diff --git a/crates/typst/src/layout/inline/shaping.rs b/crates/typst/src/layout/inline/shaping.rs
index 82a33f9b0..aa30688b4 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/layout/inline/shaping.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/layout/inline/shaping.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ impl<'a> ShapedText<'a> {
         frame.set_baseline(top);
 
         let shift = TextElem::baseline_in(self.styles);
-        let lang = TextElem::lang_in(self.styles);
         let decos = TextElem::deco_in(self.styles);
         let fill = TextElem::fill_in(self.styles);
         let stroke = TextElem::stroke_in(self.styles);
@@ -306,7 +305,8 @@ impl<'a> ShapedText<'a> {
             let item = TextItem {
                 font,
                 size: self.size,
-                lang,
+                lang: self.lang,
+                region: self.region,
                 fill: fill.clone(),
                 stroke: stroke.clone().map(|s| s.unwrap_or_default()),
                 text: self.text[range.start - self.base..range.end - self.base].into(),
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/math/fragment.rs b/crates/typst/src/math/fragment.rs
index c53966543..084a12419 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/math/fragment.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/math/fragment.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::math::{
     scaled_font_size, EquationElem, Limits, MathContext, MathSize, Scaled,
 };
 use crate::syntax::Span;
-use crate::text::{Font, Glyph, Lang, TextElem, TextItem};
+use crate::text::{Font, Glyph, Lang, Region, TextElem, TextItem};
 use crate::visualize::Paint;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ pub struct GlyphFragment {
     pub c: char,
     pub font: Font,
     pub lang: Lang,
+    pub region: Option<Region>,
     pub fill: Paint,
     pub shift: Abs,
     pub width: Abs,
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ impl GlyphFragment {
             c,
             font: ctx.font.clone(),
             lang: TextElem::lang_in(styles),
+            region: TextElem::region_in(styles),
             fill: TextElem::fill_in(styles).as_decoration(),
             shift: TextElem::baseline_in(styles),
             font_size: scaled_font_size(ctx, styles),
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ impl GlyphFragment {
             size: self.font_size,
             fill: self.fill,
             lang: self.lang,
+            region: self.region,
             text: self.c.into(),
             stroke: None,
             glyphs: vec![Glyph {
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/font/color.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/font/color.rs
index 2dfd5545a..8ca9e6c5b 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/font/color.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/font/color.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ impl<'f, 't> ColrPainter<'f, 't> {
                 fill,
                 stroke: None,
                 lang: Lang::ENGLISH,
+                region: None,
                 text: EcoString::new(),
                 glyphs: vec![Glyph {
                     id: self.current_glyph.0,
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/item.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/item.rs
index 3ad481cf7..5de30a8dc 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/item.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/item.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use ecow::EcoString;
 
 use crate::layout::{Abs, Em};
 use crate::syntax::Span;
-use crate::text::{Font, Lang};
+use crate::text::{Font, Lang, Region};
 use crate::visualize::{FixedStroke, Paint};
 
 /// A run of shaped text.
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub struct TextItem {
     pub stroke: Option<FixedStroke>,
     /// The natural language of the text.
     pub lang: Lang,
+    /// The region of the text.
+    pub region: Option<Region>,
     /// The item's plain text.
     pub text: EcoString,
     /// The glyphs. The number of glyphs may be different from the number of