diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt b/stubs/fpdf2/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
index 7675d7912..5a86f1936 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.set_creation_date
 # fonttools shims since we can't import it
 fpdf._fonttools_shims
 
+# Only present if harfbuzz is installed
+fpdf.fonts.HarfBuzzFont
+
 # Checking the following function crashes stubtest 0.991, but seems to be
 # fixed in later versions.
 fpdf.FPDF.set_encryption
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/METADATA.toml b/stubs/fpdf2/METADATA.toml
index 8207ba527..52b0219da 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "2.7.7"
+version = "2.7.8"
 upstream_repository = "https://github.com/PyFPDF/fpdf2"
 requires = ["types-Pillow>=9.2.0"]
 
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/bidi.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/bidi.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb314edf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/bidi.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from _typeshed import Incomplete
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Final, Literal, TypedDict, type_check_only
+
+MAX_DEPTH: Final = 125
+
+@type_check_only
+class _BracketInfo(TypedDict):
+    pair: str
+    type: Literal["o", "c"]
+
+BIDI_BRACKETS: Final[dict[str, _BracketInfo]]
+
+class BidiCharacter:
+    character_index: int
+    character: str
+    bidi_class: str
+    original_bidi_class: str
+    embedding_level: str
+    direction: Incomplete | None
+
+    def __init__(self, character_index: int, character: str, embedding_level: str, debug: bool) -> None: ...
+    def get_direction_from_level(self) -> Literal["L", "R"]: ...
+    def set_class(self, cls: str) -> None: ...
+
+@dataclass
+class DirectionalStatus:
+    embedding_level: int  # between 0 and MAX_DEPTH
+    directional_override_status: Literal["N", "L", "R"]
+    directional_isolate_status: bool
+
+class IsolatingRun:
+    characters: list[BidiCharacter]
+    previous_direction: str
+    next_direction: str
+    def __init__(self, characters: list[BidiCharacter], sos: str, eos: str) -> None: ...
+    def resolve_weak_types(self) -> None: ...
+    def pair_brackets(self) -> list[tuple[int, int]]: ...
+    def resolve_neutral_types(self) -> None: ...
+    def resolve_implicit_levels(self) -> None: ...
+
+def auto_detect_base_direction(string: str, stop_at_pdi: bool = False, debug: bool = False) -> Literal["L", "R"]: ...
+def calculate_isolate_runs(paragraph: Sequence[BidiCharacter]) -> list[IsolatingRun]: ...
+
+class BidiParagraph:
+    text: str
+    base_direction: Literal["L", "R"]
+    debug: bool
+    base_embedding_level: int
+    characters: list[BidiCharacter]
+
+    def __init__(self, text: str, base_direction: Literal["L", "R"] | None = None, debug: bool = False) -> None: ...
+    def get_characters(self) -> list[BidiCharacter]: ...
+    def get_characters_with_embedding_level(self) -> list[BidiCharacter]: ...
+    def get_reordered_characters(self) -> list[BidiCharacter]: ...
+    def get_all(self) -> tuple[list[BidiCharacter], tuple[BidiCharacter, ...]]: ...
+    def get_reordered_string(self) -> str: ...
+    def get_bidi_fragments(self) -> tuple[tuple[str, Literal["L", "R"]], ...]: ...
+    def get_bidi_characters(self) -> None: ...
+    def split_bidi_fragments(self) -> tuple[tuple[str, Literal["L", "R"]], ...]: ...
+    def reorder_resolved_levels(self) -> tuple[BidiCharacter, ...]: ...
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/enums.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/enums.pyi
index f67ea17e0..d1fa0fd75 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/enums.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/enums.pyi
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class TableCellFillMode(CoerciveEnum):
 
     def should_fill_cell(self, i: int, j: int) -> bool: ...
 
+class TableSpan(CoerciveEnum):
+    ROW: Literal["ROW"]
+    COL: Literal["COL"]
+
 class RenderStyle(CoerciveEnum):
     D: str
     F: str
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fonts.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fonts.pyi
index 1c0a51155..f4e7722d8 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fonts.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fonts.pyi
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ from _typeshed import Incomplete
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import overload
+from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from .drawing import DeviceGray, DeviceRGB, Number
 from .enums import TextEmphasis
 from .syntax import PDFObject
 
+# Only defined if harfbuzz is installed.
+class HarfBuzzFont(Incomplete):  # derives from uharfbuzz.Font
+    def __deepcopy__(self, _memo: object) -> Self: ...
+
 @dataclass
 class FontFace:
     family: str | None
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ class TTFFont(_FontMixin):
     glyph_ids: Incomplete
     missing_glyphs: Incomplete
     subset: Incomplete
-    hbfont: Incomplete
+    hbfont: HarfBuzzFont | None  # Not always defined.
     def __init__(self, fpdf, font_file_path, fontkey: str, style: int) -> None: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
     def get_text_width(self, text: str, font_size_pt: int, text_shaping_parms): ...
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.pyi
index 94517be77..80142a885 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.pyi
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ class FPDF(GraphicsStateMixin):
     w: float
     h: float
 
-    text_shaping: dict[str, Incomplete] | None  # TODO: TypedDict
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         orientation: _Orientation = "portrait",
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ class FPDF(GraphicsStateMixin):
         direction: Literal["ltr", "rtl"] | None = None,
         script: str | None = None,
         language: str | None = None,
-    ): ...
+    ) -> None: ...
     def set_compression(self, compress: bool) -> None: ...
     title: str
     def set_title(self, title: str) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/graphics_state.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/graphics_state.pyi
index fec06f18e..cbc0048ab 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/graphics_state.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/graphics_state.pyi
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-from typing import Any, ClassVar
-
-from fpdf.fonts import FontFace
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Literal, TypedDict, type_check_only
 
 from .drawing import DeviceGray, DeviceRGB
 from .enums import TextMode
+from .fonts import FontFace
+
+@type_check_only
+class _TextShaping(TypedDict):
+    use_shaping_engine: bool
+    features: dict[str, bool]
+    direction: Literal["ltr", "rtl"]
+    script: str | None
+    language: str | None
+    fragment_direction: Literal["L", "R"] | None
+    paragraph_direction: Literal["L", "R"] | None
 
 class GraphicsStateMixin:
     DEFAULT_DRAW_COLOR: ClassVar[DeviceGray]
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ class GraphicsStateMixin:
     @denom_lift.setter
     def denom_lift(self, v) -> None: ...
     @property
-    def text_shaping(self): ...
+    def text_shaping(self) -> _TextShaping | None: ...
     @text_shaping.setter
-    def text_shaping(self, v) -> None: ...
+    def text_shaping(self, v: _TextShaping | None) -> None: ...
     def font_face(self) -> FontFace: ...
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/line_break.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/line_break.pyi
index 52b130b50..ace56d7e3 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/line_break.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/line_break.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from _typeshed import Incomplete
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
-from typing import Final, NamedTuple
+from typing import Final, Literal, NamedTuple
 
 from .enums import Align, WrapMode
 
@@ -54,18 +54,26 @@ class Fragment:
     @property
     def lift(self): ...
     @property
-    def string(self): ...
-    def trim(self, index: int): ...
+    def string(self) -> str: ...
+    @property
+    def width(self) -> float: ...
+    @property
+    def text_shaping_parameters(self): ...
+    @property
+    def paragraph_direction(self) -> Literal["L", "R"]: ...
+    @property
+    def fragment_direction(self) -> Literal["L", "R"]: ...
+    def trim(self, index: int) -> None: ...
     def __eq__(self, other: Fragment) -> bool: ...  # type: ignore[override]
-    def get_width(self, start: int = 0, end: int | None = None, chars: str | None = None, initial_cs: bool = True): ...
+    def get_width(self, start: int = 0, end: int | None = None, chars: str | None = None, initial_cs: bool = True) -> float: ...
     def get_character_width(self, character: str, print_sh: bool = False, initial_cs: bool = True): ...
     def render_pdf_text(self, frag_ws, current_ws, word_spacing, adjust_x, adjust_y, h): ...
     def render_pdf_text_ttf(self, frag_ws, word_spacing): ...
-    def render_with_text_shaping(self, pos_x, pos_y, h, word_spacing, text_shaping_parms): ...
+    def render_with_text_shaping(self, pos_x: float, pos_y: float, h: float, word_spacing: float) -> str: ...
     def render_pdf_text_core(self, frag_ws, current_ws): ...
 
 class TextLine(NamedTuple):
-    fragments: tuple[Incomplete, ...]
+    fragments: tuple[Fragment, ...]
     text_width: float
     number_of_spaces: int
     align: Align
@@ -73,6 +81,7 @@ class TextLine(NamedTuple):
     max_width: float
     trailing_nl: bool = False
     trailing_form_feed: bool = False
+    def get_ordered_fragments(self) -> tuple[Fragment, ...]: ...
 
 class SpaceHint(NamedTuple):
     original_fragment_index: int
@@ -97,13 +106,14 @@ class HyphenHint(NamedTuple):
 class CurrentLine:
     max_width: float
     print_sh: Incomplete
-    fragments: Incomplete
-    width: int
+    fragments: list[Fragment]
     height: int
     number_of_spaces: int
     space_break_hint: Incomplete
     hyphen_break_hint: Incomplete
     def __init__(self, max_width: float, print_sh: bool = False) -> None: ...
+    @property
+    def width(self) -> float: ...
     def add_character(
         self,
         character: str,
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/svg.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/svg.pyi
index d619f2c56..520060697 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/svg.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/svg.pyi
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def resolve_length(length_str, default_unit: str = "pt"): ...
 def resolve_angle(angle_str, default_unit: str = "deg"): ...
 def xmlns(space, name): ...
 def xmlns_lookup(space, *names): ...
+def without_ns(qualified_tag: str) -> str: ...
 
 shape_tags: Incomplete
 
diff --git a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/table.pyi b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/table.pyi
index 563c18a37..28008484b 100644
--- a/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/table.pyi
+++ b/stubs/fpdf2/fpdf/table.pyi
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-from _typeshed import Incomplete
+from _typeshed import Incomplete, SupportsItems
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Literal
+from typing import Literal, overload
 
 from PIL import Image
 
 from .drawing import DeviceGray, DeviceRGB
-from .enums import Align, TableBordersLayout, TableCellFillMode, VAlign, WrapMode
+from .enums import Align, TableBordersLayout, TableCellFillMode, TableSpan, VAlign, WrapMode
 from .fonts import FontFace
 from .fpdf import FPDF
 from .util import Padding
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Table:
     ) -> None: ...
     def row(self, cells: Iterable[str] = (), style: FontFace | None = None) -> Row: ...
     def render(self) -> None: ...
-    def get_cell_border(self, i, j) -> str | Literal[0, 1]: ...
+    def get_cell_border(self, i: int, j: int, cell: Cell) -> str | Literal[0, 1]: ...
 
 class Row:
     cells: list[Cell]
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ class Row:
     @property
     def cols_count(self) -> int: ...
     @property
-    def column_indices(self): ...
+    def max_rowspan(self) -> int: ...
+    def convert_spans(self, active_rowspans: SupportsItems[int, int]) -> tuple[dict[int, int], list[int]]: ...
+    @overload
     def cell(
         self,
         text: str = "",
@@ -62,9 +64,24 @@ class Row:
         img: str | Image.Image | BytesIO | None = None,
         img_fill_width: bool = False,
         colspan: int = 1,
+        rowspan: int = 1,
         padding: tuple[float, ...] | None = None,
         link: str | int | None = None,
-    ) -> Cell: ...
+    ) -> str: ...
+    @overload
+    def cell(
+        self,
+        text: TableSpan,
+        align: str | Align | None = None,
+        v_align: str | VAlign | None = None,
+        style: FontFace | None = None,
+        img: str | Image.Image | BytesIO | None = None,
+        img_fill_width: bool = False,
+        colspan: int = 1,
+        rowspan: int = 1,
+        padding: tuple[float, ...] | None = None,
+        link: str | int | None = None,
+    ) -> TableSpan: ...
 
 @dataclass
 class Cell:
@@ -75,6 +92,7 @@ class Cell:
     img: str | None
     img_fill_width: bool
     colspan: int
+    rowspan: int
     padding: int | tuple[float, ...] | None
     link: str | int | None
 
@@ -83,7 +101,17 @@ class Cell:
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class RowLayoutInfo:
     height: int
-    triggers_page_jump: bool
+    pagebreak_height: float
     rendered_height: dict[Incomplete, Incomplete]
+    merged_heights: list[Incomplete]
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RowSpanLayoutInfo:
+    column: int
+    start: int
+    length: int
+    contents_height: float
+
+    def row_range(self) -> range: ...
 
 def draw_box_borders(pdf: FPDF, x1, y1, x2, y2, border: str | Literal[0, 1], fill_color: Incomplete | None = None) -> None: ...