diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index d8c265560..46a620271 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from types import ModuleType
 from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, BinaryIO, TypedDict, cast
 
 from . import Image, features
-from ._typing import StrOrBytesPath
+from ._typing import Anchor, Direction, StrOrBytesPath
 from ._util import DeferredError, is_path
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self,
         text: str | bytes,
         mode: str = "",
-        direction: str | None = None,
+        direction: Direction | None = None,
         features: list[str] | None = None,
         language: str | None = None,
     ) -> float:
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self,
         text: str | bytes,
         mode: str = "",
-        direction: str | None = None,
+        direction: Direction | None = None,
         features: list[str] | None = None,
         language: str | None = None,
         stroke_width: float = 0,
-        anchor: str | None = None,
+        anchor: Anchor | None = None,
     ) -> tuple[float, float, float, float]:
         """
         Returns bounding box (in pixels) of given text relative to given anchor
@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self,
         text: str | bytes,
         mode: str = "",
-        direction: str | None = None,
+        direction: Direction | None = None,
         features: list[str] | None = None,
         language: str | None = None,
         stroke_width: float = 0,
-        anchor: str | None = None,
+        anchor: Anchor | None = None,
         ink: int = 0,
         start: tuple[float, float] | None = None,
     ) -> Image.core.ImagingCore:
@@ -549,11 +549,11 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self,
         text: str | bytes,
         mode: str = "",
-        direction: str | None = None,
+        direction: Direction | None = None,
         features: list[str] | None = None,
         language: str | None = None,
         stroke_width: float = 0,
-        anchor: str | None = None,
+        anchor: Anchor | None = None,
         ink: int = 0,
         start: tuple[float, float] | None = None,
         *args: Any,
diff --git a/src/PIL/_imagingft.pyi b/src/PIL/_imagingft.pyi
index 9cc9822f5..a33df7621 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_imagingft.pyi
+++ b/src/PIL/_imagingft.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
 from . import ImageFont, _imaging
+from ._typing import Anchor, Direction
 
 class Font:
     @property
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ class Font:
         string: str | bytes,
         fill: Callable[[int, int], _imaging.ImagingCore],
         mode: str,
-        dir: str | None,
+        dir: Direction | None,
         features: list[str] | None,
         lang: str | None,
         stroke_width: float,
-        anchor: str | None,
+        anchor: Anchor | None,
         foreground_ink_long: int,
         x_start: float,
         y_start: float,
@@ -38,17 +39,17 @@ class Font:
         self,
         string: str | bytes | bytearray,
         mode: str,
-        dir: str | None,
+        dir: Direction | None,
         features: list[str] | None,
         lang: str | None,
-        anchor: str | None,
+        anchor: Anchor | None,
         /,
     ) -> tuple[tuple[int, int], tuple[int, int]]: ...
     def getlength(
         self,
         string: str | bytes,
         mode: str,
-        dir: str | None,
+        dir: Direction | None,
         features: list[str] | None,
         lang: str | None,
         /,