diff --git a/rc/filetype/troff.kak b/rc/filetype/troff.kak
index d8e2e2bc..52036aa0 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/troff.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/troff.kak
@@ -22,22 +22,28 @@ provide-module troff %{
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
-add-highlighter shared/troff group
+add-highlighter shared/troff regions
 
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '(^\.)?\\".*?\n' 0:comment
-
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\f[A-Z]' 0:attribute
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\fB(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+b
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '\\fI(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+i
-
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\b' 0:meta
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.\.$' 0:meta
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.TH\s+[^\n]+' 0:title
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.NH(\s+\d+(\s+\d+)?)?\s*\n' 0:header
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.SH(\s+\d+)?\s*\n' 0:header
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.IR\s+(\S+)' 1:+i
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.BR\s+(\S+)' 1:+b
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.I\s+([^\n]+)' 1:+i
-add-highlighter shared/troff/ regex '^\.B\s+([^\n]+)' 1:+b
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text default-region group
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '(^\.)?\\".*?\n' 0:comment
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '\\f[A-Z]' 0:attribute
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '\\fB(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+b
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '\\fI(.+?)\\f[A-Z]' 1:+i
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.[a-zA-Z]{1,2}\b' 0:meta
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.\.$' 0:meta
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.TH\s+[^\n]+' 0:title
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.NH(\s+\d+(\s+\d+)?)?\s*\n' 0:header
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.SH(\s+\d+)?\s*\n' 0:header
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.IR\s+(\S+)' 1:+i
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.BR\s+(\S+)' 1:+b
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.I\s+([^\n]+)' 1:+i
+add-highlighter shared/troff/text/ regex '^\.B\s+([^\n]+)' 1:+b
 
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic region '^\.PS' '^\.PE' group
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '^(\.PS|\.PE\b)' 1:meta
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '^(copy)\s+' 1:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '\b(arc|arrow|box|circle|ellipse|line|move|spline)\b' 1:type
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '\b(above|at|below|by|center|chop|dashed|diam|diameter|down|dotted|fill|from|ht|height|invis|left|ljust|rad|radius|right|rjust|solid|then|to|up|wid|width|with)\b' 1:attribute
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '(\s+|\+|-|\*|/)(\d+(\.\d+)?)' 2:value
+add-highlighter shared/troff/pic/ regex '"[^"]*"' 0:string
 }