diff --git a/src/rust-core-text b/src/rust-core-text
index 7a42dc503a6..dab51768967 160000
--- a/src/rust-core-text
+++ b/src/rust-core-text
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7a42dc503a6b4578f3957c69574e07175b2ca3c5
+Subproject commit dab5176896750f512410e24e33852ccaf13dbf08
diff --git a/src/servo-gfx/font.rs b/src/servo-gfx/font.rs
index e126a1fb4c3..424db468ead 100644
--- a/src/servo-gfx/font.rs
+++ b/src/servo-gfx/font.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub type FontHandle/& = quartz::font::QuartzFontHandle;
 pub type FontHandle/& = freetype::font::FreeTypeFontHandle;
 
 pub trait FontHandleMethods {
+    pure fn family_name() -> ~str;
     pure fn face_name() -> ~str;
     pure fn is_italic() -> bool;
     pure fn boldness() -> CSSFontWeight;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ pub trait FontHandleMethods {
     fn glyph_index(codepoint: char) -> Option<GlyphIndex>;
     fn glyph_h_advance(GlyphIndex) -> Option<FractionalPixel>;
     fn get_metrics() -> FontMetrics;
+    fn get_table_for_tag(FontTableTag) -> Option<~[u8]>;
 }
 
 // TODO: `new` should be part of trait FontHandleMethods
@@ -52,6 +54,22 @@ impl FontHandle {
 // Used to abstract over the shaper's choice of fixed int representation.
 type FractionalPixel = float;
 
+pub type FontTableTag = u32;
+
+trait FontTableTagConversions {
+    pub pure fn tag_to_str() -> ~str;
+}
+
+impl FontTableTag : FontTableTagConversions {
+    pub pure fn tag_to_str() -> ~str unsafe {
+        let reversed = str::raw::from_buf_len(cast::transmute(&self), 4);
+        return str::from_chars([reversed.char_at(3),
+                                reversed.char_at(2),
+                                reversed.char_at(1),
+                                reversed.char_at(0)]);
+    }
+}
+
 struct FontMetrics {
     underline_size:   Au,
     underline_offset: Au,
@@ -290,6 +308,17 @@ impl Font {
         shaper
     }
 
+    fn get_table_for_tag(tag: FontTableTag) -> Option<~[u8]> {
+        let result = self.handle.get_table_for_tag(tag);
+        let status = if result.is_some() { "Found" } else { "Didn't find" };
+
+        debug!("%s font table[%s] with family=%s, face=%s",
+               status, tag.tag_to_str(),
+               self.handle.family_name(), self.handle.face_name());
+
+        return move result;
+    }
+
     priv fn get_azure_font() -> AzScaledFontRef {
         // fast path: we've already created the azure font resource
         match self.azure_font {
diff --git a/src/servo-gfx/quartz/font.rs b/src/servo-gfx/quartz/font.rs
index 6ab3986978a..3b97d4e6eaa 100644
--- a/src/servo-gfx/quartz/font.rs
+++ b/src/servo-gfx/quartz/font.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use gfx::font::{
     CSSFontWeight,
     FontHandleMethods,
     FontMetrics,
+    FontTableTag,
     FontWeight100,
     FontWeight200,
     FontWeight300,
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ use gfx::font::{
 use text::glyph::GlyphIndex;
 
 use cf = core_foundation;
-use cf::base::{CFIndex, CFRelease, CFTypeRef};
+use cf::base::{
+    CFIndex,
+    CFRelease,
+    CFTypeRef
+};
+use cf::data::CFData;
 use cf::string::UniChar;
 use cg = core_graphics;
 use cg::base::{CGFloat, CGAffineTransform};
@@ -175,5 +181,12 @@ pub impl QuartzFontHandle : FontHandleMethods {
         debug!("Font metrics (@%f pt): %?", self.ctfont.pt_size() as float, metrics);
         return metrics;
     }
+
+    fn get_table_for_tag(tag: FontTableTag) -> Option<~[u8]> {
+        let result = self.ctfont.get_font_table(tag);
+        return option::chain(move result, |data| {
+            Some(data.copy_to_buf())
+        });
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/servo-gfx/text/harfbuzz/shaper.rs b/src/servo-gfx/text/harfbuzz/shaper.rs
index 16944f05a52..e8529e24d9a 100644
--- a/src/servo-gfx/text/harfbuzz/shaper.rs
+++ b/src/servo-gfx/text/harfbuzz/shaper.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 extern mod harfbuzz;
 
-use geometry::Au;
+use geom::Point2D;
+
+use gfx::au;
+use gfx::{
+    Au,
+    Font,
+};
+use gfx::font::FontTableTag;
+
 use glyph::{GlyphStore, GlyphIndex, GlyphData};
 use servo_gfx_font::Font;
 
@@ -20,17 +28,33 @@ use harfbuzz::bindgen::{hb_font_set_funcs, hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_advance_fun
 use harfbuzz::bindgen::{hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_func, hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_kerning_func};
 use std::arc;
 
+use harfbuzz::{HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY,
+                  HB_DIRECTION_LTR};
+use harfbuzz::{hb_blob_t, hb_face_t, hb_font_t, hb_font_funcs_t, hb_buffer_t,
+                  hb_codepoint_t, hb_bool_t, hb_glyph_position_t,
+		  hb_glyph_info_t, hb_var_int_t, hb_position_t, hb_tag_t};
+use harfbuzz::bindgen::{hb_blob_create, hb_blob_destroy,
+                           hb_face_create_for_tables, hb_face_destroy,
+                           hb_font_create, hb_font_destroy,
+                           hb_buffer_create, hb_buffer_destroy,
+                           hb_buffer_add_utf8, hb_shape,
+                           hb_buffer_get_glyph_infos,
+                           hb_buffer_get_glyph_positions,
+                           hb_font_set_ppem, hb_font_set_scale,
+                           hb_buffer_set_direction,
+                           hb_font_funcs_create, hb_font_funcs_destroy,
+                           hb_font_set_funcs,
+                           hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_advance_func,
+                           hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_func,
+                           hb_font_funcs_set_glyph_h_kerning_func};
+
 pub struct HarfbuzzShaper {
-    priv font: @Font,
-    priv hb_blob: *hb_blob_t,
+    font: @Font,
     priv hb_face: *hb_face_t,
     priv hb_font: *hb_font_t,
     priv hb_funcs: *hb_font_funcs_t,
 
     drop {
-        assert self.hb_blob.is_not_null();
-        hb_blob_destroy(self.hb_blob);
-
         assert self.hb_face.is_not_null();
         hb_face_destroy(self.hb_face);
 
@@ -44,16 +68,7 @@ pub struct HarfbuzzShaper {
 
 pub impl HarfbuzzShaper {
     static pub fn new(font: @Font) -> HarfbuzzShaper {
-        // TODO(Issue #92): font tables should be stored in Font object and cached per-task
-        let hb_blob: *hb_blob_t = vec::as_imm_buf(*(font).buf(), |buf: *u8, len: uint| {
-            hb_blob_create(buf as *c_char,
-                           len as c_uint,
-                           HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY,
-                           null(),
-                           null())
-        });
-
-        let hb_face: *hb_face_t = hb_face_create(hb_blob, 0 as c_uint);
+        let hb_face: *hb_face_t = hb_face_create_for_tables(get_font_table_func, ptr::to_unsafe_ptr(font) as *c_void, ptr::null());
         let hb_font: *hb_font_t = hb_font_create(hb_face);
         // Set points-per-em. if zero, performs no hinting in that direction.
         let pt_size = font.style.pt_size;
@@ -75,7 +90,6 @@ pub impl HarfbuzzShaper {
 
         HarfbuzzShaper { 
             font: font,
-            hb_blob: hb_blob,
             hb_face: hb_face,
             hb_font: hb_font,
             hb_funcs: hb_funcs,
@@ -175,3 +189,22 @@ extern fn glyph_h_advance_func(_font: *hb_font_t,
     let advance = (*font).glyph_h_advance(glyph as GlyphIndex);
     HarfbuzzShaper::float_to_fixed(advance)
 }
+
+// Callback to get a font table out of a font.
+extern fn get_font_table_func(_face: *hb_face_t, tag: hb_tag_t, user_data: *c_void) -> *hb_blob_t unsafe {
+    let font: *Font = user_data as *Font;
+    assert font.is_not_null();
+
+    // TODO(Issue #197): reuse font table data, which will change return type here.
+    // it will also require us to provide deletion callbacks to hb_blob_create, so
+    // that refcounts of shared blobs can be managed.
+    match (*font).get_table_for_tag(tag as FontTableTag) {
+        None => return ptr::null(),
+        Some(table_buffer) => {
+            let blob: *hb_blob_t = vec::as_imm_buf(table_buffer, |buf: *u8, len: uint| {
+                hb_blob_create(buf as *c_char, len as c_uint, HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY, null(), null())
+            });
+            return blob;
+        }
+    }
+}
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