/src/data/field/text.hpp
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class TextStyle : public Style {
 	SymbolFontRef symbol_font;					///< Symbol font for symbols in the text
 	bool always_symbol;							///< Should everything be drawn as symbols?
 	bool allow_formating;						///< Is formating (bold/italic/..) allowed?
-	Alignment alignment;						///< Alignment inside the box
-	int angle;									///< Angle of the text inside the box
+	Scriptable<Alignment> alignment;			///< Alignment inside the box
+	Scriptable<int> angle;						///< Angle of the text inside the box
 	double padding_left,   padding_left_min;	///< Padding
 	double padding_right,  padding_right_min;	///< Padding
 	double padding_top,    padding_top_min;		///< Padding
diff --git a/src/data/keyword.cpp b/src/data/keyword.cpp
index 76f44f45..49144775 100644
--- a/src/data/keyword.cpp
+++ b/src/data/keyword.cpp
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ String KeywordDatabase::expand(const String& text,
 
 ScriptType KeywordParamValue::type() const { return SCRIPT_STRING; }
 String KeywordParamValue::typeName() const { return _("keyword parameter"); }
+
 KeywordParamValue::operator String() const {
 	String safe_type = replace_all(replace_all(replace_all(type_name,
 							_("("),_("-")),
@@ -644,6 +645,12 @@ KeywordParamValue::operator String() const {
 							_(" "),_("-"));
 	return _("<param-") + safe_type + _(">") + value  + _("</param-") + safe_type + _(">");
 }
+
+KeywordParamValue::operator int()    const { return *to_script(value); } // a bit of a hack
+KeywordParamValue::operator double() const { return *to_script(value); }
+KeywordParamValue::operator Color()  const { return *to_script(value); }
+int KeywordParamValue::itemCount()   const { return  to_script(value)->itemCount(); }
+
 ScriptValueP KeywordParamValue::getMember(const String& name) const {
 	if (name == _("type"))             return to_script(type_name);
 	if (name == _("separator before")) return to_script(separator_before);
diff --git a/src/data/keyword.hpp b/src/data/keyword.hpp
index c2628f57..9a5ee689 100644
--- a/src/data/keyword.hpp
+++ b/src/data/keyword.hpp
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ class KeywordParamValue : public ScriptValue {
 	virtual ScriptType type() const;
 	virtual String typeName() const;
 	virtual operator String() const;
+	virtual operator int()    const;
+	virtual operator double() const;
+	virtual operator Color()  const;
+	virtual int itemCount()   const;
 	virtual ScriptValueP getMember(const String& name) const;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/script/scriptable.cpp b/src/script/scriptable.cpp
index f576f118..166959f9 100644
--- a/src/script/scriptable.cpp
+++ b/src/script/scriptable.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <script/script.hpp>
 #include <script/value.hpp>
 
+Alignment from_string(const String&);
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Store
 
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, String& var)              { var = val->toString(); }
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ void store(const ScriptValueP& val, bool&   var)              { var = static_cas
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Color&  var)              { var = *val; }
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Defaultable<String>& var) { var.assign(*val); }
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Defaultable<Color>& var)  { var.assign(*val); }
+void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Alignment& var)           { var = from_string(val->toString()); }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : OptionalScript
 
diff --git a/src/script/scriptable.hpp b/src/script/scriptable.hpp
index f8c49215..5457fefd 100644
--- a/src/script/scriptable.hpp
+++ b/src/script/scriptable.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <util/prec.hpp>
 #include <util/reflect.hpp>
 #include <util/defaultable.hpp>
+#include <util/alignment.hpp>
 #include <script/script.hpp>
 #include <script/context.hpp>
 #include <script/parser.hpp>
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ void store(const ScriptValueP& val, bool&   var);
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Color&  var);
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Defaultable<String>& var);
 void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Defaultable<Color>&  var);
+void store(const ScriptValueP& val, Alignment& var);
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : OptionalScript