diff --git a/pkg/harfbuzz/buffer.zig b/pkg/harfbuzz/buffer.zig
index dc0ea73b9..2813dbc02 100644
--- a/pkg/harfbuzz/buffer.zig
+++ b/pkg/harfbuzz/buffer.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const c = @import("c.zig");
+const common = @import("common.zig");
 const Error = @import("errors.zig").Error;
+const Direction = common.Direction;
+const Script = common.Script;
+const Language = common.Language;
 
 /// Buffers serve a dual role in HarfBuzz; before shaping, they hold the
 /// input characters that are passed to hb_shape(), and after shaping they
@@ -126,6 +130,58 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
             @intCast(c_int, text.len),
         );
     }
+
+    /// Set the text flow direction of the buffer. No shaping can happen
+    /// without setting buffer direction, and it controls the visual direction
+    /// for the output glyphs; for RTL direction the glyphs will be reversed.
+    /// Many layout features depend on the proper setting of the direction,
+    /// for example, reversing RTL text before shaping, then shaping with LTR
+    /// direction is not the same as keeping the text in logical order and
+    /// shaping with RTL direction.
+    pub fn setDirection(self: Buffer, dir: Direction) void {
+        c.hb_buffer_set_direction(self.handle, @enumToInt(dir));
+    }
+
+    /// See hb_buffer_set_direction()
+    pub fn getDirection(self: Buffer) Direction {
+        return @intToEnum(Direction, c.hb_buffer_get_direction(self.handle));
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the script of buffer to script.
+    ///
+    /// Script is crucial for choosing the proper shaping behaviour for
+    /// scripts that require it (e.g. Arabic) and the which OpenType features
+    /// defined in the font to be applied.
+    ///
+    /// You can pass one of the predefined hb_script_t values, or use
+    /// hb_script_from_string() or hb_script_from_iso15924_tag() to get the
+    /// corresponding script from an ISO 15924 script tag.
+    pub fn setScript(self: Buffer, script: Script) void {
+        c.hb_buffer_set_script(self.handle, @enumToInt(script));
+    }
+
+    /// See hb_buffer_set_script()
+    pub fn getScript(self: Buffer) Script {
+        return @intToEnum(Script, c.hb_buffer_get_script(self.handle));
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the language of buffer to language .
+    ///
+    /// Languages are crucial for selecting which OpenType feature to apply to
+    /// the buffer which can result in applying language-specific behaviour.
+    /// Languages are orthogonal to the scripts, and though they are related,
+    /// they are different concepts and should not be confused with each other.
+    ///
+    /// Use hb_language_from_string() to convert from BCP 47 language tags to
+    /// hb_language_t.
+    pub fn setLanguage(self: Buffer, language: Language) void {
+        c.hb_buffer_set_language(self.handle, language.handle);
+    }
+
+    /// See hb_buffer_set_language()
+    pub fn getLanguage(self: Buffer) Language {
+        return Language{ .handle = c.hb_buffer_get_language(self.handle) };
+    }
 };
 
 /// The type of hb_buffer_t contents.
@@ -161,4 +217,13 @@ test "create" {
     buffer.addUTF16(&utf16);
     buffer.addUTF8(&utf8);
     buffer.addLatin1(&utf8);
+
+    // Try to set properties
+    buffer.setDirection(.ltr);
+    try testing.expectEqual(Direction.ltr, buffer.getDirection());
+
+    buffer.setScript(.arabic);
+    try testing.expectEqual(Script.arabic, buffer.getScript());
+
+    buffer.setLanguage(Language.fromString("en"));
 }
diff --git a/pkg/harfbuzz/common.zig b/pkg/harfbuzz/common.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a3589fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/harfbuzz/common.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const c = @import("c.zig");
+
+/// The direction of a text segment or buffer.
+///
+/// A segment can also be tested for horizontal or vertical orientation
+/// (irrespective of specific direction) with HB_DIRECTION_IS_HORIZONTAL()
+/// or HB_DIRECTION_IS_VERTICAL().
+pub const Direction = enum(u3) {
+    invalid = c.HB_DIRECTION_INVALID,
+    ltr = c.HB_DIRECTION_LTR,
+    rtl = c.HB_DIRECTION_RTL,
+    ttb = c.HB_DIRECTION_TTB,
+    bit = c.HB_DIRECTION_BTT,
+};
+
+/// Data type for scripts. Each hb_script_t's value is an hb_tag_t
+/// corresponding to the four-letter values defined by ISO 15924.
+///
+/// See also the Script (sc) property of the Unicode Character Database.
+pub const Script = enum(u31) {
+    common = c.HB_SCRIPT_COMMON,
+    inherited = c.HB_SCRIPT_INHERITED,
+    unknown = c.HB_SCRIPT_UNKNOWN,
+    arabic = c.HB_SCRIPT_ARABIC,
+    armenian = c.HB_SCRIPT_ARMENIAN,
+    bengali = c.HB_SCRIPT_BENGALI,
+    cyrillic = c.HB_SCRIPT_CYRILLIC,
+    devanagari = c.HB_SCRIPT_DEVANAGARI,
+    georgian = c.HB_SCRIPT_GEORGIAN,
+    greek = c.HB_SCRIPT_GREEK,
+    gujarati = c.HB_SCRIPT_GUJARATI,
+    gurmukhi = c.HB_SCRIPT_GURMUKHI,
+    hangul = c.HB_SCRIPT_HANGUL,
+    han = c.HB_SCRIPT_HAN,
+    hebrew = c.HB_SCRIPT_HEBREW,
+    hiragana = c.HB_SCRIPT_HIRAGANA,
+    kannada = c.HB_SCRIPT_KANNADA,
+    katakana = c.HB_SCRIPT_KATAKANA,
+    lao = c.HB_SCRIPT_LAO,
+    latin = c.HB_SCRIPT_LATIN,
+    malayalam = c.HB_SCRIPT_MALAYALAM,
+    oriya = c.HB_SCRIPT_ORIYA,
+    tamil = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAMIL,
+    telugu = c.HB_SCRIPT_TELUGU,
+    thai = c.HB_SCRIPT_THAI,
+    tibetan = c.HB_SCRIPT_TIBETAN,
+    bopomofo = c.HB_SCRIPT_BOPOMOFO,
+    braille = c.HB_SCRIPT_BRAILLE,
+    canadian_syllabics = c.HB_SCRIPT_CANADIAN_SYLLABICS,
+    cherokee = c.HB_SCRIPT_CHEROKEE,
+    ethiopic = c.HB_SCRIPT_ETHIOPIC,
+    khmer = c.HB_SCRIPT_KHMER,
+    mongolian = c.HB_SCRIPT_MONGOLIAN,
+    myanmar = c.HB_SCRIPT_MYANMAR,
+    ogham = c.HB_SCRIPT_OGHAM,
+    runic = c.HB_SCRIPT_RUNIC,
+    sinhala = c.HB_SCRIPT_SINHALA,
+    syriac = c.HB_SCRIPT_SYRIAC,
+    thaana = c.HB_SCRIPT_THAANA,
+    yi = c.HB_SCRIPT_YI,
+    deseret = c.HB_SCRIPT_DESERET,
+    gothic = c.HB_SCRIPT_GOTHIC,
+    old_italic = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_ITALIC,
+    buhid = c.HB_SCRIPT_BUHID,
+    hanunoo = c.HB_SCRIPT_HANUNOO,
+    tagalog = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAGALOG,
+    tagbanwa = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAGBANWA,
+    cypriot = c.HB_SCRIPT_CYPRIOT,
+    limbu = c.HB_SCRIPT_LIMBU,
+    linear_b = c.HB_SCRIPT_LINEAR_B,
+    osmanya = c.HB_SCRIPT_OSMANYA,
+    shavian = c.HB_SCRIPT_SHAVIAN,
+    tai_le = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAI_LE,
+    ugaritic = c.HB_SCRIPT_UGARITIC,
+    buginese = c.HB_SCRIPT_BUGINESE,
+    coptic = c.HB_SCRIPT_COPTIC,
+    glagolitic = c.HB_SCRIPT_GLAGOLITIC,
+    kharoshthi = c.HB_SCRIPT_KHAROSHTHI,
+    new_tai_lue = c.HB_SCRIPT_NEW_TAI_LUE,
+    old_persian = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_PERSIAN,
+    syloti_nagri = c.HB_SCRIPT_SYLOTI_NAGRI,
+    tifinagh = c.HB_SCRIPT_TIFINAGH,
+    balinese = c.HB_SCRIPT_BALINESE,
+    cuneiform = c.HB_SCRIPT_CUNEIFORM,
+    nko = c.HB_SCRIPT_NKO,
+    phags_pa = c.HB_SCRIPT_PHAGS_PA,
+    phoenician = c.HB_SCRIPT_PHOENICIAN,
+    carian = c.HB_SCRIPT_CARIAN,
+    cham = c.HB_SCRIPT_CHAM,
+    kayah_li = c.HB_SCRIPT_KAYAH_LI,
+    lepcha = c.HB_SCRIPT_LEPCHA,
+    lycian = c.HB_SCRIPT_LYCIAN,
+    lydian = c.HB_SCRIPT_LYDIAN,
+    ol_chiki = c.HB_SCRIPT_OL_CHIKI,
+    rejang = c.HB_SCRIPT_REJANG,
+    saurashtra = c.HB_SCRIPT_SAURASHTRA,
+    sundanese = c.HB_SCRIPT_SUNDANESE,
+    vai = c.HB_SCRIPT_VAI,
+    avestan = c.HB_SCRIPT_AVESTAN,
+    bamum = c.HB_SCRIPT_BAMUM,
+    egyptian_hieroglyphs = c.HB_SCRIPT_EGYPTIAN_HIEROGLYPHS,
+    imperial_aramaic = c.HB_SCRIPT_IMPERIAL_ARAMAIC,
+    inscriptional_pahlavi = c.HB_SCRIPT_INSCRIPTIONAL_PAHLAVI,
+    inscriptional_parthian = c.HB_SCRIPT_INSCRIPTIONAL_PARTHIAN,
+    javanese = c.HB_SCRIPT_JAVANESE,
+    kaithi = c.HB_SCRIPT_KAITHI,
+    lisu = c.HB_SCRIPT_LISU,
+    meetei_mayek = c.HB_SCRIPT_MEETEI_MAYEK,
+    old_south_arabian = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_SOUTH_ARABIAN,
+    old_turkic = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_TURKIC,
+    samaritan = c.HB_SCRIPT_SAMARITAN,
+    tai_tham = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAI_THAM,
+    tai_viet = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAI_VIET,
+    batak = c.HB_SCRIPT_BATAK,
+    brahmi = c.HB_SCRIPT_BRAHMI,
+    mandaic = c.HB_SCRIPT_MANDAIC,
+    chakma = c.HB_SCRIPT_CHAKMA,
+    meroitic_cursive = c.HB_SCRIPT_MEROITIC_CURSIVE,
+    meroitic_hieroglyphs = c.HB_SCRIPT_MEROITIC_HIEROGLYPHS,
+    miao = c.HB_SCRIPT_MIAO,
+    sharada = c.HB_SCRIPT_SHARADA,
+    sora_sompeng = c.HB_SCRIPT_SORA_SOMPENG,
+    takri = c.HB_SCRIPT_TAKRI,
+    bassa_vah = c.HB_SCRIPT_BASSA_VAH,
+    caucasian_albanian = c.HB_SCRIPT_CAUCASIAN_ALBANIAN,
+    duployan = c.HB_SCRIPT_DUPLOYAN,
+    elbasan = c.HB_SCRIPT_ELBASAN,
+    grantha = c.HB_SCRIPT_GRANTHA,
+    khojki = c.HB_SCRIPT_KHOJKI,
+    khudawadi = c.HB_SCRIPT_KHUDAWADI,
+    linear_a = c.HB_SCRIPT_LINEAR_A,
+    mahajani = c.HB_SCRIPT_MAHAJANI,
+    manichaean = c.HB_SCRIPT_MANICHAEAN,
+    mende_kikakui = c.HB_SCRIPT_MENDE_KIKAKUI,
+    modi = c.HB_SCRIPT_MODI,
+    mro = c.HB_SCRIPT_MRO,
+    nabataean = c.HB_SCRIPT_NABATAEAN,
+    old_north_arabian = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_NORTH_ARABIAN,
+    old_permic = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_PERMIC,
+    pahawh_hmong = c.HB_SCRIPT_PAHAWH_HMONG,
+    palmyrene = c.HB_SCRIPT_PALMYRENE,
+    pau_cin_hau = c.HB_SCRIPT_PAU_CIN_HAU,
+    psalter_pahlavi = c.HB_SCRIPT_PSALTER_PAHLAVI,
+    siddham = c.HB_SCRIPT_SIDDHAM,
+    tirhuta = c.HB_SCRIPT_TIRHUTA,
+    warang_citi = c.HB_SCRIPT_WARANG_CITI,
+    ahom = c.HB_SCRIPT_AHOM,
+    anatolian_hieroglyphs = c.HB_SCRIPT_ANATOLIAN_HIEROGLYPHS,
+    hatran = c.HB_SCRIPT_HATRAN,
+    multani = c.HB_SCRIPT_MULTANI,
+    old_hungarian = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_HUNGARIAN,
+    signwriting = c.HB_SCRIPT_SIGNWRITING,
+    adlam = c.HB_SCRIPT_ADLAM,
+    bhaiksuki = c.HB_SCRIPT_BHAIKSUKI,
+    marchen = c.HB_SCRIPT_MARCHEN,
+    osage = c.HB_SCRIPT_OSAGE,
+    tangut = c.HB_SCRIPT_TANGUT,
+    newa = c.HB_SCRIPT_NEWA,
+    masaram_gondi = c.HB_SCRIPT_MASARAM_GONDI,
+    nushu = c.HB_SCRIPT_NUSHU,
+    soyombo = c.HB_SCRIPT_SOYOMBO,
+    zanabazar_square = c.HB_SCRIPT_ZANABAZAR_SQUARE,
+    dogra = c.HB_SCRIPT_DOGRA,
+    gunjala_gondi = c.HB_SCRIPT_GUNJALA_GONDI,
+    hanifi_rohingya = c.HB_SCRIPT_HANIFI_ROHINGYA,
+    makasar = c.HB_SCRIPT_MAKASAR,
+    medefaidrin = c.HB_SCRIPT_MEDEFAIDRIN,
+    old_sogdian = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_SOGDIAN,
+    sogdian = c.HB_SCRIPT_SOGDIAN,
+    elymaic = c.HB_SCRIPT_ELYMAIC,
+    nandinagari = c.HB_SCRIPT_NANDINAGARI,
+    nyiakeng_puachue_hmong = c.HB_SCRIPT_NYIAKENG_PUACHUE_HMONG,
+    wancho = c.HB_SCRIPT_WANCHO,
+    chorasmian = c.HB_SCRIPT_CHORASMIAN,
+    dives_akuru = c.HB_SCRIPT_DIVES_AKURU,
+    khitan_small_script = c.HB_SCRIPT_KHITAN_SMALL_SCRIPT,
+    yezidi = c.HB_SCRIPT_YEZIDI,
+    cypro_minoan = c.HB_SCRIPT_CYPRO_MINOAN,
+    old_uyghur = c.HB_SCRIPT_OLD_UYGHUR,
+    tangsa = c.HB_SCRIPT_TANGSA,
+    toto = c.HB_SCRIPT_TOTO,
+    vithkuqi = c.HB_SCRIPT_VITHKUQI,
+    math = c.HB_SCRIPT_MATH,
+    invalid = c.HB_SCRIPT_INVALID,
+};
+
+/// Data type for languages. Each hb_language_t corresponds to a BCP 47
+/// language tag.
+pub const Language = struct {
+    handle: c.hb_language_t,
+
+    /// Converts str representing a BCP 47 language tag to the corresponding
+    /// hb_language_t.
+    pub fn fromString(str: []const u8) Language {
+        return .{
+            .handle = c.hb_language_from_string(
+                str.ptr,
+                @intCast(c_int, str.len),
+            ),
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Converts an hb_language_t to a string.
+    pub fn toString(self: Language) [:0]const u8 {
+        return std.mem.span(@ptrCast(
+            [*:0]const u8,
+            c.hb_language_to_string(self.handle),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /// Fetch the default language from current locale.
+    pub fn getDefault() Language {
+        return .{ .handle = c.hb_language_get_default() };
+    }
+};
diff --git a/pkg/harfbuzz/main.zig b/pkg/harfbuzz/main.zig
index 70548e93f..c1b7c2da9 100644
--- a/pkg/harfbuzz/main.zig
+++ b/pkg/harfbuzz/main.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub const c = @import("c.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("blob.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("buffer.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("common.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("errors.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("face.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("font.zig");