diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ft2font.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/ft2font.pyi
index fb74fd676f5b..6a0716e993a5 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/ft2font.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/ft2font.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import BinaryIO, Literal
+from typing import BinaryIO, Literal, TypedDict, overload
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.typing import NDArray
@@ -42,6 +42,122 @@ SCALABLE: int
 SFNT: int
 VERTICAL: int
 
+class _SfntHeadDict(TypedDict):
+    version: tuple[int, int]
+    fontRevision: tuple[int, int]
+    checkSumAdjustment: int
+    magicNumber: int
+    flags: int
+    unitsPerEm: int
+    created: tuple[int, int]
+    modified: tuple[int, int]
+    xMin: int
+    yMin: int
+    xMax: int
+    yMax: int
+    macStyle: int
+    lowestRecPPEM: int
+    fontDirectionHint: int
+    indexToLocFormat: int
+    glyphDataFormat: int
+
+class _SfntMaxpDict(TypedDict):
+    version: tuple[int, int]
+    numGlyphs: int
+    maxPoints: int
+    maxContours: int
+    maxComponentPoints: int
+    maxComponentContours: int
+    maxZones: int
+    maxTwilightPoints: int
+    maxStorage: int
+    maxFunctionDefs: int
+    maxInstructionDefs: int
+    maxStackElements: int
+    maxSizeOfInstructions: int
+    maxComponentElements: int
+    maxComponentDepth: int
+
+class _SfntOs2Dict(TypedDict):
+    version: int
+    xAvgCharWidth: int
+    usWeightClass: int
+    usWidthClass: int
+    fsType: int
+    ySubscriptXSize: int
+    ySubscriptYSize: int
+    ySubscriptXOffset: int
+    ySubscriptYOffset: int
+    ySuperscriptXSize: int
+    ySuperscriptYSize: int
+    ySuperscriptXOffset: int
+    ySuperscriptYOffset: int
+    yStrikeoutSize: int
+    yStrikeoutPosition: int
+    sFamilyClass: int
+    panose: bytes
+    ulCharRange: tuple[int, int, int, int]
+    achVendID: bytes
+    fsSelection: int
+    fsFirstCharIndex: int
+    fsLastCharIndex: int
+
+class _SfntHheaDict(TypedDict):
+    version: tuple[int, int]
+    ascent: int
+    descent: int
+    lineGap: int
+    advanceWidthMax: int
+    minLeftBearing: int
+    minRightBearing: int
+    xMaxExtent: int
+    caretSlopeRise: int
+    caretSlopeRun: int
+    caretOffset: int
+    metricDataFormat: int
+    numOfLongHorMetrics: int
+
+class _SfntVheaDict(TypedDict):
+    version: tuple[int, int]
+    vertTypoAscender: int
+    vertTypoDescender: int
+    vertTypoLineGap: int
+    advanceHeightMax: int
+    minTopSideBearing: int
+    minBottomSizeBearing: int
+    yMaxExtent: int
+    caretSlopeRise: int
+    caretSlopeRun: int
+    caretOffset: int
+    metricDataFormat: int
+    numOfLongVerMetrics: int
+
+class _SfntPostDict(TypedDict):
+    format: tuple[int, int]
+    italicAngle: tuple[int, int]
+    underlinePosition: int
+    underlineThickness: int
+    isFixedPitch: int
+    minMemType42: int
+    maxMemType42: int
+    minMemType1: int
+    maxMemType1: int
+
+class _SfntPcltDict(TypedDict):
+    version: tuple[int, int]
+    fontNumber: int
+    pitch: int
+    xHeight: int
+    style: int
+    typeFamily: int
+    capHeight: int
+    symbolSet: int
+    typeFace: bytes
+    characterComplement: bytes
+    strokeWeight: int
+    widthType: int
+    serifStyle: int
+
 class FT2Font:
     ascender: int
     bbox: tuple[int, int, int, int]
@@ -92,9 +208,20 @@ class FT2Font:
         self,
     ) -> tuple[str, str, str, str, str, int, int, int, int]: ...
     def get_sfnt(self) -> dict[tuple[int, int, int, int], bytes]: ...
-    def get_sfnt_table(
-        self, name: Literal["head", "maxp", "OS/2", "hhea", "vhea", "post", "pclt"]
-    ) -> dict[str, tuple[int, int, int, int] | tuple[int, int] | int | bytes]: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["head"]) -> _SfntHeadDict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["maxp"]) -> _SfntMaxpDict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["OS/2"]) -> _SfntOs2Dict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["hhea"]) -> _SfntHheaDict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["vhea"]) -> _SfntVheaDict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["post"]) -> _SfntPostDict | None: ...
+    @overload
+    def get_sfnt_table(self, name: Literal["pclt"]) -> _SfntPcltDict | None: ...
     def get_width_height(self) -> tuple[int, int]: ...
     def get_xys(self, antialiased: bool = ...) -> NDArray[np.float64]: ...
     def load_char(self, charcode: int, flags: int = ...) -> Glyph: ...
@@ -122,4 +249,5 @@ class Glyph:
     vertBearingY: int
     vertAdvance: int
 
+    @property
     def bbox(self) -> tuple[int, int, int, int]: ...
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
index 5a9e8a8b9264..7ebc76dabc1d 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ def test_fontinfo():
     fontpath = mpl.font_manager.findfont("DejaVu Sans")
     font = mpl.ft2font.FT2Font(fontpath)
     table = font.get_sfnt_table("head")
+    assert table is not None
     assert table['version'] == (1, 0)
 
 
diff --git a/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp b/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
index 872f9c0a6023..7888a9c212a5 100644
--- a/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/ft2font_wrapper.cpp
@@ -1118,44 +1118,23 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:(l,l), s:(l,l), s:h, s:h, s:h, s:h, s:H, s:H, s:h, s:h, s:h}";
         TT_Header *t = (TT_Header *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(head_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->Table_Version),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->Table_Version),
-                             "fontRevision",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->Font_Revision),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->Font_Revision),
-                             "checkSumAdjustment",
-                             t->CheckSum_Adjust,
-                             "magicNumber",
-                             t->Magic_Number,
-                             "flags",
-                             t->Flags,
-                             "unitsPerEm",
-                             t->Units_Per_EM,
-                             "created",
-                             t->Created[0],
-                             t->Created[1],
-                             "modified",
-                             t->Modified[0],
-                             t->Modified[1],
-                             "xMin",
-                             t->xMin,
-                             "yMin",
-                             t->yMin,
-                             "xMax",
-                             t->xMax,
-                             "yMax",
-                             t->yMax,
-                             "macStyle",
-                             t->Mac_Style,
-                             "lowestRecPPEM",
-                             t->Lowest_Rec_PPEM,
-                             "fontDirectionHint",
-                             t->Font_Direction,
-                             "indexToLocFormat",
-                             t->Index_To_Loc_Format,
-                             "glyphDataFormat",
-                             t->Glyph_Data_Format);
+                             "version", FIXED_MAJOR(t->Table_Version), FIXED_MINOR(t->Table_Version),
+                             "fontRevision", FIXED_MAJOR(t->Font_Revision), FIXED_MINOR(t->Font_Revision),
+                             "checkSumAdjustment", t->CheckSum_Adjust,
+                             "magicNumber", t->Magic_Number,
+                             "flags", t->Flags,
+                             "unitsPerEm", t->Units_Per_EM,
+                             "created", t->Created[0], t->Created[1],
+                             "modified", t->Modified[0], t->Modified[1],
+                             "xMin", t->xMin,
+                             "yMin", t->yMin,
+                             "xMax", t->xMax,
+                             "yMax", t->yMax,
+                             "macStyle", t->Mac_Style,
+                             "lowestRecPPEM", t->Lowest_Rec_PPEM,
+                             "fontDirectionHint", t->Font_Direction,
+                             "indexToLocFormat", t->Index_To_Loc_Format,
+                             "glyphDataFormat", t->Glyph_Data_Format);
     }
     case 1: {
         char maxp_dict[] =
@@ -1163,37 +1142,21 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:H, s:H, s:H, s:H, s:H, s:H, s:H, s:H}";
         TT_MaxProfile *t = (TT_MaxProfile *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(maxp_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->version),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->version),
-                             "numGlyphs",
-                             t->numGlyphs,
-                             "maxPoints",
-                             t->maxPoints,
-                             "maxContours",
-                             t->maxContours,
-                             "maxComponentPoints",
-                             t->maxCompositePoints,
-                             "maxComponentContours",
-                             t->maxCompositeContours,
-                             "maxZones",
-                             t->maxZones,
-                             "maxTwilightPoints",
-                             t->maxTwilightPoints,
-                             "maxStorage",
-                             t->maxStorage,
-                             "maxFunctionDefs",
-                             t->maxFunctionDefs,
-                             "maxInstructionDefs",
-                             t->maxInstructionDefs,
-                             "maxStackElements",
-                             t->maxStackElements,
-                             "maxSizeOfInstructions",
-                             t->maxSizeOfInstructions,
-                             "maxComponentElements",
-                             t->maxComponentElements,
-                             "maxComponentDepth",
-                             t->maxComponentDepth);
+                             "version", FIXED_MAJOR(t->version), FIXED_MINOR(t->version),
+                             "numGlyphs", t->numGlyphs,
+                             "maxPoints", t->maxPoints,
+                             "maxContours", t->maxContours,
+                             "maxComponentPoints", t->maxCompositePoints,
+                             "maxComponentContours", t->maxCompositeContours,
+                             "maxZones", t->maxZones,
+                             "maxTwilightPoints", t->maxTwilightPoints,
+                             "maxStorage", t->maxStorage,
+                             "maxFunctionDefs", t->maxFunctionDefs,
+                             "maxInstructionDefs", t->maxInstructionDefs,
+                             "maxStackElements", t->maxStackElements,
+                             "maxSizeOfInstructions", t->maxSizeOfInstructions,
+                             "maxComponentElements", t->maxComponentElements,
+                             "maxComponentDepth", t->maxComponentDepth);
     }
     case 2: {
         char os_2_dict[] =
@@ -1202,55 +1165,28 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:y#, s:H, s:H, s:H}";
         TT_OS2 *t = (TT_OS2 *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(os_2_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             t->version,
-                             "xAvgCharWidth",
-                             t->xAvgCharWidth,
-                             "usWeightClass",
-                             t->usWeightClass,
-                             "usWidthClass",
-                             t->usWidthClass,
-                             "fsType",
-                             t->fsType,
-                             "ySubscriptXSize",
-                             t->ySubscriptXSize,
-                             "ySubscriptYSize",
-                             t->ySubscriptYSize,
-                             "ySubscriptXOffset",
-                             t->ySubscriptXOffset,
-                             "ySubscriptYOffset",
-                             t->ySubscriptYOffset,
-                             "ySuperscriptXSize",
-                             t->ySuperscriptXSize,
-                             "ySuperscriptYSize",
-                             t->ySuperscriptYSize,
-                             "ySuperscriptXOffset",
-                             t->ySuperscriptXOffset,
-                             "ySuperscriptYOffset",
-                             t->ySuperscriptYOffset,
-                             "yStrikeoutSize",
-                             t->yStrikeoutSize,
-                             "yStrikeoutPosition",
-                             t->yStrikeoutPosition,
-                             "sFamilyClass",
-                             t->sFamilyClass,
-                             "panose",
-                             t->panose,
-                             Py_ssize_t(10),
-                             "ulCharRange",
-                             t->ulUnicodeRange1,
-                             t->ulUnicodeRange2,
-                             t->ulUnicodeRange3,
-                             t->ulUnicodeRange4,
-                             "achVendID",
-                             t->achVendID,
-                             Py_ssize_t(4),
-                             "fsSelection",
-                             t->fsSelection,
-                             "fsFirstCharIndex",
-                             t->usFirstCharIndex,
-                             "fsLastCharIndex",
-                             t->usLastCharIndex);
+                             "version", t->version,
+                             "xAvgCharWidth", t->xAvgCharWidth,
+                             "usWeightClass", t->usWeightClass,
+                             "usWidthClass", t->usWidthClass,
+                             "fsType", t->fsType,
+                             "ySubscriptXSize", t->ySubscriptXSize,
+                             "ySubscriptYSize", t->ySubscriptYSize,
+                             "ySubscriptXOffset", t->ySubscriptXOffset,
+                             "ySubscriptYOffset", t->ySubscriptYOffset,
+                             "ySuperscriptXSize", t->ySuperscriptXSize,
+                             "ySuperscriptYSize", t->ySuperscriptYSize,
+                             "ySuperscriptXOffset", t->ySuperscriptXOffset,
+                             "ySuperscriptYOffset", t->ySuperscriptYOffset,
+                             "yStrikeoutSize", t->yStrikeoutSize,
+                             "yStrikeoutPosition", t->yStrikeoutPosition,
+                             "sFamilyClass", t->sFamilyClass,
+                             "panose", t->panose, Py_ssize_t(10),
+                             "ulCharRange", t->ulUnicodeRange1, t->ulUnicodeRange2, t->ulUnicodeRange3, t->ulUnicodeRange4,
+                             "achVendID", t->achVendID, Py_ssize_t(4),
+                             "fsSelection", t->fsSelection,
+                             "fsFirstCharIndex", t->usFirstCharIndex,
+                             "fsLastCharIndex", t->usLastCharIndex);
     }
     case 3: {
         char hhea_dict[] =
@@ -1258,33 +1194,19 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:h, s:h, s:h, s:h, s:H}";
         TT_HoriHeader *t = (TT_HoriHeader *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(hhea_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
-                             "ascent",
-                             t->Ascender,
-                             "descent",
-                             t->Descender,
-                             "lineGap",
-                             t->Line_Gap,
-                             "advanceWidthMax",
-                             t->advance_Width_Max,
-                             "minLeftBearing",
-                             t->min_Left_Side_Bearing,
-                             "minRightBearing",
-                             t->min_Right_Side_Bearing,
-                             "xMaxExtent",
-                             t->xMax_Extent,
-                             "caretSlopeRise",
-                             t->caret_Slope_Rise,
-                             "caretSlopeRun",
-                             t->caret_Slope_Run,
-                             "caretOffset",
-                             t->caret_Offset,
-                             "metricDataFormat",
-                             t->metric_Data_Format,
-                             "numOfLongHorMetrics",
-                             t->number_Of_HMetrics);
+                             "version", FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version), FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
+                             "ascent", t->Ascender,
+                             "descent", t->Descender,
+                             "lineGap", t->Line_Gap,
+                             "advanceWidthMax", t->advance_Width_Max,
+                             "minLeftBearing", t->min_Left_Side_Bearing,
+                             "minRightBearing", t->min_Right_Side_Bearing,
+                             "xMaxExtent", t->xMax_Extent,
+                             "caretSlopeRise", t->caret_Slope_Rise,
+                             "caretSlopeRun", t->caret_Slope_Run,
+                             "caretOffset", t->caret_Offset,
+                             "metricDataFormat", t->metric_Data_Format,
+                             "numOfLongHorMetrics", t->number_Of_HMetrics);
     }
     case 4: {
         char vhea_dict[] =
@@ -1292,58 +1214,33 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:h, s:h, s:h, s:h, s:H}";
         TT_VertHeader *t = (TT_VertHeader *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(vhea_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
-                             "vertTypoAscender",
-                             t->Ascender,
-                             "vertTypoDescender",
-                             t->Descender,
-                             "vertTypoLineGap",
-                             t->Line_Gap,
-                             "advanceHeightMax",
-                             t->advance_Height_Max,
-                             "minTopSideBearing",
-                             t->min_Top_Side_Bearing,
-                             "minBottomSizeBearing",
-                             t->min_Bottom_Side_Bearing,
-                             "yMaxExtent",
-                             t->yMax_Extent,
-                             "caretSlopeRise",
-                             t->caret_Slope_Rise,
-                             "caretSlopeRun",
-                             t->caret_Slope_Run,
-                             "caretOffset",
-                             t->caret_Offset,
-                             "metricDataFormat",
-                             t->metric_Data_Format,
-                             "numOfLongVerMetrics",
-                             t->number_Of_VMetrics);
+                             "version", FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version), FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
+                             "vertTypoAscender", t->Ascender,
+                             "vertTypoDescender", t->Descender,
+                             "vertTypoLineGap", t->Line_Gap,
+                             "advanceHeightMax", t->advance_Height_Max,
+                             "minTopSideBearing", t->min_Top_Side_Bearing,
+                             "minBottomSizeBearing", t->min_Bottom_Side_Bearing,
+                             "yMaxExtent", t->yMax_Extent,
+                             "caretSlopeRise", t->caret_Slope_Rise,
+                             "caretSlopeRun", t->caret_Slope_Run,
+                             "caretOffset", t->caret_Offset,
+                             "metricDataFormat", t->metric_Data_Format,
+                             "numOfLongVerMetrics", t->number_Of_VMetrics);
     }
     case 5: {
         char post_dict[] = "{s:(h,H), s:(h,H), s:h, s:h, s:k, s:k, s:k, s:k, s:k}";
         TT_Postscript *t = (TT_Postscript *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(post_dict,
-                             "format",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->FormatType),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->FormatType),
-                             "italicAngle",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->italicAngle),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->italicAngle),
-                             "underlinePosition",
-                             t->underlinePosition,
-                             "underlineThickness",
-                             t->underlineThickness,
-                             "isFixedPitch",
-                             t->isFixedPitch,
-                             "minMemType42",
-                             t->minMemType42,
-                             "maxMemType42",
-                             t->maxMemType42,
-                             "minMemType1",
-                             t->minMemType1,
-                             "maxMemType1",
-                             t->maxMemType1);
+                             "format", FIXED_MAJOR(t->FormatType), FIXED_MINOR(t->FormatType),
+                             "italicAngle", FIXED_MAJOR(t->italicAngle), FIXED_MINOR(t->italicAngle),
+                             "underlinePosition", t->underlinePosition,
+                             "underlineThickness", t->underlineThickness,
+                             "isFixedPitch", t->isFixedPitch,
+                             "minMemType42", t->minMemType42,
+                             "maxMemType42", t->maxMemType42,
+                             "minMemType1", t->minMemType1,
+                             "maxMemType1", t->maxMemType1);
     }
     case 6: {
         char pclt_dict[] =
@@ -1351,35 +1248,19 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_get_sfnt_table(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args)
             "s:b, s:b}";
         TT_PCLT *t = (TT_PCLT *)table;
         return Py_BuildValue(pclt_dict,
-                             "version",
-                             FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version),
-                             FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
-                             "fontNumber",
-                             t->FontNumber,
-                             "pitch",
-                             t->Pitch,
-                             "xHeight",
-                             t->xHeight,
-                             "style",
-                             t->Style,
-                             "typeFamily",
-                             t->TypeFamily,
-                             "capHeight",
-                             t->CapHeight,
-                             "symbolSet",
-                             t->SymbolSet,
-                             "typeFace",
-                             t->TypeFace,
-                             Py_ssize_t(16),
-                             "characterComplement",
-                             t->CharacterComplement,
-                             Py_ssize_t(8),
-                             "strokeWeight",
-                             t->StrokeWeight,
-                             "widthType",
-                             t->WidthType,
-                             "serifStyle",
-                             t->SerifStyle);
+                             "version", FIXED_MAJOR(t->Version), FIXED_MINOR(t->Version),
+                             "fontNumber", t->FontNumber,
+                             "pitch", t->Pitch,
+                             "xHeight", t->xHeight,
+                             "style", t->Style,
+                             "typeFamily", t->TypeFamily,
+                             "capHeight", t->CapHeight,
+                             "symbolSet", t->SymbolSet,
+                             "typeFace", t->TypeFace, Py_ssize_t(16),
+                             "characterComplement", t->CharacterComplement, Py_ssize_t(8),
+                             "strokeWeight", t->StrokeWeight,
+                             "widthType", t->WidthType,
+                             "serifStyle", t->SerifStyle);
     }
     default:
         Py_RETURN_NONE;