diff --git a/collects/drscheme/private/prefs-contract.ss b/collects/drscheme/private/prefs-contract.ss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb648dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/drscheme/private/prefs-contract.ss
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#lang scheme/base
+
+(require (for-syntax scheme/base)
+         framework/framework)
+
+(provide (rename-out [-preferences:get preferences:get])
+         preferences:get-drscheme:large-letters-font)
+
+(define (preferences:get-drscheme:large-letters-font)
+  (preferences:get 'drscheme:large-letters-font))
+
+(define-syntax (-preferences:get stx)
+  (syntax-case stx (quote)
+    [(_ (quote sym))
+     (with-syntax ([nm (datum->syntax stx (string->symbol (string-append "preferences:get" "-" (symbol->string (syntax-e #'sym)))))])
+       (syntax/loc stx (nm)))]))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/lang/reader.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/lang/reader.ss
index 554ba602..0a919940 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/lang/reader.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/lang/reader.ss
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-#lang scheme/base
-(require (prefix-in r: "../typed-reader.ss")
-         (only-in syntax/module-reader wrap-read-all))
+#lang s-exp syntax/module-reader
 
-(define (*read in modpath line col pos)
-  (wrap-read-all 'typed-scheme in r:read modpath #f line col pos))
+typed-scheme
 
-(define (*read-syntax src in modpath line col pos)
-  (wrap-read-all
-   'typed-scheme in (lambda (in) (r:read-syntax src in))
-   modpath src line col pos))
+#:read r:read
+#:read-syntax r:read-syntax
 
-(provide (rename-out [*read read] [*read-syntax read-syntax]))
+(require (prefix-in r: "../typed-reader.ss"))