diff --git a/helper/table/config.go b/helper/table/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f89f306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package table
+
+import "git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+
+// ColumnConfig contains configurations that determine and modify the way the
+// contents of the column get rendered.
+type ColumnConfig struct {
+	// Name is the name of the Column as it appears in the first Header row.
+	// If a Header is not provided, or the name is not found in the header, this
+	// will not work.
+	Name string
+	// Number is the Column # from left. When specified, it overrides the Name
+	// property. If you know the exact Column number, use this instead of Name.
+	Number int
+
+	// Align defines the horizontal alignment
+	Align text.Align
+	// AlignFooter defines the horizontal alignment of Footer rows
+	AlignFooter text.Align
+	// AlignHeader defines the horizontal alignment of Header rows
+	AlignHeader text.Align
+
+	// AutoMerge merges cells with similar values and prevents separators from
+	// being drawn. Caveats:
+	// * VAlign is applied on the individual cell and not on the merged cell
+	// * Does not work in CSV/HTML/Markdown render modes
+	// * Does not work well with horizontal auto-merge (RowConfig.AutoMerge)
+	//
+	// Works best when:
+	// * Style().Options.SeparateRows == true
+	// * Style().Color.Row == Style().Color.RowAlternate (or not set)
+	AutoMerge bool
+
+	// Colors defines the colors to be used on the column
+	Colors text.Colors
+	// ColorsFooter defines the colors to be used on the column in Footer rows
+	ColorsFooter text.Colors
+	// ColorsHeader defines the colors to be used on the column in Header rows
+	ColorsHeader text.Colors
+
+	// Hidden when set to true will prevent the column from being rendered.
+	// This is useful in cases like needing a column for sorting, but not for
+	// display.
+	Hidden bool
+
+	// Transformer is a custom-function that changes the way the value gets
+	// rendered to the console. Refer to text/transformer.go for ready-to-use
+	// Transformer functions.
+	Transformer text.Transformer
+	// TransformerFooter is like Transformer but for Footer rows
+	TransformerFooter text.Transformer
+	// TransformerHeader is like Transformer but for Header rows
+	TransformerHeader text.Transformer
+
+	// VAlign defines the vertical alignment
+	VAlign text.VAlign
+	// VAlignFooter defines the vertical alignment in Footer rows
+	VAlignFooter text.VAlign
+	// VAlignHeader defines the vertical alignment in Header rows
+	VAlignHeader text.VAlign
+
+	// WidthMax defines the maximum character length of the column
+	WidthMax int
+	// WidthEnforcer enforces the WidthMax value on the column contents;
+	// default: text.WrapText
+	WidthMaxEnforcer WidthEnforcer
+	// WidthMin defines the minimum character length of the column
+	WidthMin int
+}
+
+func (c ColumnConfig) getWidthMaxEnforcer() WidthEnforcer {
+	if c.WidthMax == 0 {
+		return widthEnforcerNone
+	}
+	if c.WidthMaxEnforcer != nil {
+		return c.WidthMaxEnforcer
+	}
+	return text.WrapText
+}
+
+// RowConfig contains configurations that determine and modify the way the
+// contents of a row get rendered.
+type RowConfig struct {
+	// AutoMerge merges cells with similar values and prevents separators from
+	// being drawn. Caveats:
+	// * Align is overridden to text.AlignCenter on the merged cell (unless set
+	//   by AutoMergeAlign value below)
+	// * Does not work in CSV/HTML/Markdown render modes
+	// * Does not work well with vertical auto-merge (ColumnConfig.AutoMerge)
+	AutoMerge bool
+
+	// Alignment to use on a merge (defaults to text.AlignCenter)
+	AutoMergeAlign text.Align
+}
+
+func (rc RowConfig) getAutoMergeAlign() text.Align {
+	if rc.AutoMergeAlign == text.AlignDefault {
+		return text.AlignCenter
+	}
+	return rc.AutoMergeAlign
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/config_test.go b/helper/table/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26491b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+//
+// config_test.go
+// Copyright (C) 2023 tiglog <me@tiglog.com>
+//
+// Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+//
+
+package table
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestColumnConfig_getWidthMaxEnforcer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("no width enforcer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cc := ColumnConfig{}
+
+		widthEnforcer := cc.getWidthMaxEnforcer()
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 0))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 5))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 10))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 100))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1000))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("default width enforcer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cc := ColumnConfig{
+			WidthMax: 10,
+		}
+
+		widthEnforcer := cc.getWidthMaxEnforcer()
+		assert.Equal(t, "", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 0))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n0", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1))
+		assert.Equal(t, "12345\n67890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 5))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 10))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 100))
+		assert.Equal(t, "1234567890", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1000))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("custom width enforcer (1)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cc := ColumnConfig{
+			WidthMax:         10,
+			WidthMaxEnforcer: text.Trim,
+		}
+
+		widthEnforcer := cc.getWidthMaxEnforcer()
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 0), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 0))
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 1), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1))
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 5), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 5))
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 10), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 10))
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 100), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 100))
+		assert.Equal(t, text.Trim("1234567890", 1000), widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1000))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("custom width enforcer (2)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cc := ColumnConfig{
+			WidthMax: 10,
+			WidthMaxEnforcer: func(col string, maxLen int) string {
+				return "foo"
+			},
+		}
+
+		widthEnforcer := cc.getWidthMaxEnforcer()
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 0))
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1))
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 5))
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 10))
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 100))
+		assert.Equal(t, "foo", widthEnforcer("1234567890", 1000))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render.go b/helper/table/render.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e27d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render.go
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+)
+
+// Render renders the Table in a human-readable "pretty" format. Example:
+//
+//	┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+//	│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+//	├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+//	│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+//	│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+//	│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+//	├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+//	│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+//	└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+func (t *Table) Render() string {
+	t.initForRender()
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	if t.numColumns > 0 {
+		t.renderTitle(&out)
+
+		// top-most border
+		t.renderRowsBorderTop(&out)
+
+		// header rows
+		t.renderRowsHeader(&out)
+
+		// (data) rows
+		t.renderRows(&out, t.rows, renderHint{})
+
+		// footer rows
+		t.renderRowsFooter(&out)
+
+		// bottom-most border
+		t.renderRowsBorderBottom(&out)
+
+		// caption
+		if t.caption != "" {
+			out.WriteRune('\n')
+			out.WriteString(t.caption)
+		}
+	}
+	return t.render(&out)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderColumn(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, colIdx int, maxColumnLength int, hint renderHint) int {
+	numColumnsRendered := 1
+
+	// when working on the first column, and autoIndex is true, insert a new
+	// column with the row number on it.
+	if colIdx == 0 && t.autoIndex {
+		hintAutoIndex := hint
+		hintAutoIndex.isAutoIndexColumn = true
+		t.renderColumnAutoIndex(out, hintAutoIndex)
+	}
+
+	// when working on column number 2 or more, render the column separator
+	if colIdx > 0 {
+		t.renderColumnSeparator(out, row, colIdx, hint)
+	}
+
+	// extract the text, convert-case if not-empty and align horizontally
+	mergeVertically := t.shouldMergeCellsVertically(colIdx, hint)
+	var colStr string
+	if mergeVertically {
+		// leave colStr empty; align will expand the column as necessary
+	} else if colIdx < len(row) {
+		colStr = t.getFormat(hint).Apply(row[colIdx])
+	}
+	align := t.getAlign(colIdx, hint)
+
+	// if horizontal cell merges are enabled, look ahead and see how many cells
+	// have the same content and merge them all until a cell with a different
+	// content is found; override alignment to Center in this case
+	rowConfig := t.getRowConfig(hint)
+	if rowConfig.AutoMerge && !hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		// get the real row to consider all lines in each column instead of just
+		// looking at the current "line"
+		rowUnwrapped := t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-1, hint)
+		for idx := colIdx + 1; idx < len(rowUnwrapped); idx++ {
+			if rowUnwrapped[colIdx] != rowUnwrapped[idx] {
+				break
+			}
+			align = rowConfig.getAutoMergeAlign()
+			maxColumnLength += t.getMaxColumnLengthForMerging(idx)
+			numColumnsRendered++
+		}
+	}
+	colStr = align.Apply(colStr, maxColumnLength)
+
+	// pad both sides of the column
+	if !hint.isSeparatorRow || (hint.isSeparatorRow && mergeVertically) {
+		colStr = t.style.Box.PaddingLeft + colStr + t.style.Box.PaddingRight
+	}
+
+	t.renderColumnColorized(out, colIdx, colStr, hint)
+
+	return colIdx + numColumnsRendered
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderColumnAutoIndex(out *strings.Builder, hint renderHint) {
+	var outAutoIndex strings.Builder
+	outAutoIndex.Grow(t.maxColumnLengths[0])
+
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		numChars := t.autoIndexVIndexMaxLength + utf8.RuneCountInString(t.style.Box.PaddingLeft) +
+			utf8.RuneCountInString(t.style.Box.PaddingRight)
+		chars := t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal
+		if hint.isAutoIndexColumn && hint.isHeaderOrFooterSeparator() {
+			chars = text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", len(t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal))
+		}
+		outAutoIndex.WriteString(text.RepeatAndTrim(chars, numChars))
+	} else {
+		outAutoIndex.WriteString(t.style.Box.PaddingLeft)
+		rowNumStr := fmt.Sprint(hint.rowNumber)
+		if hint.isHeaderRow || hint.isFooterRow || hint.rowLineNumber > 1 {
+			rowNumStr = strings.Repeat(" ", t.autoIndexVIndexMaxLength)
+		}
+		outAutoIndex.WriteString(text.AlignRight.Apply(rowNumStr, t.autoIndexVIndexMaxLength))
+		outAutoIndex.WriteString(t.style.Box.PaddingRight)
+	}
+
+	if t.style.Color.IndexColumn != nil {
+		colors := t.style.Color.IndexColumn
+		if hint.isFooterRow {
+			colors = t.style.Color.Footer
+		}
+		out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(outAutoIndex.String()))
+	} else {
+		out.WriteString(outAutoIndex.String())
+	}
+	hint.isAutoIndexColumn = true
+	t.renderColumnSeparator(out, rowStr{}, 0, hint)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderColumnColorized(out *strings.Builder, colIdx int, colStr string, hint renderHint) {
+	colors := t.getColumnColors(colIdx, hint)
+	if colors != nil {
+		out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(colStr))
+	} else if hint.isHeaderRow && t.style.Color.Header != nil {
+		out.WriteString(t.style.Color.Header.Sprint(colStr))
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow && t.style.Color.Footer != nil {
+		out.WriteString(t.style.Color.Footer.Sprint(colStr))
+	} else if hint.isRegularRow() {
+		if colIdx == t.indexColumn-1 && t.style.Color.IndexColumn != nil {
+			out.WriteString(t.style.Color.IndexColumn.Sprint(colStr))
+		} else if hint.rowNumber%2 == 0 && t.style.Color.RowAlternate != nil {
+			out.WriteString(t.style.Color.RowAlternate.Sprint(colStr))
+		} else if t.style.Color.Row != nil {
+			out.WriteString(t.style.Color.Row.Sprint(colStr))
+		} else {
+			out.WriteString(colStr)
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.WriteString(colStr)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderColumnSeparator(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) {
+	if t.style.Options.SeparateColumns {
+		separator := t.getColumnSeparator(row, colIdx, hint)
+
+		colors := t.getSeparatorColors(hint)
+		if colors.EscapeSeq() != "" {
+			out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(separator))
+		} else {
+			out.WriteString(separator)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderLine(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	// if the output has content, it means that this call is working on line
+	// number 2 or more; separate them with a newline
+	if out.Len() > 0 {
+		out.WriteRune('\n')
+	}
+
+	// use a brand-new strings.Builder if a row length limit has been set
+	var outLine *strings.Builder
+	if t.allowedRowLength > 0 {
+		outLine = &strings.Builder{}
+	} else {
+		outLine = out
+	}
+	// grow the strings.Builder to the maximum possible row length
+	outLine.Grow(t.maxRowLength)
+
+	nextColIdx := 0
+	t.renderMarginLeft(outLine, hint)
+	for colIdx, maxColumnLength := range t.maxColumnLengths {
+		if colIdx != nextColIdx {
+			continue
+		}
+		nextColIdx = t.renderColumn(outLine, row, colIdx, maxColumnLength, hint)
+	}
+	t.renderMarginRight(outLine, hint)
+
+	// merge the strings.Builder objects if a new one was created earlier
+	if outLine != out {
+		t.renderLineMergeOutputs(out, outLine)
+	}
+
+	// if a page size has been set, and said number of lines has already
+	// been rendered, and the header is not being rendered right now, render
+	// the header all over again with a spacing line
+	if hint.isRegularRow() {
+		t.numLinesRendered++
+		if t.pageSize > 0 && t.numLinesRendered%t.pageSize == 0 && !hint.isLastLineOfLastRow() {
+			t.renderRowsFooter(out)
+			t.renderRowsBorderBottom(out)
+			out.WriteString(t.style.Box.PageSeparator)
+			t.renderRowsBorderTop(out)
+			t.renderRowsHeader(out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderLineMergeOutputs(out *strings.Builder, outLine *strings.Builder) {
+	outLineStr := outLine.String()
+	if text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(outLineStr) > t.allowedRowLength {
+		trimLength := t.allowedRowLength - utf8.RuneCountInString(t.style.Box.UnfinishedRow)
+		if trimLength > 0 {
+			out.WriteString(text.Trim(outLineStr, trimLength))
+			out.WriteString(t.style.Box.UnfinishedRow)
+		}
+	} else {
+		out.WriteString(outLineStr)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderMarginLeft(out *strings.Builder, hint renderHint) {
+	out.WriteString(t.style.Format.Direction.Modifier())
+	if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+		border := t.getBorderLeft(hint)
+		colors := t.getBorderColors(hint)
+		if colors.EscapeSeq() != "" {
+			out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(border))
+		} else {
+			out.WriteString(border)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderMarginRight(out *strings.Builder, hint renderHint) {
+	if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+		border := t.getBorderRight(hint)
+		colors := t.getBorderColors(hint)
+		if colors.EscapeSeq() != "" {
+			out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(border))
+		} else {
+			out.WriteString(border)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRow(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	if len(row) > 0 {
+		// fit every column into the allowedColumnLength/maxColumnLength limit
+		// and in the process find the max. number of lines in any column in
+		// this row
+		colMaxLines, rowWrapped := t.wrapRow(row)
+
+		// if there is just 1 line in all columns, add the row as such; else
+		// split each column into individual lines and render them one-by-one
+		if colMaxLines == 1 {
+			hint.isLastLineOfRow = true
+			t.renderLine(out, rowWrapped, hint)
+		} else {
+			// convert one row into N # of rows based on colMaxLines
+			rowLines := make([]rowStr, len(row))
+			for colIdx, colStr := range rowWrapped {
+				rowLines[colIdx] = t.getVAlign(colIdx, hint).ApplyStr(colStr, colMaxLines)
+			}
+			for colLineIdx := 0; colLineIdx < colMaxLines; colLineIdx++ {
+				rowLine := make(rowStr, len(rowLines))
+				for colIdx, colLines := range rowLines {
+					rowLine[colIdx] = colLines[colLineIdx]
+				}
+				hint.isLastLineOfRow = colLineIdx == colMaxLines-1
+				hint.rowLineNumber = colLineIdx + 1
+				t.renderLine(out, rowLine, hint)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRowSeparator(out *strings.Builder, hint renderHint) {
+	if hint.isBorderTop || hint.isBorderBottom {
+		if !t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+			return
+		}
+	} else if hint.isHeaderRow && !t.style.Options.SeparateHeader {
+		return
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow && !t.style.Options.SeparateFooter {
+		return
+	}
+	hint.isSeparatorRow = true
+	t.renderLine(out, t.rowSeparator, hint)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRows(out *strings.Builder, rows []rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	for rowIdx, row := range rows {
+		hint.isFirstRow = rowIdx == 0
+		hint.isLastRow = rowIdx == len(rows)-1
+		hint.rowNumber = rowIdx + 1
+		t.renderRow(out, row, hint)
+
+		if (t.style.Options.SeparateRows && rowIdx < len(rows)-1) || // last row before footer
+			(t.separators[rowIdx] && rowIdx != len(rows)-1) { // manually added separator not after last row
+			hint.isFirstRow = false
+			t.renderRowSeparator(out, hint)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRowsBorderBottom(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsFooter) > 0 {
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, renderHint{isBorderBottom: true, isFooterRow: true, rowNumber: len(t.rowsFooter)})
+	} else {
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, renderHint{isBorderBottom: true, isFooterRow: false, rowNumber: len(t.rows)})
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRowsBorderTop(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 || t.autoIndex {
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, renderHint{isBorderTop: true, isHeaderRow: true, rowNumber: 0})
+	} else {
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, renderHint{isBorderTop: true, isHeaderRow: false, rowNumber: 0})
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRowsFooter(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsFooter) > 0 {
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, renderHint{
+			isFooterRow:    true,
+			isFirstRow:     true,
+			isSeparatorRow: true,
+		})
+		t.renderRows(out, t.rowsFooter, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderRowsHeader(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 || t.autoIndex {
+		hintSeparator := renderHint{isHeaderRow: true, isLastRow: true, isSeparatorRow: true}
+
+		if len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 {
+			t.renderRows(out, t.rowsHeader, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+			hintSeparator.rowNumber = len(t.rowsHeader)
+		} else if t.autoIndex {
+			t.renderRow(out, t.getAutoIndexColumnIDs(), renderHint{isAutoIndexRow: true, isHeaderRow: true})
+			hintSeparator.rowNumber = 1
+		}
+		t.renderRowSeparator(out, hintSeparator)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderTitle(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if t.title != "" {
+		colors := t.style.Title.Colors
+		colorsBorder := t.getBorderColors(renderHint{isTitleRow: true})
+		rowLength := t.maxRowLength
+		if t.allowedRowLength != 0 && t.allowedRowLength < rowLength {
+			rowLength = t.allowedRowLength
+		}
+		if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+			lenBorder := rowLength - text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.TopLeft+t.style.Box.TopRight)
+			out.WriteString(colorsBorder.Sprint(t.style.Box.TopLeft))
+			out.WriteString(colorsBorder.Sprint(text.RepeatAndTrim(t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal, lenBorder)))
+			out.WriteString(colorsBorder.Sprint(t.style.Box.TopRight))
+		}
+
+		lenText := rowLength - text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.PaddingLeft+t.style.Box.PaddingRight)
+		if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+			lenText -= text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.Left + t.style.Box.Right)
+		}
+		titleText := text.WrapText(t.title, lenText)
+		for _, titleLine := range strings.Split(titleText, "\n") {
+			t.renderTitleLine(out, lenText, titleLine, colors, colorsBorder)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) renderTitleLine(out *strings.Builder, lenText int, titleLine string, colors text.Colors, colorsBorder text.Colors) {
+	titleLine = strings.TrimSpace(titleLine)
+	titleLine = t.style.Title.Format.Apply(titleLine)
+	titleLine = t.style.Title.Align.Apply(titleLine, lenText)
+	titleLine = t.style.Box.PaddingLeft + titleLine + t.style.Box.PaddingRight
+
+	if out.Len() > 0 {
+		out.WriteRune('\n')
+	}
+	if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+		out.WriteString(colorsBorder.Sprint(t.style.Box.Left))
+	}
+	out.WriteString(colors.Sprint(titleLine))
+	if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+		out.WriteString(colorsBorder.Sprint(t.style.Box.Right))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_bidi_test.go b/helper/table/render_bidi_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0fd66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_bidi_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/text"
+)
+
+func TestTable_Render_BiDiText(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendHeader(Row{"תאריך", "סכום", "מחלקה", "תגים"})
+	table.AppendRow(Row{"2020-01-01", 5.0, "מחלקה1", []string{"תג1", "תג2"}})
+	table.AppendRow(Row{"2021-02-01", 5.0, "מחלקה1", []string{"תג1"}})
+	table.AppendRow(Row{"2022-03-01", 5.0, "מחלקה2", []string{"תג1"}})
+	table.AppendFooter(Row{"סהכ", 30})
+	table.SetAutoIndex(true)
+
+	//table.Style().Format.Direction = text.Default
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+|   | תאריך      | סכום | מחלקה  | תגים      |
++---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+| 1 | 2020-01-01 |    5 | מחלקה1 | [תג1 תג2] |
+| 2 | 2021-02-01 |    5 | מחלקה1 | [תג1]     |
+| 3 | 2022-03-01 |    5 | מחלקה2 | [תג1]     |
++---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+|   | סהכ        |   30 |        |           |
++---+------------+------+--------+-----------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Format.Direction = text.LeftToRight
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+‪+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‪|   | ‪תאריך      | ‪סכום | ‪מחלקה  | ‪תגים      |
+‪+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‪| 1 | ‪2020-01-01 |    ‪5 | ‪מחלקה1 | ‪[תג1 תג2] |
+‪| 2 | ‪2021-02-01 |    ‪5 | ‪מחלקה1 | ‪[תג1]     |
+‪| 3 | ‪2022-03-01 |    ‪5 | ‪מחלקה2 | ‪[תג1]     |
+‪+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‪|   | ‪סהכ        |   ‪30 |        |           |
+‪+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Format.Direction = text.RightToLeft
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+‫+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‫|   | ‫תאריך      | ‫סכום | ‫מחלקה  | ‫תגים      |
+‫+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‫| 1 | ‫2020-01-01 |    ‫5 | ‫מחלקה1 | ‫[תג1 תג2] |
+‫| 2 | ‫2021-02-01 |    ‫5 | ‫מחלקה1 | ‫[תג1]     |
+‫| 3 | ‫2022-03-01 |    ‫5 | ‫מחלקה2 | ‫[תג1]     |
+‫+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+
+‫|   | ‫סהכ        |   ‫30 |        |           |
+‫+---+------------+------+--------+-----------+`)
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_csv.go b/helper/table/render_csv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07da673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_csv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// RenderCSV renders the Table in CSV format. Example:
+//  #,First Name,Last Name,Salary,
+//  1,Arya,Stark,3000,
+//  20,Jon,Snow,2000,"You know nothing\, Jon Snow!"
+//  300,Tyrion,Lannister,5000,
+//  ,,Total,10000,
+func (t *Table) RenderCSV() string {
+	t.initForRender()
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	if t.numColumns > 0 {
+		if t.title != "" {
+			out.WriteString(t.title)
+		}
+		if t.autoIndex && len(t.rowsHeader) == 0 {
+			t.csvRenderRow(&out, t.getAutoIndexColumnIDs(), renderHint{isAutoIndexRow: true, isHeaderRow: true})
+		}
+		t.csvRenderRows(&out, t.rowsHeader, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+		t.csvRenderRows(&out, t.rows, renderHint{})
+		t.csvRenderRows(&out, t.rowsFooter, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+		if t.caption != "" {
+			out.WriteRune('\n')
+			out.WriteString(t.caption)
+		}
+	}
+	return t.render(&out)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) csvFixCommas(str string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(str, ",", "\\,", -1)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) csvFixDoubleQuotes(str string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(str, "\"", "\\\"", -1)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) csvRenderRow(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	// when working on line number 2 or more, insert a newline first
+	if out.Len() > 0 {
+		out.WriteRune('\n')
+	}
+
+	// generate the columns to render in CSV format and append to "out"
+	for colIdx, colStr := range row {
+		// auto-index column
+		if colIdx == 0 && t.autoIndex {
+			if hint.isRegularRow() {
+				out.WriteString(fmt.Sprint(hint.rowNumber))
+			}
+			out.WriteRune(',')
+		}
+		if colIdx > 0 {
+			out.WriteRune(',')
+		}
+		if strings.ContainsAny(colStr, "\",\n") {
+			out.WriteRune('"')
+			out.WriteString(t.csvFixCommas(t.csvFixDoubleQuotes(colStr)))
+			out.WriteRune('"')
+		} else if utf8.RuneCountInString(colStr) > 0 {
+			out.WriteString(colStr)
+		}
+	}
+	for colIdx := len(row); colIdx < t.numColumns; colIdx++ {
+		out.WriteRune(',')
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) csvRenderRows(out *strings.Builder, rows []rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	for rowIdx, row := range rows {
+		hint.rowNumber = rowIdx + 1
+		t.csvRenderRow(out, row, hint)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_csv_test.go b/helper/table/render_csv_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc74c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_csv_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTable_RenderCSV(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowTabs)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+Game of Thrones
+#,First Name,Last Name,Salary,
+1,Arya,Stark,3000,
+20,Jon,Snow,2000,"You know nothing\, Jon Snow!"
+300,Tyrion,Lannister,5000,
+0,Winter,Is,0,"Coming.
+The North Remembers!
+This is known."
+0,Valar,Morghulis,0,Faceless    Men
+,,Total,10000,
+A Song of Ice and Fire`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderCSV_AutoIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 10; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 10)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 10; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx), rowIdx+1)
+		}
+		tw.AppendRow(row)
+	}
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 1; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 10)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 10; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx) + "F"
+		}
+		tw.AppendFooter(row)
+	}
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J
+1,A1,B1,C1,D1,E1,F1,G1,H1,I1,J1
+2,A2,B2,C2,D2,E2,F2,G2,H2,I2,J2
+3,A3,B3,C3,D3,E3,F3,G3,H3,I3,J3
+4,A4,B4,C4,D4,E4,F4,G4,H4,I4,J4
+5,A5,B5,C5,D5,E5,F5,G5,H5,I5,J5
+6,A6,B6,C6,D6,E6,F6,G6,H6,I6,J6
+7,A7,B7,C7,D7,E7,F7,G7,H7,I7,J7
+8,A8,B8,C8,D8,E8,F8,G8,H8,I8,J8
+9,A9,B9,C9,D9,E9,F9,G9,H9,I9,J9
+10,A10,B10,C10,D10,E10,F10,G10,H10,I10,J10
+,AF,BF,CF,DF,EF,FF,GF,HF,IF,JF`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderCSV_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	assert.Empty(t, tw.RenderCSV())
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderCSV_HiddenColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	// ensure sorting is done before hiding the columns
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{
+		{Name: "Salary", Mode: DscNumeric},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("every column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), "")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("first column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+First Name,Last Name,Salary,
+>>Tyrion,Lannister<<,5013,
+>>Arya,Stark<<,3013,
+>>Jon,Snow<<,2013,"~You know nothing\, Jon Snow!~"
+,Total,10000,`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("column hidden in the middle", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+#,Last Name,Salary,
+307,Lannister<<,5013,
+8,Stark<<,3013,
+27,Snow<<,2013,"~You know nothing\, Jon Snow!~"
+,Total,10000,`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("last column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+#,First Name,Last Name,Salary
+307,>>Tyrion,Lannister<<,5013
+8,>>Arya,Stark<<,3013
+27,>>Jon,Snow<<,2013
+,,Total,10000`)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderCSV_Sorted(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 6000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderCSV(), `
+#,First Name,Last Name,Salary,
+300,Tyrion,Lannister,5000,
+20,Jon,Snow,2000,"You know nothing\, Jon Snow!"
+1,Arya,Stark,3000,
+11,Sansa,Stark,6000,
+,,Total,10000,`)
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_hint.go b/helper/table/render_hint.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e46cdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_hint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package table
+
+// renderHint has hints for the Render*() logic
+type renderHint struct {
+	isAutoIndexColumn bool // auto-index column?
+	isAutoIndexRow    bool // auto-index row?
+	isBorderBottom    bool // bottom-border?
+	isBorderTop       bool // top-border?
+	isFirstRow        bool // first-row of header/footer/regular-rows?
+	isFooterRow       bool // footer row?
+	isHeaderRow       bool // header row?
+	isLastLineOfRow   bool // last-line of the current row?
+	isLastRow         bool // last-row of header/footer/regular-rows?
+	isSeparatorRow    bool // separator row?
+	isTitleRow        bool // title row?
+	rowLineNumber     int  // the line number for a multi-line row
+	rowNumber         int  // the row number/index
+}
+
+func (h *renderHint) isBorderOrSeparator() bool {
+	return h.isBorderTop || h.isSeparatorRow || h.isBorderBottom
+}
+
+func (h *renderHint) isRegularRow() bool {
+	return !h.isHeaderRow && !h.isFooterRow
+}
+
+func (h *renderHint) isRegularNonSeparatorRow() bool {
+	return !h.isHeaderRow && !h.isFooterRow && !h.isSeparatorRow
+}
+
+func (h *renderHint) isHeaderOrFooterSeparator() bool {
+	return h.isSeparatorRow && !h.isBorderBottom && !h.isBorderTop &&
+		((h.isHeaderRow && !h.isLastRow) || (h.isFooterRow && (!h.isFirstRow || h.rowNumber > 0)))
+}
+
+func (h *renderHint) isLastLineOfLastRow() bool {
+	return h.isLastLineOfRow && h.isLastRow
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_html.go b/helper/table/render_html.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10a7325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_html.go
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"html"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	// DefaultHTMLCSSClass stores the css-class to use when none-provided via
+	// SetHTMLCSSClass(cssClass string).
+	DefaultHTMLCSSClass = "go-pretty-table"
+)
+
+// RenderHTML renders the Table in HTML format. Example:
+//  <table class="go-pretty-table">
+//    <thead>
+//    <tr>
+//      <th align="right">#</th>
+//      <th>First Name</th>
+//      <th>Last Name</th>
+//      <th align="right">Salary</th>
+//      <th>&nbsp;</th>
+//    </tr>
+//    </thead>
+//    <tbody>
+//    <tr>
+//      <td align="right">1</td>
+//      <td>Arya</td>
+//      <td>Stark</td>
+//      <td align="right">3000</td>
+//      <td>&nbsp;</td>
+//    </tr>
+//    <tr>
+//      <td align="right">20</td>
+//      <td>Jon</td>
+//      <td>Snow</td>
+//      <td align="right">2000</td>
+//      <td>You know nothing, Jon Snow!</td>
+//    </tr>
+//    <tr>
+//      <td align="right">300</td>
+//      <td>Tyrion</td>
+//      <td>Lannister</td>
+//      <td align="right">5000</td>
+//      <td>&nbsp;</td>
+//    </tr>
+//    </tbody>
+//    <tfoot>
+//    <tr>
+//      <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+//      <td>&nbsp;</td>
+//      <td>Total</td>
+//      <td align="right">10000</td>
+//      <td>&nbsp;</td>
+//    </tr>
+//    </tfoot>
+//  </table>
+func (t *Table) RenderHTML() string {
+	t.initForRender()
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	if t.numColumns > 0 {
+		out.WriteString("<table class=\"")
+		if t.htmlCSSClass != "" {
+			out.WriteString(t.htmlCSSClass)
+		} else {
+			out.WriteString(t.style.HTML.CSSClass)
+		}
+		out.WriteString("\">\n")
+		t.htmlRenderTitle(&out)
+		t.htmlRenderRowsHeader(&out)
+		t.htmlRenderRows(&out, t.rows, renderHint{})
+		t.htmlRenderRowsFooter(&out)
+		t.htmlRenderCaption(&out)
+		out.WriteString("</table>")
+	}
+	return t.render(&out)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlGetColStrAndTag(row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) (string, string) {
+	// get the column contents
+	var colStr string
+	if colIdx < len(row) {
+		colStr = row[colIdx]
+	}
+
+	// header uses "th" instead of "td"
+	colTagName := "td"
+	if hint.isHeaderRow {
+		colTagName = "th"
+	}
+
+	return colStr, colTagName
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderCaption(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if t.caption != "" {
+		out.WriteString("  <caption class=\"caption\" style=\"caption-side: bottom;\">")
+		out.WriteString(t.caption)
+		out.WriteString("</caption>\n")
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderColumn(out *strings.Builder, colStr string) {
+	if t.style.HTML.EscapeText {
+		colStr = html.EscapeString(colStr)
+	}
+	if t.style.HTML.Newline != "\n" {
+		colStr = strings.Replace(colStr, "\n", t.style.HTML.Newline, -1)
+	}
+	out.WriteString(colStr)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderColumnAttributes(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) {
+	// determine the HTML "align"/"valign" property values
+	align := t.getAlign(colIdx, hint).HTMLProperty()
+	vAlign := t.getVAlign(colIdx, hint).HTMLProperty()
+	// determine the HTML "class" property values for the colors
+	class := t.getColumnColors(colIdx, hint).HTMLProperty()
+
+	if align != "" {
+		out.WriteRune(' ')
+		out.WriteString(align)
+	}
+	if class != "" {
+		out.WriteRune(' ')
+		out.WriteString(class)
+	}
+	if vAlign != "" {
+		out.WriteRune(' ')
+		out.WriteString(vAlign)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderColumnAutoIndex(out *strings.Builder, hint renderHint) {
+	if hint.isHeaderRow {
+		out.WriteString("    <th>")
+		out.WriteString(t.style.HTML.EmptyColumn)
+		out.WriteString("</th>\n")
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+		out.WriteString("    <td>")
+		out.WriteString(t.style.HTML.EmptyColumn)
+		out.WriteString("</td>\n")
+	} else {
+		out.WriteString("    <td align=\"right\">")
+		out.WriteString(fmt.Sprint(hint.rowNumber))
+		out.WriteString("</td>\n")
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderRow(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	out.WriteString("  <tr>\n")
+	for colIdx := 0; colIdx < t.numColumns; colIdx++ {
+		// auto-index column
+		if colIdx == 0 && t.autoIndex {
+			t.htmlRenderColumnAutoIndex(out, hint)
+		}
+
+		colStr, colTagName := t.htmlGetColStrAndTag(row, colIdx, hint)
+		// write the row
+		out.WriteString("    <")
+		out.WriteString(colTagName)
+		t.htmlRenderColumnAttributes(out, row, colIdx, hint)
+		out.WriteString(">")
+		if len(colStr) == 0 {
+			out.WriteString(t.style.HTML.EmptyColumn)
+		} else {
+			t.htmlRenderColumn(out, colStr)
+		}
+		out.WriteString("</")
+		out.WriteString(colTagName)
+		out.WriteString(">\n")
+	}
+	out.WriteString("  </tr>\n")
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderRows(out *strings.Builder, rows []rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	if len(rows) > 0 {
+		// determine that tag to use based on the type of the row
+		rowsTag := "tbody"
+		if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			rowsTag = "thead"
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+			rowsTag = "tfoot"
+		}
+
+		var renderedTagOpen, shouldRenderTagClose bool
+		for idx, row := range rows {
+			hint.rowNumber = idx + 1
+			if len(row) > 0 {
+				if !renderedTagOpen {
+					out.WriteString("  <")
+					out.WriteString(rowsTag)
+					out.WriteString(">\n")
+					renderedTagOpen = true
+				}
+				t.htmlRenderRow(out, row, hint)
+				shouldRenderTagClose = true
+			}
+		}
+		if shouldRenderTagClose {
+			out.WriteString("  </")
+			out.WriteString(rowsTag)
+			out.WriteString(">\n")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderRowsFooter(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsFooter) > 0 {
+		t.htmlRenderRows(out, t.rowsFooter, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderRowsHeader(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 {
+		t.htmlRenderRows(out, t.rowsHeader, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+	} else if t.autoIndex {
+		hint := renderHint{isAutoIndexRow: true, isHeaderRow: true}
+		t.htmlRenderRows(out, []rowStr{t.getAutoIndexColumnIDs()}, hint)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) htmlRenderTitle(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if t.title != "" {
+		align := t.style.Title.Align.HTMLProperty()
+		colors := t.style.Title.Colors.HTMLProperty()
+		title := t.style.Title.Format.Apply(t.title)
+
+		out.WriteString("  <caption class=\"title\"")
+		if align != "" {
+			out.WriteRune(' ')
+			out.WriteString(align)
+		}
+		if colors != "" {
+			out.WriteRune(' ')
+			out.WriteString(colors)
+		}
+		out.WriteRune('>')
+		out.WriteString(title)
+		out.WriteString("</caption>\n")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_html_test.go b/helper/table/render_html_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec507ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_html_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/text"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+		{Name: "Salary", VAlign: text.VAlignBottom},
+		{Number: 5, VAlign: text.VAlignBottom},
+	})
+	tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+	tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	tw.Style().Title = TitleOptions{
+		Align:  text.AlignLeft,
+		Colors: text.Colors{text.BgBlack, text.Bold, text.FgHiBlue},
+		Format: text.FormatTitle,
+	}
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <caption class="title" align="left" class="bg-black bold fg-hi-blue">Game Of Thrones</caption>
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th align="right">#</th>
+    <th>First Name</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+    <th>&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark</td>
+    <td align="right" valign="bottom">3000</td>
+    <td valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">20</td>
+    <td>Jon</td>
+    <td>Snow</td>
+    <td align="right" valign="bottom">2000</td>
+    <td valign="bottom">You know nothing, Jon Snow!</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">300</td>
+    <td>Tyrion</td>
+    <td>Lannister</td>
+    <td align="right" valign="bottom">5000</td>
+    <td valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">0</td>
+    <td>Winter</td>
+    <td>Is</td>
+    <td align="right" valign="bottom">0</td>
+    <td valign="bottom">Coming.<br/>The North Remembers!<br/>This is known.</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+  <caption class="caption" style="caption-side: bottom;">A Song of Ice and Fire</caption>
+</table>`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_AutoIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 3; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 3)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 3; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx), rowIdx+1)
+		}
+		tw.AppendRow(row)
+	}
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 1; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 3)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 3; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx) + "F"
+		}
+		tw.AppendFooter(row)
+	}
+	tw.SetOutputMirror(nil)
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th>&nbsp;</th>
+    <th align="center">A</th>
+    <th align="center">B</th>
+    <th align="center">C</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>A1</td>
+    <td>B1</td>
+    <td>C1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">2</td>
+    <td>A2</td>
+    <td>B2</td>
+    <td>C2</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">3</td>
+    <td>A3</td>
+    <td>B3</td>
+    <td>C3</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>AF</td>
+    <td>BF</td>
+    <td>CF</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_Colored(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+	tw.Style().HTML.CSSClass = "go-pretty-table-colored"
+	colorsBlackOnWhite := text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack}
+	tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+		{
+			Name:         "#",
+			Colors:       text.Colors{text.Bold},
+			ColorsHeader: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+		}, {
+			Name:         "First Name",
+			Colors:       text.Colors{text.FgCyan},
+			ColorsHeader: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+		}, {
+			Name:         "Last Name",
+			Colors:       text.Colors{text.FgMagenta},
+			ColorsHeader: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+			ColorsFooter: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+		}, {
+			Name:         "Salary",
+			Colors:       text.Colors{text.FgYellow},
+			ColorsHeader: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+			ColorsFooter: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+			VAlign:       text.VAlignBottom,
+		}, {
+			Number:       5,
+			Colors:       text.Colors{text.FgBlack},
+			ColorsHeader: colorsBlackOnWhite,
+			VAlign:       text.VAlignBottom,
+		},
+	})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table-colored">
+  <caption class="title">Game of Thrones</caption>
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th align="right" class="bg-white fg-black">#</th>
+    <th class="bg-white fg-black">First Name</th>
+    <th class="bg-white fg-black">Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right" class="bg-white fg-black">Salary</th>
+    <th class="bg-white fg-black">&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right" class="bold">1</td>
+    <td class="fg-cyan">Arya</td>
+    <td class="fg-magenta">Stark</td>
+    <td align="right" class="fg-yellow" valign="bottom">3000</td>
+    <td class="fg-black" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right" class="bold">20</td>
+    <td class="fg-cyan">Jon</td>
+    <td class="fg-magenta">Snow</td>
+    <td align="right" class="fg-yellow" valign="bottom">2000</td>
+    <td class="fg-black" valign="bottom">You know nothing, Jon Snow!</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right" class="bold">300</td>
+    <td class="fg-cyan">Tyrion</td>
+    <td class="fg-magenta">Lannister</td>
+    <td align="right" class="fg-yellow" valign="bottom">5000</td>
+    <td class="fg-black" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right" class="bold">0</td>
+    <td class="fg-cyan">Winter</td>
+    <td class="fg-magenta">Is</td>
+    <td align="right" class="fg-yellow" valign="bottom">0</td>
+    <td class="fg-black" valign="bottom">Coming.<br/>The North Remembers!<br/>This is known.</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td class="bg-white fg-black">Total</td>
+    <td align="right" class="bg-white fg-black">10000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+  <caption class="caption" style="caption-side: bottom;">A Song of Ice and Fire</caption>
+</table>`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_CustomStyle(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000, "<a href=\"https://duckduckgo.com/?q=arya+stark+not+today\">Not today.</a>"})
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{1, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know\nnothing,\nJon Snow!"})
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.Style().HTML = HTMLOptions{
+		CSSClass:    "game-of-thrones",
+		EmptyColumn: "<!-- test -->&nbsp;",
+		EscapeText:  false,
+		Newline:     "<!-- newline -->",
+	}
+	tw.SetOutputMirror(nil)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="game-of-thrones">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th><!-- test -->&nbsp;</th>
+    <th align="right">#</th>
+    <th>First Name</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+    <th><!-- test -->&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark</td>
+    <td align="right">3000</td>
+    <td><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=arya+stark+not+today">Not today.</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">2</td>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>Jon</td>
+    <td>Snow</td>
+    <td align="right">2000</td>
+    <td>You know<!-- newline -->nothing,<!-- newline -->Jon Snow!</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">3</td>
+    <td align="right">300</td>
+    <td>Tyrion</td>
+    <td>Lannister</td>
+    <td align="right">5000</td>
+    <td><!-- test -->&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td><!-- test -->&nbsp;</td>
+    <td align="right"><!-- test -->&nbsp;</td>
+    <td><!-- test -->&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+    <td><!-- test -->&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	assert.Empty(t, tw.RenderHTML())
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_HiddenColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	// ensure sorting is done before hiding the columns
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{
+		{Name: "Salary", Mode: DscNumeric},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("every column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), "")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("first column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th>First Name</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+    <th>&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Tyrion</td>
+    <td>Lannister&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">5013</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">3013</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Jon</td>
+    <td>Snow&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">2013</td>
+    <td>~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("column hidden in the middle", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th align="right">#</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+    <th>&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">307</td>
+    <td>Lannister&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">5013</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">8</td>
+    <td>Stark&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">3013</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">27</td>
+    <td>Snow&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">2013</td>
+    <td>~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("last column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th align="right">#</th>
+    <th>First Name</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">307</td>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Tyrion</td>
+    <td>Lannister&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">5013</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">8</td>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">3013</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">27</td>
+    <td>&gt;&gt;Jon</td>
+    <td>Snow&lt;&lt;</td>
+    <td align="right">2013</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderHTML_Sorted(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 6000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderHTML(), `
+<table class="go-pretty-table">
+  <thead>
+  <tr>
+    <th align="right">#</th>
+    <th>First Name</th>
+    <th>Last Name</th>
+    <th align="right">Salary</th>
+    <th>&nbsp;</th>
+  </tr>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">300</td>
+    <td>Tyrion</td>
+    <td>Lannister</td>
+    <td align="right">5000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">20</td>
+    <td>Jon</td>
+    <td>Snow</td>
+    <td align="right">2000</td>
+    <td>You know nothing, Jon Snow!</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark</td>
+    <td align="right">3000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">11</td>
+    <td>Sansa</td>
+    <td>Stark</td>
+    <td align="right">6000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+  <tfoot>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+    <td>Total</td>
+    <td align="right">10000</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tfoot>
+</table>`)
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_init.go b/helper/table/render_init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebe4f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+)
+
+func (t *Table) analyzeAndStringify(row Row, hint renderHint) rowStr {
+	// update t.numColumns if this row is the longest seen till now
+	if len(row) > t.numColumns {
+		// init the slice for the first time; and pad it the rest of the time
+		if t.numColumns == 0 {
+			t.columnIsNonNumeric = make([]bool, len(row))
+		} else {
+			t.columnIsNonNumeric = append(t.columnIsNonNumeric, make([]bool, len(row)-t.numColumns)...)
+		}
+		// update t.numColumns
+		t.numColumns = len(row)
+	}
+
+	// convert each column to string and figure out if it has non-numeric data
+	rowOut := make(rowStr, len(row))
+	for colIdx, col := range row {
+		// if the column is not a number, keep track of it
+		if !hint.isHeaderRow && !hint.isFooterRow && !t.columnIsNonNumeric[colIdx] && !isNumber(col) {
+			t.columnIsNonNumeric[colIdx] = true
+		}
+
+		rowOut[colIdx] = t.analyzeAndStringifyColumn(colIdx, col, hint)
+	}
+	return rowOut
+}
+
+func (t *Table) analyzeAndStringifyColumn(colIdx int, col interface{}, hint renderHint) string {
+	// convert to a string and store it in the row
+	var colStr string
+	if transformer := t.getColumnTransformer(colIdx, hint); transformer != nil {
+		colStr = transformer(col)
+	} else if colStrVal, ok := col.(string); ok {
+		colStr = colStrVal
+	} else {
+		colStr = fmt.Sprint(col)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(colStr, "\t") {
+		colStr = strings.Replace(colStr, "\t", "    ", -1)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(colStr, "\r") {
+		colStr = strings.Replace(colStr, "\r", "", -1)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", t.style.Format.Direction.Modifier(), colStr)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) extractMaxColumnLengths(rows []rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	for rowIdx, row := range rows {
+		hint.rowNumber = rowIdx + 1
+		t.extractMaxColumnLengthsFromRow(row, t.getMergedColumnIndices(row, hint))
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) extractMaxColumnLengthsFromRow(row rowStr, mci mergedColumnIndices) {
+	for colIdx, colStr := range row {
+		longestLineLen := text.LongestLineLen(colStr)
+		maxColWidth := t.getColumnWidthMax(colIdx)
+		if maxColWidth > 0 && maxColWidth < longestLineLen {
+			longestLineLen = maxColWidth
+		}
+		mergedColumnsLength := mci.mergedLength(colIdx, t.maxColumnLengths)
+		if longestLineLen > mergedColumnsLength {
+			if mergedColumnsLength > 0 {
+				t.extractMaxColumnLengthsFromRowForMergedColumns(colIdx, longestLineLen, mci)
+			} else {
+				t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] = longestLineLen
+			}
+		} else if maxColWidth == 0 && longestLineLen > t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] {
+			t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] = longestLineLen
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) extractMaxColumnLengthsFromRowForMergedColumns(colIdx int, mergedColumnLength int, mci mergedColumnIndices) {
+	numMergedColumns := mci.len(colIdx)
+	mergedColumnLength -= (numMergedColumns - 1) * text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.MiddleSeparator)
+	maxLengthSplitAcrossColumns := mergedColumnLength / numMergedColumns
+	if maxLengthSplitAcrossColumns > t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] {
+		t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] = maxLengthSplitAcrossColumns
+	}
+	for otherColIdx := range mci[colIdx] {
+		if maxLengthSplitAcrossColumns > t.maxColumnLengths[otherColIdx] {
+			t.maxColumnLengths[otherColIdx] = maxLengthSplitAcrossColumns
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRender() {
+	// pick a default style if none was set until now
+	t.Style()
+
+	// reset rendering state
+	t.reset()
+
+	// initialize the column configs and normalize them
+	t.initForRenderColumnConfigs()
+
+	// initialize and stringify all the raw rows
+	t.initForRenderRows()
+
+	// find the longest continuous line in each column
+	t.initForRenderColumnLengths()
+
+	// generate a separator row and calculate maximum row length
+	t.initForRenderRowSeparator()
+
+	// reset the counter for the number of lines rendered
+	t.numLinesRendered = 0
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderColumnConfigs() {
+	t.columnConfigMap = map[int]ColumnConfig{}
+	for _, colCfg := range t.columnConfigs {
+		// find the column number if none provided; this logic can work only if
+		// a header row is present and has a column with the given name
+		if colCfg.Number == 0 {
+			for _, row := range t.rowsHeaderRaw {
+				colCfg.Number = row.findColumnNumber(colCfg.Name)
+				if colCfg.Number > 0 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if colCfg.Number > 0 {
+			t.columnConfigMap[colCfg.Number-1] = colCfg
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderColumnLengths() {
+	t.maxColumnLengths = make([]int, t.numColumns)
+	t.extractMaxColumnLengths(t.rowsHeader, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+	t.extractMaxColumnLengths(t.rows, renderHint{})
+	t.extractMaxColumnLengths(t.rowsFooter, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+
+	// increase the column lengths if any are under the limits
+	for colIdx := range t.maxColumnLengths {
+		minWidth := t.getColumnWidthMin(colIdx)
+		if minWidth > 0 && t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] < minWidth {
+			t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx] = minWidth
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderHideColumns() {
+	if !t.hasHiddenColumns() {
+		return
+	}
+	colIdxMap := t.hideColumns()
+
+	// re-create columnIsNonNumeric with new column indices
+	columnIsNonNumeric := make([]bool, t.numColumns)
+	for oldColIdx, nonNumeric := range t.columnIsNonNumeric {
+		if newColIdx, ok := colIdxMap[oldColIdx]; ok {
+			columnIsNonNumeric[newColIdx] = nonNumeric
+		}
+	}
+	t.columnIsNonNumeric = columnIsNonNumeric
+
+	// re-create columnConfigMap with new column indices
+	columnConfigMap := make(map[int]ColumnConfig)
+	for oldColIdx, cc := range t.columnConfigMap {
+		if newColIdx, ok := colIdxMap[oldColIdx]; ok {
+			columnConfigMap[newColIdx] = cc
+		}
+	}
+	t.columnConfigMap = columnConfigMap
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderRows() {
+	// auto-index: calc the index column's max length
+	t.autoIndexVIndexMaxLength = len(fmt.Sprint(len(t.rowsRaw)))
+
+	// stringify all the rows to make it easy to render
+	if t.rowPainter != nil {
+		t.rowsColors = make([]text.Colors, len(t.rowsRaw))
+	}
+	t.rows = t.initForRenderRowsStringify(t.rowsRaw, renderHint{})
+	t.rowsFooter = t.initForRenderRowsStringify(t.rowsFooterRaw, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+	t.rowsHeader = t.initForRenderRowsStringify(t.rowsHeaderRaw, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+
+	// sort the rows as requested
+	t.initForRenderSortRows()
+
+	// suppress columns without any content
+	t.initForRenderSuppressColumns()
+
+	// strip out hidden columns
+	t.initForRenderHideColumns()
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderRowsStringify(rows []Row, hint renderHint) []rowStr {
+	rowsStr := make([]rowStr, len(rows))
+	for idx, row := range rows {
+		if t.rowPainter != nil && hint.isRegularRow() {
+			t.rowsColors[idx] = t.rowPainter(row)
+		}
+		rowsStr[idx] = t.analyzeAndStringify(row, hint)
+	}
+	return rowsStr
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderRowSeparator() {
+	t.maxRowLength = 0
+	if t.autoIndex {
+		t.maxRowLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.PaddingLeft)
+		t.maxRowLength += len(fmt.Sprint(len(t.rows)))
+		t.maxRowLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.PaddingRight)
+		if t.style.Options.SeparateColumns {
+			t.maxRowLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.MiddleSeparator)
+		}
+	}
+	if t.style.Options.SeparateColumns {
+		t.maxRowLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.MiddleSeparator) * (t.numColumns - 1)
+	}
+	t.rowSeparator = make(rowStr, t.numColumns)
+	for colIdx, maxColumnLength := range t.maxColumnLengths {
+		maxColumnLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.PaddingLeft + t.style.Box.PaddingRight)
+		t.maxRowLength += maxColumnLength
+		t.rowSeparator[colIdx] = text.RepeatAndTrim(t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal, maxColumnLength)
+	}
+	if t.style.Options.DrawBorder {
+		t.maxRowLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.Left + t.style.Box.Right)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderSortRows() {
+	if len(t.sortBy) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// sort the rows
+	sortedRowIndices := t.getSortedRowIndices()
+	sortedRows := make([]rowStr, len(t.rows))
+	for idx := range t.rows {
+		sortedRows[idx] = t.rows[sortedRowIndices[idx]]
+	}
+	t.rows = sortedRows
+
+	// sort the rowsColors
+	if len(t.rowsColors) > 0 {
+		sortedRowsColors := make([]text.Colors, len(t.rows))
+		for idx := range t.rows {
+			sortedRowsColors[idx] = t.rowsColors[sortedRowIndices[idx]]
+		}
+		t.rowsColors = sortedRowsColors
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) initForRenderSuppressColumns() {
+	shouldSuppressColumn := func(colIdx int) bool {
+		for _, row := range t.rows {
+			if colIdx < len(row) && row[colIdx] != "" {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if t.suppressEmptyColumns {
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < t.numColumns; colIdx++ {
+			if shouldSuppressColumn(colIdx) {
+				cc := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]
+				cc.Hidden = true
+				t.columnConfigMap[colIdx] = cc
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// reset initializes all the variables used to maintain rendering information
+// that are written to in this file
+func (t *Table) reset() {
+	t.autoIndexVIndexMaxLength = 0
+	t.columnConfigMap = nil
+	t.columnIsNonNumeric = nil
+	t.maxColumnLengths = nil
+	t.maxRowLength = 0
+	t.numColumns = 0
+	t.numLinesRendered = 0
+	t.rowSeparator = nil
+	t.rows = nil
+	t.rowsColors = nil
+	t.rowsFooter = nil
+	t.rowsHeader = nil
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_markdown.go b/helper/table/render_markdown.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..127adcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_markdown.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// RenderMarkdown renders the Table in Markdown format. Example:
+//  | # | First Name | Last Name | Salary |  |
+//  | ---:| --- | --- | ---:| --- |
+//  | 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |  |
+//  | 20 | Jon | Snow | 2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+//  | 300 | Tyrion | Lannister | 5000 |  |
+//  |  |  | Total | 10000 |  |
+func (t *Table) RenderMarkdown() string {
+	t.initForRender()
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	if t.numColumns > 0 {
+		t.markdownRenderTitle(&out)
+		t.markdownRenderRowsHeader(&out)
+		t.markdownRenderRows(&out, t.rows, renderHint{})
+		t.markdownRenderRowsFooter(&out)
+		t.markdownRenderCaption(&out)
+	}
+	return t.render(&out)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderCaption(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if t.caption != "" {
+		out.WriteRune('\n')
+		out.WriteRune('_')
+		out.WriteString(t.caption)
+		out.WriteRune('_')
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderRow(out *strings.Builder, row rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	// when working on line number 2 or more, insert a newline first
+	if out.Len() > 0 {
+		out.WriteRune('\n')
+	}
+
+	// render each column up to the max. columns seen in all the rows
+	out.WriteRune('|')
+	for colIdx := 0; colIdx < t.numColumns; colIdx++ {
+		t.markdownRenderRowAutoIndex(out, colIdx, hint)
+
+		if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+			out.WriteString(t.getAlign(colIdx, hint).MarkdownProperty())
+		} else {
+			var colStr string
+			if colIdx < len(row) {
+				colStr = row[colIdx]
+			}
+			out.WriteRune(' ')
+			if strings.Contains(colStr, "|") {
+				colStr = strings.Replace(colStr, "|", "\\|", -1)
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(colStr, "\n") {
+				colStr = strings.Replace(colStr, "\n", "<br/>", -1)
+			}
+			out.WriteString(colStr)
+			out.WriteRune(' ')
+		}
+		out.WriteRune('|')
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderRowAutoIndex(out *strings.Builder, colIdx int, hint renderHint) {
+	if colIdx == 0 && t.autoIndex {
+		out.WriteRune(' ')
+		if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+			out.WriteString("---:")
+		} else if hint.isRegularRow() {
+			out.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%d ", hint.rowNumber))
+		}
+		out.WriteRune('|')
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderRows(out *strings.Builder, rows []rowStr, hint renderHint) {
+	if len(rows) > 0 {
+		for idx, row := range rows {
+			hint.rowNumber = idx + 1
+			t.markdownRenderRow(out, row, hint)
+
+			if idx == len(rows)-1 && hint.isHeaderRow {
+				t.markdownRenderRow(out, t.rowSeparator, renderHint{isSeparatorRow: true})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderRowsFooter(out *strings.Builder) {
+	t.markdownRenderRows(out, t.rowsFooter, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderRowsHeader(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 {
+		t.markdownRenderRows(out, t.rowsHeader, renderHint{isHeaderRow: true})
+	} else if t.autoIndex {
+		t.markdownRenderRows(out, []rowStr{t.getAutoIndexColumnIDs()}, renderHint{isAutoIndexRow: true, isHeaderRow: true})
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) markdownRenderTitle(out *strings.Builder) {
+	if t.title != "" {
+		out.WriteString("# ")
+		out.WriteString(t.title)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_markdown_test.go b/helper/table/render_markdown_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb8e8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_markdown_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTable_RenderMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowNewLines)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowPipes)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+# Game of Thrones
+| # | First Name | Last Name | Salary |  |
+| ---:| --- | --- | ---:| --- |
+| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |  |
+| 20 | Jon | Snow | 2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300 | Tyrion | Lannister | 5000 |  |
+| 0 | Valar | Morghulis | 0 | Faceless<br/>Men |
+| 0 | Valar | Morghulis | 0 | Faceless\|Men |
+|  |  | Total | 10000 |  |
+_A Song of Ice and Fire_`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderMarkdown_AutoIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 10; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 10)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 10; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx), rowIdx+1)
+		}
+		tw.AppendRow(row)
+	}
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 1; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 10)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 10; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx) + "F"
+		}
+		tw.AppendFooter(row)
+	}
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+| | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
+| ---:| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| 1 | A1 | B1 | C1 | D1 | E1 | F1 | G1 | H1 | I1 | J1 |
+| 2 | A2 | B2 | C2 | D2 | E2 | F2 | G2 | H2 | I2 | J2 |
+| 3 | A3 | B3 | C3 | D3 | E3 | F3 | G3 | H3 | I3 | J3 |
+| 4 | A4 | B4 | C4 | D4 | E4 | F4 | G4 | H4 | I4 | J4 |
+| 5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | D5 | E5 | F5 | G5 | H5 | I5 | J5 |
+| 6 | A6 | B6 | C6 | D6 | E6 | F6 | G6 | H6 | I6 | J6 |
+| 7 | A7 | B7 | C7 | D7 | E7 | F7 | G7 | H7 | I7 | J7 |
+| 8 | A8 | B8 | C8 | D8 | E8 | F8 | G8 | H8 | I8 | J8 |
+| 9 | A9 | B9 | C9 | D9 | E9 | F9 | G9 | H9 | I9 | J9 |
+| 10 | A10 | B10 | C10 | D10 | E10 | F10 | G10 | H10 | I10 | J10 |
+| | AF | BF | CF | DF | EF | FF | GF | HF | IF | JF |`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderMarkdown_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	assert.Empty(t, tw.RenderMarkdown())
+}
+
+func TestTable_RenderMarkdown_HiddenColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	// ensure sorting is done before hiding the columns
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{
+		{Name: "Salary", Mode: DscNumeric},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("every column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), "")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("first column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+| First Name | Last Name | Salary |  |
+| --- | --- | ---:| --- |
+| >>Tyrion | Lannister<< | 5013 |  |
+| >>Arya | Stark<< | 3013 |  |
+| >>Jon | Snow<< | 2013 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
+|  | Total | 10000 |  |`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("column hidden in the middle", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+| # | Last Name | Salary |  |
+| ---:| --- | ---:| --- |
+| 307 | Lannister<< | 5013 |  |
+| 8 | Stark<< | 3013 |  |
+| 27 | Snow<< | 2013 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
+|  | Total | 10000 |  |`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("last column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+| # | First Name | Last Name | Salary |
+| ---:| --- | --- | ---:|
+| 307 | >>Tyrion | Lannister<< | 5013 |
+| 8 | >>Arya | Stark<< | 3013 |
+| 27 | >>Jon | Snow<< | 2013 |
+|  |  | Total | 10000 |`)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_RendeMarkdown_Sorted(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 6000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.RenderMarkdown(), `
+| # | First Name | Last Name | Salary |  |
+| ---:| --- | --- | ---:| --- |
+| 300 | Tyrion | Lannister | 5000 |  |
+| 20 | Jon | Snow | 2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |  |
+| 11 | Sansa | Stark | 6000 |  |
+|  |  | Total | 10000 |  |`)
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/render_test.go b/helper/table/render_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a899e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/render_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,1863 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func compareOutput(t *testing.T, out string, expectedOut string) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(expectedOut, "\n") {
+		expectedOut = strings.Replace(expectedOut, "\n", "", 1)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, out)
+	if out != expectedOut {
+		fmt.Printf("Expected:\n%s\nActual:\n%s\n", expectedOut, out)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(out)
+	}
+}
+
+func compareOutputColored(t *testing.T, out string, expectedOut string) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(expectedOut, "\n") {
+		expectedOut = strings.Replace(expectedOut, "\n", "", 1)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, out)
+	if out != expectedOut {
+		fmt.Printf("Expected:\n%s\nActual:\n%s\n", expectedOut, out)
+
+		// dump formatted output that can be "pasted" into the expectation in
+		// the test in case of valid changed behavior
+		outLines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\"\" +\n")
+		for idx, line := range outLines {
+			if idx < len(outLines)-1 {
+				fmt.Printf("%#v +", line+"\n")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("%#v,", line)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("\n")
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(out)
+	}
+}
+
+func generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns(colsToHide []int) []ColumnConfig {
+	cc := []ColumnConfig{
+		{
+			Name: "#",
+			Transformer: func(val interface{}) string {
+				return fmt.Sprint(val.(int) + 7)
+			},
+		}, {
+			Name: "First Name",
+			Transformer: func(val interface{}) string {
+				return fmt.Sprintf(">>%s", val)
+			},
+		}, {
+			Name: "Last Name",
+			Transformer: func(val interface{}) string {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%s<<", val)
+			},
+		}, {
+			Name: "Salary",
+			Transformer: func(val interface{}) string {
+				return fmt.Sprint(val.(int) + 13)
+			},
+		}, {
+			Number: 5,
+			Transformer: func(val interface{}) string {
+				return fmt.Sprintf("~%s~", val)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, colToHide := range colsToHide {
+		cc[colToHide].Hidden = true
+	}
+	return cc
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	tw.SetStyle(styleTest)
+	tw.SetTitle(testTitle2)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+(---------------------------------------------------------------------)
+[<When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. There is no >]
+[<middle ground.                                                     >]
+{-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------}
+[<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]
+{-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+[<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]
+[< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]
+[<  0>|<Winter    >|<Is       >|<     0>|<Coming.                    >]
+[<   >|<          >|<         >|<      >|<The North Remembers!       >]
+[<   >|<          >|<         >|<      >|<This is known.             >]
+{-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+[<   >|<          >|<TOTAL    >|< 10000>|<                           >]
+\-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/
+A Song of Ice and Fire`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_AutoIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	for rowIdx := 0; rowIdx < 10; rowIdx++ {
+		row := make(Row, 10)
+		for colIdx := 0; colIdx < 10; colIdx++ {
+			row[colIdx] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx), rowIdx+1)
+		}
+		tw.AppendRow(row)
+	}
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┐
+│    │  A  │  B  │  C  │  D  │  E  │  F  │  G  │  H  │  I  │  J  │
+├────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┤
+│  1 │ A1  │ B1  │ C1  │ D1  │ E1  │ F1  │ G1  │ H1  │ I1  │ J1  │
+│  2 │ A2  │ B2  │ C2  │ D2  │ E2  │ F2  │ G2  │ H2  │ I2  │ J2  │
+│  3 │ A3  │ B3  │ C3  │ D3  │ E3  │ F3  │ G3  │ H3  │ I3  │ J3  │
+│  4 │ A4  │ B4  │ C4  │ D4  │ E4  │ F4  │ G4  │ H4  │ I4  │ J4  │
+│  5 │ A5  │ B5  │ C5  │ D5  │ E5  │ F5  │ G5  │ H5  │ I5  │ J5  │
+│  6 │ A6  │ B6  │ C6  │ D6  │ E6  │ F6  │ G6  │ H6  │ I6  │ J6  │
+│  7 │ A7  │ B7  │ C7  │ D7  │ E7  │ F7  │ G7  │ H7  │ I7  │ J7  │
+│  8 │ A8  │ B8  │ C8  │ D8  │ E8  │ F8  │ G8  │ H8  │ I8  │ J8  │
+│  9 │ A9  │ B9  │ C9  │ D9  │ E9  │ F9  │ G9  │ H9  │ I9  │ J9  │
+│ 10 │ A10 │ B10 │ C10 │ D10 │ E10 │ F10 │ G10 │ H10 │ I10 │ J10 │
+└────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┘`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_AutoMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	rcAutoMerge := RowConfig{AutoMerge: true}
+
+	t.Run("columns only", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE\nEXE", "RCE\nRUN"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3})
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 1, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 2, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 3, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 4, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────┬─────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │ RCE │ RCE │
+│   │         │        │           │           │ EXE │ RUN │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │  Y  │  Y  │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 2 │         │        │           │ C 2       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┤         │        ├───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 3 │         │        │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │  N  │  N  │
+├───┤         ├────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 4 │         │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │  N  │  N  │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 5 │         │        │           │ C 5       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │  Y  │  Y  │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 7 │         │        │           │ C 7       │  Y  │  Y  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │ 7         │  5  │  3  │
+└───┴─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────┴─────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("columns only with hidden columns", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE\nEXE", "RCE\nRUN"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3})
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 1, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 2, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 3, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 4, Hidden: true},
+			{Number: 5, Hidden: true, Align: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Hidden: true, Align: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────────┬────────┬───────────┐
+│ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────────┤
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │
+│         │        │           │
+│         │        │           │
+│         │        ├───────────┤
+│         │        │ NS 1B     │
+│         ├────────┼───────────┤
+│         │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │
+│         │        │           │
+│         │        │           │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────────┤
+│ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │
+│         │        │           │
+│         │        │           │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────────┤
+│         │        │           │
+└─────────┴────────┴───────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rows only", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE", "RCE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE", "RUN"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true, AutoMergeAlign: text.AlignRight})
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3})
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │    RCE    │
+│   ├─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │           │ EXE │ RUN │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 2       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │  N  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 4 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │     N     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 5 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 5       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
+│ 7 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 7       │         Y │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │ 7         │  5  │  3  │
+└───┴─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────┴─────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rows and columns", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE", "RCE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE", "RUN"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3})
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 1, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 2, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 3, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 4, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │    RCE    │
+│   │         │        │           │           ├─────┬─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │           │ EXE │ RUN │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │     Y     │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 2 │         │        │           │ C 2       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┤         │        ├───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 3 │         │        │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │     N     │
+├───┤         ├────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
+│ 4 │         │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │     N     │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 5 │         │        │           │ C 5       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │     Y     │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼───────────┤
+│ 7 │         │        │           │ C 7       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │ 7         │  5  │  3  │
+└───┴─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────┴─────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rows and columns no headers or footers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true, AutoMergeAlign: text.AlignRight})
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────────┬────────┬───────┬─────┬───────┐
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A │ C 1 │   Y   │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┬───┤
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A │ C 2 │ Y │ N │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┼───┤
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B │ C 3 │ N │ N │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┴───┤
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2  │ C 4 │   N   │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┬───┤
+│ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2  │ C 5 │ Y │ N │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┴───┤
+│ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3  │ C 6 │   Y   │
+├─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───────┤
+│ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3  │ C 7 │     Y │
+└─────────┴────────┴───────┴─────┴───────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rows and columns no headers or footers with auto-index", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true, AutoMergeAlign: text.AlignRight})
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────┬─────┬───┬───┐
+│   │    A    │    B   │   C   │  D  │ E │ F │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┴───┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A │ C 1 │   Y   │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┬───┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A │ C 2 │ Y │ N │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┼───┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B │ C 3 │ N │ N │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┴───┤
+│ 4 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2  │ C 4 │   N   │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┬───┤
+│ 5 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2  │ C 5 │ Y │ N │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───┴───┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3  │ C 6 │   Y   │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────┼───────┤
+│ 7 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3  │ C 7 │     Y │
+└───┴─────────┴────────┴───────┴─────┴───────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rows and columns and footers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE", "RCE", "ID"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE", "RUN", ""})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y", 123}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N", 234})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N", 345})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N", 456}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N", 567})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y", 678}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y", 789}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 5}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 5}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 5}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 1, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 2, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 3, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 4, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┬─────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │    RCE    │  ID │
+│   │         │        │           │           ├─────┬─────┼─────┤
+│   │         │        │           │           │ EXE │ RUN │     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┼─────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │     Y     │ 123 │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┬─────┼─────┤
+│ 2 │         │        │           │ C 2       │  Y  │  N  │ 234 │
+├───┤         │        ├───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 3 │         │        │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │  N  │  N  │ 345 │
+├───┤         ├────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┼─────┤
+│ 4 │         │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │     N     │ 456 │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼─────┬─────┼─────┤
+│ 5 │         │        │           │ C 5       │  Y  │  N  │ 567 │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┼─────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │     Y     │ 678 │
+├───┤         │        │           ├───────────┼───────────┼─────┤
+│ 7 │         │        │           │ C 7       │     Y     │ 789 │
+├───┼─────────┴────────┴───────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┤
+│   │                              │ 7         │     5     │     │
+│   │                              │           ├─────┬─────┼─────┤
+│   │                              │           │  5  │  3  │     │
+│   │                              │           ├─────┴─────┼─────┤
+│   │                              │           │     5     │     │
+│   │                              │           ├─────┬─────┼─────┤
+│   │                              │           │  5  │  3  │     │
+│   │                              │           ├─────┴─────┼─────┤
+│   │                              │           │     5     │     │
+└───┴──────────────────────────────┴───────────┴───────────┴─────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("samurai sudoku", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1\n1.1", "1.2\n1.2", "1.3\n1.3", " ", "2.1\n2.1", "2.2\n2.2", "2.3\n2.3"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.4\n1.4", "1.5\n1.5", "1.6\n1.6", " ", "2.4\n2.4", "2.5\n2.5", "2.6\n2.6"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.7\n1.7", "1.8\n1.8", "1.9\n0.1", "0.2\n0.2", "2.7\n0.3", "2.8\n2.8", "2.9\n2.9"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{" ", " ", "0.4\n0.4", "0.5\n0.5", "0.6\n0.6", " ", " "}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"3.1\n3.1", "3.2\n3.2", "3.3\n0.7", "0.8\n0.8", "4.1\n0.9", "4.2\n4.2", "4.3\n4.3"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"3.4\n3.4", "3.5\n3.5", "3.6\n3.6", " ", "4.4\n4.4", "4.5\n4.5", "4.6\n4.6"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"3.7\n3.7", "3.8\n3.8", "3.9\n3.9", " ", "4.7\n4.7", "4.8\n4.8", "4.9\n4.9"})
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 4, AutoMerge: true},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Box.PaddingLeft = ""
+		tw.Style().Box.PaddingRight = ""
+		tw.Style().Options.DrawBorder = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateColumns = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
+│1.1│1.2│1.3│   │2.1│2.2│2.3│
+│1.1│1.2│1.3│   │2.1│2.2│2.3│
+├───┼───┼───┤   ├───┼───┼───┤
+│1.4│1.5│1.6│   │2.4│2.5│2.6│
+│1.4│1.5│1.6│   │2.4│2.5│2.6│
+├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
+│1.7│1.8│1.9│0.2│2.7│2.8│2.9│
+│1.7│1.8│0.1│0.2│0.3│2.8│2.9│
+├───┴───┼───┼───┼───┼───┴───┤
+│       │0.4│0.5│0.6│       │
+│       │0.4│0.5│0.6│       │
+├───┬───┼───┼───┼───┼───┬───┤
+│3.1│3.2│3.3│0.8│4.1│4.2│4.3│
+│3.1│3.2│0.7│0.8│0.9│4.2│4.3│
+├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
+│3.4│3.5│3.6│   │4.4│4.5│4.6│
+│3.4│3.5│3.6│   │4.4│4.5│4.6│
+├───┼───┼───┤   ├───┼───┼───┤
+│3.7│3.8│3.9│   │4.7│4.8│4.9│
+│3.7│3.8│3.9│   │4.7│4.8│4.9│
+└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("long column no merge", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3", "Column 4", "Column 5", "Column 6", "Column 7", "Column 8"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRW", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRH", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRY"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 8, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
+│   │ COLUMN 1 │ COLUMN 2 │ COLUMN 3 │ COLUMN 4 │         COLUMN 5         │         COLUMN 6         │         COLUMN 7         │         COLUMN 8         │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 1      │ 4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │ 4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │ 4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │ 4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │
+│   │          │          │          │          │ D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │ D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │ D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │ D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │ 68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │ 68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │ 68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │ 68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │ 8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │ 8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │ 8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │ 8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │ 91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │ 91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │ 91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │ 91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │         0F4EB42DR        │        0F4EB42DRW        │        0F4EB42DRH        │        0F4EB42DRY        │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                                                     Y                                                     │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                                                     Y                                                     │
+└───┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("long column partially merged #1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3", "Column 4", "Column 5", "Column 6", "Column 7", "Column 8"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRR"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 8, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┐
+│   │ COLUMN 1 │ COLUMN 2 │ COLUMN 3 │ COLUMN 4 │   COLUMN 5  │   COLUMN 6  │   COLUMN 7  │   COLUMN 8  │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────────┴─────────────┼─────────────┴─────────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 1      │  4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │  4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │
+│   │          │          │          │          │  D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │  D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │  68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │  68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │  8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │  8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │  91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │  91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │         0F4EB42DR         │         0F4EB42DRR        │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                           Y                           │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                           Y                           │
+└───┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("long column partially merged #2", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3", "Column 4", "Column 5", "Column 6", "Column 7", "Column 8"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DRE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 8, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────┐
+│   │ COLUMN 1 │ COLUMN 2 │ COLUMN 3 │ COLUMN 4 │ COLUMN 5 │ COLUMN 6 │ COLUMN 7 │         COLUMN 8         │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┴──────────┴──────────┼──────────────────────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 1      │    4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C    │ 4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C │
+│   │          │          │          │          │    D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3    │ D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │    68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9    │ 68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │    8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7    │ 8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │    91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832    │ 91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832 │
+│   │          │          │          │          │            0F4EB42DR           │        0F4EB42DRE        │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                             Y                             │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                             Y                             │
+└───┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("long column fully merged", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3", "Column 4", "Column 5", "Column 6", "Column 7", "Column 8"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR", "4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417CD133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE368FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F98A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC791FF05FEE6D971D57C1348320F4EB42DR"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 8, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 24, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
+│   │ COLUMN 1 │ COLUMN 2 │ COLUMN 3 │ COLUMN 4 │ COLUMN 5 │ COLUMN 6 │ COLUMN 7 │ COLUMN 8 │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 1      │          4F8F5CB531E3D49A61CF417C         │
+│   │          │          │          │          │          D133792CCFA501FD8DA53EE3         │
+│   │          │          │          │          │          68FED20E5FE0248C3A0B64F9         │
+│   │          │          │          │          │          8A6533CEE1DA614C3A8DDEC7         │
+│   │          │          │          │          │          91FF05FEE6D971D57C134832         │
+│   │          │          │          │          │                 0F4EB42DR                 │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                     Y                     │
+├───┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1  │ Pod 1A   │ NS 1A    │ C 2      │                     Y                     │
+└───┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("headers too", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE", "RCE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE EXE EXE", "EXE EXE EXE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "N"})
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 3}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 6, 4, 4}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │    RCE    │
+│   ├─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┼───────────┤
+│   │                                          │  EXE EXE  │
+│   │                                          │    EXE    │
+├───┼─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┼───────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 2       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┼─────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │  N  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 4 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │     N     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│ 5 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 5       │  Y  │  N  │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
+│ 7 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 7       │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┴────────┴───────────┼───────────┼─────┬─────┤
+│   │                              │ 7         │  5  │  3  │
+│   ├──────────────────────────────┼───────────┼─────┴─────┤
+│   │                              │ 6         │     4     │
+└───┴──────────────────────────────┴───────────┴───────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("headers and footers too", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE1", "RCE2"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE EXE EXE", "EXE EXE EXE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 5}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 6, 4, 4}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬──────┬──────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │ RCE1 │ RCE2 │
+│   ├─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┼──────┴──────┤
+│   │                                          │   EXE EXE   │
+│   │                                          │     EXE     │
+├───┼─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │      Y      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 2       │      Y      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │      N      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 4 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │      N      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 5 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 5       │      Y      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │      Y      │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│ 7 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 7       │      Y      │
+├───┼─────────┴────────┴───────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│   │                              │ 7         │      5      │
+│   ├──────────────────────────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+│   │                              │ 6         │      4      │
+└───┴──────────────────────────────┴───────────┴─────────────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("long header column", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"Node IP", "Pods", "Namespace", "Container", "RCE1", "RCE2", "RCE3"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"", "", "", "", "EXE EXE EXE", "EXE EXE EXE", "EXE EXE EXE"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 7, 5, 5, 5}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "", 6, 4, 4, 3}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┐
+│   │ NODE IP │ PODS   │ NAMESPACE │ CONTAINER │ RCE1 │ RCE2 │ RCE3 │
+│   ├─────────┴────────┴───────────┴───────────┼──────┴──────┴──────┤
+│   │                                          │       EXE EXE      │
+│   │                                          │         EXE        │
+├───┼─────────┬────────┬───────────┬───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 1       │          Y         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 2 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1A     │ C 2       │          Y         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 3 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A │ NS 1B     │ C 3       │          N         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 4 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 4       │          N         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 5 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1B │ NS 2      │ C 5       │          Y         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 6       │          Y         │
+├───┼─────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│ 7 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2  │ NS 3      │ C 7       │          Y         │
+├───┼─────────┴────────┴───────────┼───────────┼────────────────────┤
+│   │                              │ 7         │          5         │
+│   ├──────────────────────────────┼───────────┼─────────────┬──────┤
+│   │                              │ 6         │      4      │   3  │
+└───┴──────────────────────────────┴───────────┴─────────────┴──────┘`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("everything", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(Row{"COLUMNS", "COLUMNS", "COLUMNS", "COLUMNS", "COLUMNS", "COLUMNS", "COLUMNS"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 1", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1A", "C 2", "Y", "Y", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1A", "NS 1B", "C 3", "N", "N", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 4", "N", "Y", "N"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"1.1.1.1", "Pod 1B", "NS 2", "C 5", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 6", "N", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendRow(Row{"2.2.2.2", "Pod 2", "NS 3", "C 7", "Y", "Y", "Y"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{"foo", "foo", "foo", "foo", "bar", "bar", "bar"}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.AppendFooter(Row{7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7}, rcAutoMerge)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Number: 1, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 2, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 3, AutoMerge: true},
+			{Number: 5, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 6, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+			{Number: 7, Align: text.AlignCenter, AlignFooter: text.AlignCenter, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter, WidthMax: 7, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.WrapHard},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌───┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│   │                      COLUMNS                      │
+├───┼─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬───────────┤
+│ 1 │ 1.1.1.1 │ Pod 1A  │ NS 1A   │ C 1     │     Y     │
+├───┤         │         │         ├─────────┼───────┬───┤
+│ 2 │         │         │         │ C 2     │   Y   │ N │
+├───┤         │         ├─────────┼─────────┼───────┴───┤
+│ 3 │         │         │ NS 1B   │ C 3     │     N     │
+├───┤         ├─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───┬───┬───┤
+│ 4 │         │ Pod 1B  │ NS 2    │ C 4     │ N │ Y │ N │
+├───┤         │         │         ├─────────┼───┴───┴───┤
+│ 5 │         │         │         │ C 5     │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───┬───────┤
+│ 6 │ 2.2.2.2 │ Pod 2   │ NS 3    │ C 6     │ N │   Y   │
+├───┤         │         │         ├─────────┼───┴───────┤
+│ 7 │         │         │         │ C 7     │     Y     │
+├───┼─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┼───────────┤
+│   │                  FOO                  │    BAR    │
+│   ├───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┤
+│   │                         7                         │
+└───┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘`)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_BorderAndSeparators(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	table.AppendRows(testRows)
+	table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+|  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Options = OptionsNoBorders
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |
+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------
+   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |
+  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow!
+ 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |
+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------
+     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             `)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateColumns = false
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+   1  Arya        Stark        3000
+  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow!
+ 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+                  TOTAL       10000                              `)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateFooter = false
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+   1  Arya        Stark        3000
+  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow!
+ 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000
+                  TOTAL       10000                              `)
+
+	table.Style().Options = OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
+   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY
+   1  Arya        Stark        3000
+  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow!
+ 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000
+                  TOTAL       10000                              `)
+
+	table.Style().Options.DrawBorder = true
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY                              |
+|   1  Arya        Stark        3000                              |
+|  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000                              |
+|                  TOTAL       10000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateFooter = true
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY                              |
+|   1  Arya        Stark        3000                              |
+|  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|                  TOTAL       10000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateHeader = true
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   1  Arya        Stark        3000                              |
+|  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|                  TOTAL       10000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|   1  Arya        Stark        3000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+
+|                  TOTAL       10000                              |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Options.SeparateColumns = true
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_BorderAndSeparators_Colored(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	table.AppendRows(testRows)
+	table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	compareOutput(t, table.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+|  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+`)
+
+	table.Style().Color.Border = text.Colors{text.FgRed}
+	table.Style().Color.Separator = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
+	compareOutputColored(t, table.Render(), ""+
+		"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m   # \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m FIRST NAME \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m LAST NAME \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m SALARY \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m   1 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Arya       \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Stark     \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m   3000 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m  20 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Jon        \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Snow      \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m   2000 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m 300 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Tyrion     \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m Lannister \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m   5000 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m     \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m            \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m TOTAL     \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m  10000 \x1b[33m|\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m",
+	)
+
+	table.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+	table.Style().Color.Border = text.Colors{text.FgRed}
+	table.Style().Color.Separator = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
+	compareOutputColored(t, table.Render(), ""+
+		"\x1b[31m┌\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┐\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m   # \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m FIRST NAME \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m LAST NAME \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m SALARY \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m├\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┤\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m   1 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Arya       \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Stark     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   3000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m  20 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Jon        \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Snow      \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   2000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m 300 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Tyrion     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Lannister \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   5000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m├\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┤\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m            \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m TOTAL     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m  10000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m└\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┘\x1b[0m",
+	)
+
+	table.SetTitle("Game of Thrones")
+	compareOutputColored(t, table.Render(), ""+
+		"\x1b[31m┌\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┐\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m Game of Thrones                                                     \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m├\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┬\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┤\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m   # \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m FIRST NAME \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m LAST NAME \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m SALARY \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m├\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┤\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m   1 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Arya       \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Stark     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   3000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m  20 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Jon        \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Snow      \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   2000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m 300 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Tyrion     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m Lannister \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m   5000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m├\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[33m┼\x1b[0m\x1b[33m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┤\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m│\x1b[0m     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m            \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m TOTAL     \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m  10000 \x1b[33m│\x1b[0m                             \x1b[31m│\x1b[0m\n"+
+		"\x1b[31m└\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m───────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┴\x1b[0m\x1b[31m─────────────────────────────\x1b[0m\x1b[31m┘\x1b[0m",
+	)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Colored(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("simple", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+		tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+		tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleColoredBright)
+		tw.Style().Options.DrawBorder = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateColumns = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateFooter = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateHeader = true
+		tw.Style().Options.SeparateRows = true
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tw.Render(), ""+
+			"\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m   \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m 1 \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m 2 \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m 3 \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m 4 \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m   0 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Winter     \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Is        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m      0 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Coming.                     \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m   \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m           \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m   \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m           \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m This is known.              \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m   \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m---\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m+\x1b[0m",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("with borders", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+		tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+		tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+		tw.Style().Title.Colors = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
+		tw.Style().Color = ColorOptions{
+			Header:       text.Colors{text.FgRed},
+			Row:          text.Colors{text.FgGreen},
+			RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgHiGreen},
+			Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgBlue},
+		}
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tw.Render(), ""+
+			"\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\x1b[33m---------------------------------------------------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[33m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[33m|\x1b[0m\x1b[33m Game of Thrones                                                     \x1b[0m\x1b[33m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\x1b[31m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\x1b[31m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\x1b[31m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\x1b[31m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\x1b[31m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[31m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\x1b[31m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[31m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\x1b[32m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[32m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m   0 \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m Winter     \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m Is        \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m      0 \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m Coming.                     \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m     \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m            \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m           \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m        \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m     \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m            \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m           \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m        \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\x1b[92m This is known.              \x1b[0m\x1b[92m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\x1b[34m     \x1b[0m\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\x1b[34m            \x1b[0m\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\x1b[34m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\x1b[34m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\x1b[34m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[34m|\x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m------------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m--------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m\x1b[34m-----------------------------\x1b[0m\x1b[34m+\x1b[0m",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("with borders and separators not colored", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+		tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+		tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		tw.SetTitle(testTitle1)
+		tw.Style().Title.Colors = text.Colors{text.FgYellow}
+		tw.Style().Color = ColorOptions{
+			Header:       text.Colors{text.FgRed},
+			Row:          text.Colors{text.FgGreen},
+			RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgHiGreen},
+			Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgBlue},
+		}
+		tw.Style().Options.DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators = true
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tw.Render(), ""+
+			"+---------------------------------------------------------------------+\n"+
+			"|\x1b[33m Game of Thrones                                                     \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n"+
+			"|\x1b[31m   # \x1b[0m|\x1b[31m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m|\x1b[31m LAST NAME \x1b[0m|\x1b[31m SALARY \x1b[0m|\x1b[31m                             \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n"+
+			"|\x1b[32m   1 \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m Arya       \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m Stark     \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m   3000 \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m                             \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"|\x1b[92m  20 \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m Jon        \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m Snow      \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m   2000 \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"|\x1b[32m 300 \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m Tyrion     \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m Lannister \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m   5000 \x1b[0m|\x1b[32m                             \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"|\x1b[92m   0 \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m Winter     \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m Is        \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m      0 \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m Coming.                     \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"|\x1b[92m     \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m            \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m           \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m        \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"|\x1b[92m     \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m            \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m           \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m        \x1b[0m|\x1b[92m This is known.              \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n"+
+			"|\x1b[34m     \x1b[0m|\x1b[34m            \x1b[0m|\x1b[34m TOTAL     \x1b[0m|\x1b[34m  10000 \x1b[0m|\x1b[34m                             \x1b[0m|\n"+
+			"+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("column customizations", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw := NewWriter()
+		tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+		tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+		tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		tw.SetCaption(testCaption)
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+			{Name: "#", Colors: testColor, ColorsHeader: testColorHiRedBold},
+			{Name: "First Name", Colors: testColor, ColorsHeader: testColorHiRedBold},
+			{Name: "Last Name", Colors: testColor, ColorsHeader: testColorHiRedBold, ColorsFooter: testColorHiBlueBold},
+			{Name: "Salary", Colors: testColor, ColorsHeader: testColorHiRedBold, ColorsFooter: testColorHiBlueBold},
+			{Number: 5, Colors: text.Colors{text.FgCyan}},
+		})
+		tw.SetStyle(StyleRounded)
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tw.Render(), ""+
+			"╭─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────╮\n"+
+			"│\x1b[91;1m   # \x1b[0m│\x1b[91;1m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m│\x1b[91;1m LAST NAME \x1b[0m│\x1b[91;1m SALARY \x1b[0m│                             │\n"+
+			"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m   1 \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Arya       \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Stark     \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m   3000 \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m                             \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m  20 \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Jon        \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Snow      \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m   2000 \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m 300 \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Tyrion     \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Lannister \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m   5000 \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m                             \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m   0 \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Winter     \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m Is        \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m      0 \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m Coming.                     \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m     \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m            \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m           \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m        \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"│\x1b[32m     \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m            \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m           \x1b[0m│\x1b[32m        \x1b[0m│\x1b[36m This is known.              \x1b[0m│\n"+
+			"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n"+
+			"│     │            │\x1b[94;1m TOTAL     \x1b[0m│\x1b[94;1m  10000 \x1b[0m│                             │\n"+
+			"╰─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────╯\n"+
+			"A Song of Ice and Fire",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("colored table within table", func(t *testing.T) {
+		table := Table{}
+		table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		table.AppendRows(testRows)
+		table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		table.SetStyle(StyleColoredBright)
+		table.SetIndexColumn(1)
+
+		// colored is simple; render the colored table into another table
+		tableOuter := Table{}
+		tableOuter.AppendRow(Row{table.Render()})
+		tableOuter.SetStyle(StyleRounded)
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tableOuter.Render(), ""+
+			"╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮\n"+
+			"│ \x1b[106;30m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m                             \x1b[0m │\n"+
+			"│ \x1b[106;30m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m │\n"+
+			"│ \x1b[106;30m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m │\n"+
+			"│ \x1b[106;30m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m │\n"+
+			"│ \x1b[46;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m                             \x1b[0m │\n"+
+			"╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("colored table within colored table", func(t *testing.T) {
+		table := Table{}
+		table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		table.AppendRows(testRows)
+		table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		table.SetStyle(StyleColoredBright)
+		table.SetIndexColumn(1)
+
+		// colored is simple; render the colored table into another colored table
+		tableOuter := Table{}
+		tableOuter.AppendHeader(Row{"Colored Table within a Colored Table"})
+		tableOuter.AppendRow(Row{"\n" + table.Render() + "\n"})
+		tableOuter.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{{Number: 1, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter}})
+		tableOuter.SetStyle(StyleColoredBright)
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, tableOuter.Render(), ""+
+			"\x1b[106;30m                COLORED TABLE WITHIN A COLORED TABLE               \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m                                                                   \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m \x1b[106;30m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[106;30m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[106;30m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[106;30m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[106;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m \x1b[106;30m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m \x1b[106;30m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[47;30m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[47;30m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[47;30m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[47;30m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m \x1b[106;30m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m \x1b[46;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[46;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[46;30m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[46;30m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m\x1b[46;30m                             \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[107;30m                                                                   \x1b[0m",
+		)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("colored table with auto-index", func(t *testing.T) {
+		table := Table{}
+		table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+		table.AppendRows(testRows)
+		table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+		table.SetAutoIndex(true)
+		table.SetStyle(StyleColoredDark)
+		table.SetTitle(testTitle2)
+
+		compareOutputColored(t, table.Render(), ""+
+			"\x1b[106;30;1m When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. There is no \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[106;30;1m middle ground.                                                     \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[96;100m   \x1b[0m\x1b[96;100m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[96;100m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[96;100m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[96;100m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[96;100m                             \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[96;100m 1 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m                             \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[96;100m 2 \x1b[0m\x1b[37;40m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[37;40m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[37;40m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[37;40m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[37;40m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[96;100m 3 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[97;40m                             \x1b[0m\n"+
+			"\x1b[36;100m   \x1b[0m\x1b[36;100m     \x1b[0m\x1b[36;100m            \x1b[0m\x1b[36;100m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[36;100m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[36;100m                             \x1b[0m",
+		)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_ColumnConfigs(t *testing.T) {
+	generatePrefixTransformer := func(prefix string) text.Transformer {
+		return func(val interface{}) string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s%v", prefix, val)
+		}
+	}
+	generateSuffixTransformer := func(suffix string) text.Transformer {
+		return func(val interface{}) string {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%v%s", val, suffix)
+		}
+	}
+	salaryTransformer := text.Transformer(func(val interface{}) string {
+		if valInt, ok := val.(int); ok {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("$ %.2f", float64(valInt)+0.03)
+		}
+		return strings.Replace(fmt.Sprint(val), "ry", "riii", -1)
+	})
+
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeaderMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooterMultiLine)
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+		{
+			Name:              fmt.Sprint(testHeaderMultiLine[1]), // First Name
+			Align:             text.AlignRight,
+			AlignFooter:       text.AlignRight,
+			AlignHeader:       text.AlignRight,
+			Colors:            text.Colors{text.BgBlack, text.FgRed},
+			ColorsHeader:      text.Colors{text.BgRed, text.FgBlack, text.Bold},
+			ColorsFooter:      text.Colors{text.BgRed, text.FgBlack},
+			Transformer:       generatePrefixTransformer("(r_"),
+			TransformerFooter: generatePrefixTransformer("(f_"),
+			TransformerHeader: generatePrefixTransformer("(h_"),
+			VAlign:            text.VAlignTop,
+			VAlignFooter:      text.VAlignTop,
+			VAlignHeader:      text.VAlignTop,
+			WidthMax:          10,
+		}, {
+			Name:              fmt.Sprint(testHeaderMultiLine[2]), // Last Name
+			Align:             text.AlignLeft,
+			AlignFooter:       text.AlignLeft,
+			AlignHeader:       text.AlignLeft,
+			Colors:            text.Colors{text.BgBlack, text.FgGreen},
+			ColorsHeader:      text.Colors{text.BgGreen, text.FgBlack, text.Bold},
+			ColorsFooter:      text.Colors{text.BgGreen, text.FgBlack},
+			Transformer:       generateSuffixTransformer("_r)"),
+			TransformerFooter: generateSuffixTransformer("_f)"),
+			TransformerHeader: generateSuffixTransformer("_h)"),
+			VAlign:            text.VAlignMiddle,
+			VAlignFooter:      text.VAlignMiddle,
+			VAlignHeader:      text.VAlignMiddle,
+			WidthMax:          10,
+		}, {
+			Number:            4, // Salary
+			Colors:            text.Colors{text.BgBlack, text.FgBlue},
+			ColorsHeader:      text.Colors{text.BgBlue, text.FgBlack, text.Bold},
+			ColorsFooter:      text.Colors{text.BgBlue, text.FgBlack},
+			Transformer:       salaryTransformer,
+			TransformerFooter: salaryTransformer,
+			TransformerHeader: salaryTransformer,
+			VAlign:            text.VAlignBottom,
+			VAlignFooter:      text.VAlignBottom,
+			VAlignHeader:      text.VAlignBottom,
+			WidthMin:          16,
+		}, {
+			Name:   "Non-existent Column",
+			Colors: text.Colors{text.BgYellow, text.FgHiRed},
+		},
+	})
+	tw.SetStyle(styleTest)
+
+	compareOutputColored(t, tw.Render(), ""+
+		"(---^-----^-----------^------------^------------------^-----------------------------)\n"+
+		"[< >|<  #>|\x1b[41;30;1m< (H_FIRST>\x1b[0m|\x1b[42;30;1m<LAST      >\x1b[0m|\x1b[44;30;1m<                >\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[41;30;1m<     NAME>\x1b[0m|\x1b[42;30;1m<NAME_H)   >\x1b[0m|\x1b[44;30;1m<        SALARIII>\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"{---+-----+-----------+------------+------------------+-----------------------------}\n"+
+		"[<1>|<  1>|\x1b[40;31m<  (r_Arya>\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<Stark_r)  >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<       $ 3000.03>\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"[<2>|< 20>|\x1b[40;31m<   (r_Jon>\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<Snow_r)   >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<       $ 2000.03>\x1b[0m|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]\n"+
+		"[<3>|<300>|\x1b[40;31m<(r_Tyrion>\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<Lannister_>\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<                >\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[40;31m<         >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<r)        >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<       $ 5000.03>\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"[<4>|<  0>|\x1b[40;31m<(r_Winter>\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<          >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<                >\x1b[0m|<Coming.                    >]\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[40;31m<         >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<Is_r)     >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<                >\x1b[0m|<The North Remembers!       >]\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[40;31m<         >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;32m<          >\x1b[0m|\x1b[40;34m<          $ 0.03>\x1b[0m|<This is known.             >]\n"+
+		"{---+-----+-----------+------------+------------------+-----------------------------}\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[41;30m<      (F_>\x1b[0m|\x1b[42;30m<TOTAL     >\x1b[0m|\x1b[44;30m<                >\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"[< >|<   >|\x1b[41;30m<         >\x1b[0m|\x1b[42;30m<SALARY_F) >\x1b[0m|\x1b[44;30m<      $ 10000.03>\x1b[0m|<                           >]\n"+
+		"\\---v-----v-----------v------------v------------------v-----------------------------/",
+	)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	assert.Empty(t, tw.Render())
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_HiddenColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+
+	// ensure sorting is done before hiding the columns
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{
+		{Name: "Salary", Mode: DscNumeric},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no columns hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns(nil))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME   | SALARY |                               |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+| 307 | >>Tyrion   | Lannister<< |   5013 |                               |
+|   8 | >>Arya     | Stark<<     |   3013 |                               |
+|  27 | >>Jon      | Snow<<      |   2013 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL       |  10000 |                               |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("every column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), "")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("some columns hidden (1)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1, 2, 3, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+
+|   # |
++-----+
+| 307 |
+|   8 |
+|  27 |
++-----+
+|     |
++-----+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("some columns hidden (2)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1, 2, 3}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+-------------------------------+
+|   # |                               |
++-----+-------------------------------+
+| 307 |                               |
+|   8 |                               |
+|  27 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
++-----+-------------------------------+
+|     |                               |
++-----+-------------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("some columns hidden (3)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0, 4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------------+-------------+--------+
+| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME   | SALARY |
++------------+-------------+--------+
+| >>Tyrion   | Lannister<< |   5013 |
+| >>Arya     | Stark<<     |   3013 |
+| >>Jon      | Snow<<      |   2013 |
++------------+-------------+--------+
+|            | TOTAL       |  10000 |
++------------+-------------+--------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("first column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{0}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME   | SALARY |                               |
++------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+| >>Tyrion   | Lannister<< |   5013 |                               |
+| >>Arya     | Stark<<     |   3013 |                               |
+| >>Jon      | Snow<<      |   2013 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
++------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+|            | TOTAL       |  10000 |                               |
++------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("column hidden in the middle", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{1}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+|   # | LAST NAME   | SALARY |                               |
++-----+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+| 307 | Lannister<< |   5013 |                               |
+|   8 | Stark<<     |   3013 |                               |
+|  27 | Snow<<      |   2013 | ~You know nothing, Jon Snow!~ |
++-----+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+
+|     | TOTAL       |  10000 |                               |
++-----+-------------+--------+-------------------------------+`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("last column hidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetColumnConfigs(generateColumnConfigsWithHiddenColumns([]int{4}))
+
+		compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME   | SALARY |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+
+| 307 | >>Tyrion   | Lannister<< |   5013 |
+|   8 | >>Arya     | Stark<<     |   3013 |
+|  27 | >>Jon      | Snow<<      |   2013 |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+
+|     |            | TOTAL       |  10000 |
++-----+------------+-------------+--------+`)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Paged(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "Total", 10000})
+	tw.SetPageSize(1)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   0 | Winter     | Is        |      0 | Coming.                     |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            |           |        | The North Remembers!        |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            |           |        | This is known.              |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
++-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Reset(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+
+	tw.ResetFooters()
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+
+	tw.ResetHeaders()
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────┬───────────┬──────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   1 │ Arya   │ Stark     │ 3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon    │ Snow      │ 2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion │ Lannister │ 5000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────┴───────────┴──────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+
+	tw.ResetRows()
+	assert.Empty(t, tw.Render())
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_RowPainter(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetIndexColumn(1)
+	tw.SetRowPainter(func(row Row) text.Colors {
+		if salary, ok := row[3].(int); ok {
+			if salary > 3000 {
+				return text.Colors{text.BgYellow, text.FgBlack}
+			} else if salary < 2000 {
+				return text.Colors{text.BgRed, text.FgBlack}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Salary", Mode: AscNumeric}})
+
+	expectedOutLines := []string{
+		"┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐",
+		"│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │",
+		"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤",
+		"│   0 │\x1b[41;30m Winter     \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m Is        \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m      0 \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m Coming.                     \x1b[0m│",
+		"│     │\x1b[41;30m            \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m           \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m        \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m│",
+		"│     │\x1b[41;30m            \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m           \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m        \x1b[0m│\x1b[41;30m This is known.              \x1b[0m│",
+		"│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │",
+		"│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │",
+		"│ 300 │\x1b[43;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m│\x1b[43;30m Lannister \x1b[0m│\x1b[43;30m   5000 \x1b[0m│\x1b[43;30m                             \x1b[0m│",
+		"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤",
+		"│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │",
+		"└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘",
+	}
+	expectedOut := strings.Join(expectedOutLines, "\n")
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, tw.Render())
+
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleColoredBright)
+	tw.Style().Color.RowAlternate = tw.Style().Color.Row
+	expectedOutLines = []string{
+		"\x1b[106;30m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[106;30m                             \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m   0 \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m Winter     \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m Is        \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m      0 \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m Coming.                     \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m           \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m        \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m The North Remembers!        \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m           \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m        \x1b[0m\x1b[41;30m This is known.              \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[106;30m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[43;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[43;30m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[43;30m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[43;30m                             \x1b[0m",
+		"\x1b[46;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[46;30m                             \x1b[0m",
+	}
+	expectedOut = strings.Join(expectedOutLines, "\n")
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, tw.Render())
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Sorted(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 6000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+│  11 │ Sansa      │ Stark     │   6000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Separator(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendSeparator()
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	tw.AppendSeparator()
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 6000})
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendSeparator() // doesn't make any difference
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   0 │ Winter     │ Is        │      0 │ Coming.                     │
+│     │            │           │        │ The North Remembers!        │
+│     │            │           │        │ This is known.              │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│  11 │ Sansa      │ Stark     │   6000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_Styles(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	styles := map[*Style]string{
+		&StyleDefault:                    "+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |\n+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n|   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |\n|  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |\n| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |\n+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+\n|     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |\n+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+",
+		&StyleBold:                       "┏━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓\n┃   # ┃ FIRST NAME ┃ LAST NAME ┃ SALARY ┃                             ┃\n┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫\n┃   1 ┃ Arya       ┃ Stark     ┃   3000 ┃                             ┃\n┃  20 ┃ Jon        ┃ Snow      ┃   2000 ┃ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ┃\n┃ 300 ┃ Tyrion     ┃ Lannister ┃   5000 ┃                             ┃\n┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫\n┃     ┃            ┃ TOTAL     ┃  10000 ┃                             ┃\n┗━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛",
+		&StyleColoredBlackOnBlueWhite:    "\x1b[104;30m   # \x1b[0m\x1b[104;30m FIRST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[104;30m LAST NAME \x1b[0m\x1b[104;30m SALARY \x1b[0m\x1b[104;30m                             \x1b[0m\n\x1b[107;30m   1 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Arya       \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Stark     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   3000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\n\x1b[47;30m  20 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Jon        \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m Snow      \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m   2000 \x1b[0m\x1b[47;30m You know nothing, Jon Snow! \x1b[0m\n\x1b[107;30m 300 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Tyrion     \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m Lannister \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m   5000 \x1b[0m\x1b[107;30m                             \x1b[0m\n\x1b[44;30m     \x1b[0m\x1b[44;30m            \x1b[0m\x1b[44;30m TOTAL     \x1b[0m\x1b[44;30m  10000 \x1b[0m\x1b[44;30m                             \x1b[0m",
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+		&StyleDouble:                     "╔═════╦════════════╦═══════════╦════════╦═════════════════════════════╗\n║   # ║ FIRST NAME ║ LAST NAME ║ SALARY ║                             ║\n╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣\n║   1 ║ Arya       ║ Stark     ║   3000 ║                             ║\n║  20 ║ Jon        ║ Snow      ║   2000 ║ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ║\n║ 300 ║ Tyrion     ║ Lannister ║   5000 ║                             ║\n╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣\n║     ║            ║ TOTAL     ║  10000 ║                             ║\n╚═════╩════════════╩═══════════╩════════╩═════════════════════════════╝",
+		&StyleLight:                      "┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐\n│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │\n├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │\n│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │\n│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │\n├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │\n└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘",
+		&StyleRounded:                    "╭─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────╮\n│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │\n├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │\n│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │\n│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │\n├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤\n│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │\n╰─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────╯",
+		&styleTest:                       "(-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------)\n[<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]\n{-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}\n[<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]\n[< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]\n[<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]\n{-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}\n[<   >|<          >|<TOTAL    >|< 10000>|<                           >]\n\\-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/",
+	}
+	var mismatches []string
+	for style, expectedOut := range styles {
+		tw.SetStyle(*style)
+		out := tw.Render()
+		assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, out)
+		if expectedOut != out {
+			mismatches = append(mismatches, fmt.Sprintf("&%s: %#v,", style.Name, out))
+			fmt.Printf("// %s renders a Table like below:\n", style.Name)
+			for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+				fmt.Printf("//  %s\n", line)
+			}
+			fmt.Println()
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(mismatches)
+	for _, mismatch := range mismatches {
+		fmt.Println(mismatch)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_SuppressEmptyColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "", 5000},
+	})
+	tw.AppendRow(Row{11, "Sansa", "", 6000})
+	tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "TOTAL", 10000})
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   1 │ Arya       │           │   3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │           │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │           │   5000 │                             │
+│  11 │ Sansa      │           │   6000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+
+	tw.SuppressEmptyColumns()
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+┌─────┬────────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   # │ FIRST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│   1 │ Arya       │   3000 │                             │
+│  20 │ Jon        │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 300 │ Tyrion     │   5000 │                             │
+│  11 │ Sansa      │   6000 │                             │
+├─────┼────────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│     │            │  10000 │                             │
+└─────┴────────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_TableWithinTable(t *testing.T) {
+	twInner := NewWriter()
+	twInner.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	twInner.AppendRows(testRows)
+	twInner.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	twInner.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	twOuter := NewWriter()
+	twOuter.AppendHeader(Row{"Table within a Table"})
+	twOuter.AppendRow(Row{twInner.Render()})
+	twOuter.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{{Number: 1, AlignHeader: text.AlignCenter}})
+	twOuter.SetStyle(StyleDouble)
+
+	compareOutput(t, twOuter.Render(), `
+╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
+║                           TABLE WITHIN A TABLE                          ║
+╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
+║ ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐ ║
+║ │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │ ║
+║ ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ ║
+║ │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │ ║
+║ │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │ ║
+║ │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │ ║
+║ ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ ║
+║ │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │ ║
+║ └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘ ║
+╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝`)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_TableWithTransformers(t *testing.T) {
+	bolden := func(val interface{}) string {
+		return text.Bold.Sprint(val)
+	}
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{{
+		Name:              "Salary",
+		Transformer:       bolden,
+		TransformerFooter: bolden,
+		TransformerHeader: bolden,
+	}})
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+
+	expectedOut := []string{
+		"┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐",
+		"│   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ \x1b[1mSALARY\x1b[0m │                             │",
+		"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤",
+		"│   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   \x1b[1m3000\x1b[0m │                             │",
+		"│  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   \x1b[1m2000\x1b[0m │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │",
+		"│ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   \x1b[1m5000\x1b[0m │                             │",
+		"├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤",
+		"│     │            │ TOTAL     │  \x1b[1m10000\x1b[0m │                             │",
+		"└─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘",
+	}
+	out := tw.Render()
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.Join(expectedOut, "\n"), out)
+	if strings.Join(expectedOut, "\n") != out {
+		for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+			fmt.Printf("%#v,\n", line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_SetWidth_Title(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	tw.AppendRows(testRows)
+	tw.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	tw.SetTitle("Game Of Thrones")
+
+	t.Run("length 20", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetAllowedRowLength(20)
+
+		expectedOut := []string{
+			"+------------------+",
+			"| Game Of Thrones  |",
+			"+-----+----------- ~",
+			"|   # | FIRST NAME ~",
+			"+-----+----------- ~",
+			"|   1 | Arya       ~",
+			"|  20 | Jon        ~",
+			"| 300 | Tyrion     ~",
+			"+-----+----------- ~",
+			"|     |            ~",
+			"+-----+----------- ~",
+		}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, strings.Join(expectedOut, "\n"), tw.Render())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("length 30", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tw.SetAllowedRowLength(30)
+
+		expectedOut := []string{
+			"+----------------------------+",
+			"| Game Of Thrones            |",
+			"+-----+------------+-------- ~",
+			"|   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NA ~",
+			"+-----+------------+-------- ~",
+			"|   1 | Arya       | Stark   ~",
+			"|  20 | Jon        | Snow    ~",
+			"| 300 | Tyrion     | Lannist ~",
+			"+-----+------------+-------- ~",
+			"|     |            | TOTAL   ~",
+			"+-----+------------+-------- ~",
+		}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, strings.Join(expectedOut, "\n"), tw.Render())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestTable_Render_WidthEnforcer(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	tw.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{"U2", "Hey", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Yuh yuh yuh"},
+		{"S12", "Uhhhh", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Some dummy data here"},
+		{"R123", "Lobsters", "2021-04-19 13:37", "I like lobsters"},
+		{"R123", "Some big name here and it's pretty big", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"},
+		{"R123", "Small name", "2021-04-19 13:37", "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"},
+	})
+	tw.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{
+		{Number: 2, WidthMax: 20, WidthMaxEnforcer: text.Trim},
+	})
+
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
++------+----------------------+------------------+----------------------------+
+| U2   | Hey                  | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Yuh yuh yuh                |
+| S12  | Uhhhh                | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Some dummy data here       |
+| R123 | Lobsters             | 2021-04-19 13:37 | I like lobsters            |
+| R123 | Some big name here a | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
+| R123 | Small name           | 2021-04-19 13:37 | Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
++------+----------------------+------------------+----------------------------+`)
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/sort.go b/helper/table/sort.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae55f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/sort.go
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// SortBy defines What to sort (Column Name or Number), and How to sort (Mode).
+type SortBy struct {
+	// Name is the name of the Column as it appears in the first Header row.
+	// If a Header is not provided, or the name is not found in the header, this
+	// will not work.
+	Name string
+	// Number is the Column # from left. When specified, it overrides the Name
+	// property. If you know the exact Column number, use this instead of Name.
+	Number int
+
+	// Mode tells the Writer how to Sort. Asc/Dsc/etc.
+	Mode SortMode
+}
+
+// SortMode defines How to sort.
+type SortMode int
+
+const (
+	// Asc sorts the column in Ascending order alphabetically.
+	Asc SortMode = iota
+	// AscNumeric sorts the column in Ascending order numerically.
+	AscNumeric
+	// Dsc sorts the column in Descending order alphabetically.
+	Dsc
+	// DscNumeric sorts the column in Descending order numerically.
+	DscNumeric
+)
+
+type rowsSorter struct {
+	rows          []rowStr
+	sortBy        []SortBy
+	sortedIndices []int
+}
+
+// getSortedRowIndices sorts and returns the row indices in Sorted order as
+// directed by Table.sortBy which can be set using Table.SortBy(...)
+func (t *Table) getSortedRowIndices() []int {
+	sortedIndices := make([]int, len(t.rows))
+	for idx := range t.rows {
+		sortedIndices[idx] = idx
+	}
+
+	if t.sortBy != nil && len(t.sortBy) > 0 {
+		sort.Sort(rowsSorter{
+			rows:          t.rows,
+			sortBy:        t.parseSortBy(t.sortBy),
+			sortedIndices: sortedIndices,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return sortedIndices
+}
+
+func (t *Table) parseSortBy(sortBy []SortBy) []SortBy {
+	var resSortBy []SortBy
+	for _, col := range sortBy {
+		colNum := 0
+		if col.Number > 0 && col.Number <= t.numColumns {
+			colNum = col.Number
+		} else if col.Name != "" && len(t.rowsHeader) > 0 {
+			for idx, colName := range t.rowsHeader[0] {
+				if col.Name == colName {
+					colNum = idx + 1
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if colNum > 0 {
+			resSortBy = append(resSortBy, SortBy{
+				Name:   col.Name,
+				Number: colNum,
+				Mode:   col.Mode,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return resSortBy
+}
+
+func (rs rowsSorter) Len() int {
+	return len(rs.rows)
+}
+
+func (rs rowsSorter) Swap(i, j int) {
+	rs.sortedIndices[i], rs.sortedIndices[j] = rs.sortedIndices[j], rs.sortedIndices[i]
+}
+
+func (rs rowsSorter) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	realI, realJ := rs.sortedIndices[i], rs.sortedIndices[j]
+	for _, col := range rs.sortBy {
+		rowI, rowJ, colIdx := rs.rows[realI], rs.rows[realJ], col.Number-1
+		if colIdx < len(rowI) && colIdx < len(rowJ) {
+			shouldContinue, returnValue := rs.lessColumns(rowI, rowJ, colIdx, col)
+			if !shouldContinue {
+				return returnValue
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (rs rowsSorter) lessColumns(rowI rowStr, rowJ rowStr, colIdx int, col SortBy) (bool, bool) {
+	if rowI[colIdx] == rowJ[colIdx] {
+		return true, false
+	} else if col.Mode == Asc {
+		return false, rowI[colIdx] < rowJ[colIdx]
+	} else if col.Mode == Dsc {
+		return false, rowI[colIdx] > rowJ[colIdx]
+	}
+
+	iVal, iErr := strconv.ParseFloat(rowI[colIdx], 64)
+	jVal, jErr := strconv.ParseFloat(rowJ[colIdx], 64)
+	if iErr == nil && jErr == nil {
+		if col.Mode == AscNumeric {
+			return false, iVal < jVal
+		} else if col.Mode == DscNumeric {
+			return false, jVal < iVal
+		}
+	}
+	return true, false
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/sort_test.go b/helper/table/sort_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d63164d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/sort_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTable_sortRows_WithName(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendHeader(Row{"#", "First Name", "Last Name", "Salary"})
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
+		{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000},
+	})
+	table.SetStyle(StyleDefault)
+	table.initForRenderRows()
+
+	// sort by nothing
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by "#"
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "#", Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "#", Mode: DscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 1, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by First Name, Last Name
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 2, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 2, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "First Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 1, 2, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "First Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 1, 2, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Last Name, First Name
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 0, 1}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 1, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "First Name", Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{1, 0, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Unknown Column
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "Foo Bar", Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Salary
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Salary", Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{2, 0, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Salary", Mode: DscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 0, 1, 2}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy(nil)
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+}
+
+func TestTable_sortRows_WithoutName(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
+		{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000},
+	})
+	table.SetStyle(StyleDefault)
+	table.initForRenderRows()
+
+	// sort by nothing
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by "#"
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 1, Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 1, Mode: DscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 1, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by First Name, Last Name
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 2, Mode: Asc}, {Number: 3, Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 2, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 2, Mode: Asc}, {Number: 3, Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 2, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 2, Mode: Dsc}, {Number: 3, Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 1, 2, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 2, Mode: Dsc}, {Number: 3, Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 1, 2, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Last Name, First Name
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 3, Mode: Asc}, {Number: 2, Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 0, 1}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 3, Mode: Asc}, {Number: 2, Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 1, 0}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 3, Mode: Dsc}, {Number: 2, Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 3, Mode: Dsc}, {Number: 2, Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{1, 0, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Unknown Column
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 3, Mode: Dsc}, {Number: 99, Mode: Dsc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	// sort by Salary
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 4, Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{2, 0, 1, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 4, Mode: DscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 0, 1, 2}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+
+	table.SortBy(nil)
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+}
+
+func TestTable_sortRows_InvalidMode(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
+		{11, "Sansa", "Stark", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000},
+	})
+	table.SetStyle(StyleDefault)
+	table.initForRenderRows()
+
+	// sort by "First Name"
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Number: 2, Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	assert.Equal(t, []int{0, 1, 2, 3}, table.getSortedRowIndices())
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/style.go b/helper/table/style.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba1cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/style.go
@@ -0,0 +1,879 @@
+package table
+
+import "git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+
+// Style declares how to render the Table and provides very fine-grained control
+// on how the Table gets rendered on the Console.
+type Style struct {
+	Name    string        // name of the Style
+	Box     BoxStyle      // characters to use for the boxes
+	Color   ColorOptions  // colors to use for the rows and columns
+	Format  FormatOptions // formatting options for the rows and columns
+	HTML    HTMLOptions   // rendering options for HTML mode
+	Options Options       // misc. options for the table
+	Title   TitleOptions  // formation options for the title text
+}
+
+var (
+	// StyleDefault renders a Table like below:
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+	//  |  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+	//  | 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	StyleDefault = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleDefault",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+
+	// StyleBold renders a Table like below:
+	//  ┏━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
+	//  ┃   # ┃ FIRST NAME ┃ LAST NAME ┃ SALARY ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
+	//  ┃   1 ┃ Arya       ┃ Stark     ┃   3000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┃  20 ┃ Jon        ┃ Snow      ┃   2000 ┃ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ┃
+	//  ┃ 300 ┃ Tyrion     ┃ Lannister ┃   5000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
+	//  ┃     ┃            ┃ TOTAL     ┃  10000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┗━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
+	StyleBold = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleBold",
+		Box:     StyleBoxBold,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBright renders a Table without any borders or separators,
+	// and with Black text on Cyan background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBright = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBright",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBright,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDark,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredDark renders a Table without any borders or separators, and
+	// with Header/Footer in Cyan text and other rows with White text, all on
+	// Black background.
+	StyleColoredDark = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredDark",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDark,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBright,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnBlueWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Blue background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnBlueWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnBlueWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnBlueWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlueOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnCyanWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Cyan background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnCyanWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnCyanWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnCyanWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsCyanOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnGreenWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Green background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnGreenWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnGreenWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnGreenWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsGreenOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnMagentaWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Magenta background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnMagentaWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnMagentaWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnMagentaWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsMagentaOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnYellowWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Yellow background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnYellowWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnYellowWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnYellowWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsYellowOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlackOnRedWhite renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Black text on Red background for Header/Footer and
+	// White background for other rows.
+	StyleColoredBlackOnRedWhite = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlackOnRedWhite",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlackOnRedWhite,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsRedOnBlack,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredBlueWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Blue text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredBlueWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredBlueWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsBlueWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnBlue,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredCyanWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Cyan text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredCyanWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredCyanWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsCyanWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnCyan,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredGreenWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Green text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredGreenWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredGreenWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsGreenWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnGreen,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredMagentaWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Magenta text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredMagentaWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredMagentaWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsMagentaWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnMagenta,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredRedWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Red text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredRedWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredRedWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsRedWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnRed,
+	}
+
+	// StyleColoredYellowWhiteOnBlack renders a Table without any borders or
+	// separators, and with Header/Footer in Yellow text and other rows with
+	// White text, all on Black background.
+	StyleColoredYellowWhiteOnBlack = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleColoredYellowWhiteOnBlack",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDefault,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsYellowWhiteOnBlack,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsBlackOnYellow,
+	}
+
+	// StyleDouble renders a Table like below:
+	//  ╔═════╦════════════╦═══════════╦════════╦═════════════════════════════╗
+	//  ║   # ║ FIRST NAME ║ LAST NAME ║ SALARY ║                             ║
+	//  ╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣
+	//  ║   1 ║ Arya       ║ Stark     ║   3000 ║                             ║
+	//  ║  20 ║ Jon        ║ Snow      ║   2000 ║ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ║
+	//  ║ 300 ║ Tyrion     ║ Lannister ║   5000 ║                             ║
+	//  ╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣
+	//  ║     ║            ║ TOTAL     ║  10000 ║                             ║
+	//  ╚═════╩════════════╩═══════════╩════════╩═════════════════════════════╝
+	StyleDouble = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleDouble",
+		Box:     StyleBoxDouble,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+
+	// StyleLight renders a Table like below:
+	//  ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+	StyleLight = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleLight",
+		Box:     StyleBoxLight,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+
+	// StyleRounded renders a Table like below:
+	//  ╭─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────╮
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  ╰─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────╯
+	StyleRounded = Style{
+		Name:    "StyleRounded",
+		Box:     StyleBoxRounded,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+
+	// styleTest renders a Table like below:
+	//  (-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------)
+	//  [<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]
+	//  {-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+	//  [<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]
+	//  [< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+	//  [<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]
+	//  {-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+	//  [<   >|<          >|<TOTAL    >|< 10000>|<                           >]
+	//  \-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/
+	styleTest = Style{
+		Name:    "styleTest",
+		Box:     styleBoxTest,
+		Color:   ColorOptionsDefault,
+		Format:  FormatOptionsDefault,
+		HTML:    DefaultHTMLOptions,
+		Options: OptionsDefault,
+		Title:   TitleOptionsDefault,
+	}
+)
+
+// BoxStyle defines the characters/strings to use to render the borders and
+// separators for the Table.
+type BoxStyle struct {
+	BottomLeft       string
+	BottomRight      string
+	BottomSeparator  string
+	EmptySeparator   string
+	Left             string
+	LeftSeparator    string
+	MiddleHorizontal string
+	MiddleSeparator  string
+	MiddleVertical   string
+	PaddingLeft      string
+	PaddingRight     string
+	PageSeparator    string
+	Right            string
+	RightSeparator   string
+	TopLeft          string
+	TopRight         string
+	TopSeparator     string
+	UnfinishedRow    string
+}
+
+var (
+	// StyleBoxDefault defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+	//  |  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+	//  | 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	//  |     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
+	//  +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	StyleBoxDefault = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "+",
+		BottomRight:      "+",
+		BottomSeparator:  "+",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("+")),
+		Left:             "|",
+		LeftSeparator:    "+",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "-",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "+",
+		MiddleVertical:   "|",
+		PaddingLeft:      " ",
+		PaddingRight:     " ",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "|",
+		RightSeparator:   "+",
+		TopLeft:          "+",
+		TopRight:         "+",
+		TopSeparator:     "+",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ~",
+	}
+
+	// StyleBoxBold defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  ┏━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
+	//  ┃   # ┃ FIRST NAME ┃ LAST NAME ┃ SALARY ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
+	//  ┃   1 ┃ Arya       ┃ Stark     ┃   3000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┃  20 ┃ Jon        ┃ Snow      ┃   2000 ┃ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ┃
+	//  ┃ 300 ┃ Tyrion     ┃ Lannister ┃   5000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┣━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━╋━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
+	//  ┃     ┃            ┃ TOTAL     ┃  10000 ┃                             ┃
+	//  ┗━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
+	StyleBoxBold = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "┗",
+		BottomRight:      "┛",
+		BottomSeparator:  "┻",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("╋")),
+		Left:             "┃",
+		LeftSeparator:    "┣",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "━",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "╋",
+		MiddleVertical:   "┃",
+		PaddingLeft:      " ",
+		PaddingRight:     " ",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "┃",
+		RightSeparator:   "┫",
+		TopLeft:          "┏",
+		TopRight:         "┓",
+		TopSeparator:     "┳",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ≈",
+	}
+
+	// StyleBoxDouble defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  ╔═════╦════════════╦═══════════╦════════╦═════════════════════════════╗
+	//  ║   # ║ FIRST NAME ║ LAST NAME ║ SALARY ║                             ║
+	//  ╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣
+	//  ║   1 ║ Arya       ║ Stark     ║   3000 ║                             ║
+	//  ║  20 ║ Jon        ║ Snow      ║   2000 ║ You know nothing, Jon Snow! ║
+	//  ║ 300 ║ Tyrion     ║ Lannister ║   5000 ║                             ║
+	//  ╠═════╬════════════╬═══════════╬════════╬═════════════════════════════╣
+	//  ║     ║            ║ TOTAL     ║  10000 ║                             ║
+	//  ╚═════╩════════════╩═══════════╩════════╩═════════════════════════════╝
+	StyleBoxDouble = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "╚",
+		BottomRight:      "╝",
+		BottomSeparator:  "╩",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("╬")),
+		Left:             "║",
+		LeftSeparator:    "╠",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "═",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "╬",
+		MiddleVertical:   "║",
+		PaddingLeft:      " ",
+		PaddingRight:     " ",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "║",
+		RightSeparator:   "╣",
+		TopLeft:          "╔",
+		TopRight:         "╗",
+		TopSeparator:     "╦",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ≈",
+	}
+
+	// StyleBoxLight defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+	StyleBoxLight = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "└",
+		BottomRight:      "┘",
+		BottomSeparator:  "┴",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("┼")),
+		Left:             "│",
+		LeftSeparator:    "├",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "─",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "┼",
+		MiddleVertical:   "│",
+		PaddingLeft:      " ",
+		PaddingRight:     " ",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "│",
+		RightSeparator:   "┤",
+		TopLeft:          "┌",
+		TopRight:         "┐",
+		TopSeparator:     "┬",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ≈",
+	}
+
+	// StyleBoxRounded defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  ╭─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────╮
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  ╰─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────╯
+	StyleBoxRounded = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "╰",
+		BottomRight:      "╯",
+		BottomSeparator:  "┴",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("┼")),
+		Left:             "│",
+		LeftSeparator:    "├",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "─",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "┼",
+		MiddleVertical:   "│",
+		PaddingLeft:      " ",
+		PaddingRight:     " ",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "│",
+		RightSeparator:   "┤",
+		TopLeft:          "╭",
+		TopRight:         "╮",
+		TopSeparator:     "┬",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ≈",
+	}
+
+	// styleBoxTest defines a Boxed-Table like below:
+	//  (-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------)
+	//  [<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]
+	//  {-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+	//  [<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]
+	//  [< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+	//  [<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]
+	//  {-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+	//  [<   >|<          >|<TOTAL    >|< 10000>|<                           >]
+	//  \-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/
+	styleBoxTest = BoxStyle{
+		BottomLeft:       "\\",
+		BottomRight:      "/",
+		BottomSeparator:  "v",
+		EmptySeparator:   text.RepeatAndTrim(" ", text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("+")),
+		Left:             "[",
+		LeftSeparator:    "{",
+		MiddleHorizontal: "--",
+		MiddleSeparator:  "+",
+		MiddleVertical:   "|",
+		PaddingLeft:      "<",
+		PaddingRight:     ">",
+		PageSeparator:    "\n",
+		Right:            "]",
+		RightSeparator:   "}",
+		TopLeft:          "(",
+		TopRight:         ")",
+		TopSeparator:     "^",
+		UnfinishedRow:    " ~~~",
+	}
+)
+
+// ColorOptions defines the ANSI colors to use for parts of the Table.
+type ColorOptions struct {
+	Border       text.Colors // borders (if nil, uses one of the below)
+	Footer       text.Colors // footer row(s) colors
+	Header       text.Colors // header row(s) colors
+	IndexColumn  text.Colors // index-column colors (row #, etc.)
+	Row          text.Colors // regular row(s) colors
+	RowAlternate text.Colors // regular row(s) colors for the even-numbered rows
+	Separator    text.Colors // separators (if nil, uses one of the above)
+}
+
+var (
+	// ColorOptionsDefault defines sensible ANSI color options - basically NONE.
+	ColorOptionsDefault = ColorOptions{}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBright renders dark text on bright background.
+	ColorOptionsBright = ColorOptionsBlackOnCyanWhite
+
+	// ColorOptionsDark renders bright text on dark background.
+	ColorOptionsDark = ColorOptionsCyanWhiteOnBlack
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnBlueWhite renders Black text on Blue/White background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnBlueWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgBlue, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiBlue, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiBlue, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnCyanWhite renders Black text on Cyan/White background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnCyanWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgCyan, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiCyan, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiCyan, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnGreenWhite renders Black text on Green/White
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnGreenWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgGreen, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiGreen, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiGreen, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnMagentaWhite renders Black text on Magenta/White
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnMagentaWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgMagenta, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiMagenta, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiMagenta, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnRedWhite renders Black text on Red/White background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnRedWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgRed, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiRed, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiRed, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlackOnYellowWhite renders Black text on Yellow/White
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsBlackOnYellowWhite = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.BgYellow, text.FgBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.BgHiYellow, text.FgBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.BgHiYellow, text.FgBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.BgHiWhite, text.FgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.BgWhite, text.FgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsBlueWhiteOnBlack renders Blue/White text on Black background.
+	ColorOptionsBlueWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgBlue, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiBlue, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiBlue, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsCyanWhiteOnBlack renders Cyan/White text on Black background.
+	ColorOptionsCyanWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgCyan, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiCyan, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiCyan, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsGreenWhiteOnBlack renders Green/White text on Black
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsGreenWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgGreen, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiGreen, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiGreen, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsMagentaWhiteOnBlack renders Magenta/White text on Black
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsMagentaWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgMagenta, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiMagenta, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiMagenta, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsRedWhiteOnBlack renders Red/White text on Black background.
+	ColorOptionsRedWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgRed, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiRed, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiRed, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+
+	// ColorOptionsYellowWhiteOnBlack renders Yellow/White text on Black
+	// background.
+	ColorOptionsYellowWhiteOnBlack = ColorOptions{
+		Footer:       text.Colors{text.FgYellow, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Header:       text.Colors{text.FgHiYellow, text.BgHiBlack},
+		IndexColumn:  text.Colors{text.FgHiYellow, text.BgHiBlack},
+		Row:          text.Colors{text.FgHiWhite, text.BgBlack},
+		RowAlternate: text.Colors{text.FgWhite, text.BgBlack},
+	}
+)
+
+// FormatOptions defines the text-formatting to perform on parts of the Table.
+type FormatOptions struct {
+	Direction text.Direction // (forced) BiDi direction for each Column
+	Footer    text.Format    // footer row(s) text format
+	Header    text.Format    // header row(s) text format
+	Row       text.Format    // (data) row(s) text format
+}
+
+var (
+	// FormatOptionsDefault defines sensible formatting options.
+	FormatOptionsDefault = FormatOptions{
+		Footer: text.FormatUpper,
+		Header: text.FormatUpper,
+		Row:    text.FormatDefault,
+	}
+)
+
+// HTMLOptions defines the global options to control HTML rendering.
+type HTMLOptions struct {
+	CSSClass    string // CSS class to set on the overall <table> tag
+	EmptyColumn string // string to replace "" columns with (entire content being "")
+	EscapeText  bool   // escape text into HTML-safe content?
+	Newline     string // string to replace "\n" characters with
+}
+
+var (
+	// DefaultHTMLOptions defines sensible HTML rendering defaults.
+	DefaultHTMLOptions = HTMLOptions{
+		CSSClass:    DefaultHTMLCSSClass,
+		EmptyColumn: "&nbsp;",
+		EscapeText:  true,
+		Newline:     "<br/>",
+	}
+)
+
+// Options defines the global options that determine how the Table is
+// rendered.
+type Options struct {
+	// DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators disables coloring all the borders and row
+	// or column separators.
+	DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators bool
+
+	// DrawBorder enables or disables drawing the border around the Table.
+	// Example of a table where it is disabled:
+	//     # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │
+	//  ─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────
+	//     1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │
+	//    20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow!
+	//   300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │
+	//  ─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────
+	//       │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │
+	DrawBorder bool
+
+	// SeparateColumns enables or disable drawing border between columns.
+	// Example of a table where it is disabled:
+	//  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   #  FIRST NAME  LAST NAME  SALARY                              │
+	//  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1  Arya        Stark        3000                              │
+	//  │  20  Jon         Snow         2000  You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300  Tyrion      Lannister    5000                              │
+	//  │                  TOTAL       10000                              │
+	//  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+	SeparateColumns bool
+
+	// SeparateFooter enables or disable drawing border between the footer and
+	// the rows. Example of a table where it is disabled:
+	//  ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+	SeparateFooter bool
+
+	// SeparateHeader enables or disable drawing border between the header and
+	// the rows. Example of a table where it is disabled:
+	//  ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+	SeparateHeader bool
+
+	// SeparateRows enables or disables drawing separators between each row.
+	// Example of a table where it is enabled:
+	//  ┌─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+	//  │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+	//  ├─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+	//  │     │            │ TOTAL     │  10000 │                             │
+	//  └─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
+	SeparateRows bool
+}
+
+var (
+	// OptionsDefault defines sensible global options.
+	OptionsDefault = Options{
+		DrawBorder:      true,
+		SeparateColumns: true,
+		SeparateFooter:  true,
+		SeparateHeader:  true,
+		SeparateRows:    false,
+	}
+
+	// OptionsNoBorders sets up a table without any borders.
+	OptionsNoBorders = Options{
+		DrawBorder:      false,
+		SeparateColumns: true,
+		SeparateFooter:  true,
+		SeparateHeader:  true,
+		SeparateRows:    false,
+	}
+
+	// OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators sets up a table without any borders or
+	// separators.
+	OptionsNoBordersAndSeparators = Options{
+		DrawBorder:      false,
+		SeparateColumns: false,
+		SeparateFooter:  false,
+		SeparateHeader:  false,
+		SeparateRows:    false,
+	}
+)
+
+// TitleOptions defines the way the title text is to be rendered.
+type TitleOptions struct {
+	Align  text.Align
+	Colors text.Colors
+	Format text.Format
+}
+
+var (
+	// TitleOptionsDefault defines sensible title options - basically NONE.
+	TitleOptionsDefault = TitleOptions{}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBright renders Bright Bold text on Dark background.
+	TitleOptionsBright = TitleOptionsBlackOnCyan
+
+	// TitleOptionsDark renders Dark Bold text on Bright background.
+	TitleOptionsDark = TitleOptionsCyanOnBlack
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnBlue renders Black text on Blue background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnBlue = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnBlueWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnCyan renders Black Bold text on Cyan background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnCyan = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnCyanWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnGreen renders Black Bold text onGreen background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnGreen = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnGreenWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnMagenta renders Black Bold text on Magenta background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnMagenta = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnMagentaWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnRed renders Black Bold text on Red background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnRed = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnRedWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlackOnYellow renders Black Bold text on Yellow background.
+	TitleOptionsBlackOnYellow = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlackOnYellowWhite.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsBlueOnBlack renders Blue Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsBlueOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsBlueWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsCyanOnBlack renders Cyan Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsCyanOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsCyanWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsGreenOnBlack renders Green Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsGreenOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsGreenWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsMagentaOnBlack renders Magenta Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsMagentaOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsMagentaWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsRedOnBlack renders Red Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsRedOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsRedWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+
+	// TitleOptionsYellowOnBlack renders Yellow Bold text on Black background.
+	TitleOptionsYellowOnBlack = TitleOptions{
+		Colors: append(ColorOptionsYellowWhiteOnBlack.Header, text.Bold),
+	}
+)
diff --git a/helper/table/table.go b/helper/table/table.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71ef9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/table.go
@@ -0,0 +1,784 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+)
+
+// Row defines a single row in the Table.
+type Row []interface{}
+
+func (r Row) findColumnNumber(colName string) int {
+	for colIdx, col := range r {
+		if fmt.Sprint(col) == colName {
+			return colIdx + 1
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+// RowPainter is a custom function that takes a Row as input and returns the
+// text.Colors{} to use on the entire row
+type RowPainter func(row Row) text.Colors
+
+// rowStr defines a single row in the Table comprised of just string objects.
+type rowStr []string
+
+// areEqual returns true if the contents of the 2 given columns are the same
+func (row rowStr) areEqual(colIdx1 int, colIdx2 int) bool {
+	return colIdx1 >= 0 && colIdx2 < len(row) && row[colIdx1] == row[colIdx2]
+}
+
+// Table helps print a 2-dimensional array in a human readable pretty-table.
+type Table struct {
+	// allowedRowLength is the max allowed length for a row (or line of output)
+	allowedRowLength int
+	// enable automatic indexing of the rows and columns like a spreadsheet?
+	autoIndex bool
+	// autoIndexVIndexMaxLength denotes the length in chars for the last rownum
+	autoIndexVIndexMaxLength int
+	// caption stores the text to be rendered just below the table; and doesn't
+	// get used when rendered as a CSV
+	caption string
+	// columnIsNonNumeric stores if a column contains non-numbers in all rows
+	columnIsNonNumeric []bool
+	// columnConfigs stores the custom-configuration for 1 or more columns
+	columnConfigs []ColumnConfig
+	// columnConfigMap stores the custom-configuration by column
+	// number and is generated before rendering
+	columnConfigMap map[int]ColumnConfig
+	// htmlCSSClass stores the HTML CSS Class to use on the <table> node
+	htmlCSSClass string
+	// indexColumn stores the number of the column considered as the "index"
+	indexColumn int
+	// maxColumnLengths stores the length of the longest line in each column
+	maxColumnLengths []int
+	// maxRowLength stores the length of the longest row
+	maxRowLength int
+	// numColumns stores the (max.) number of columns seen
+	numColumns int
+	// numLinesRendered keeps track of the number of lines rendered and helps in
+	// paginating long tables
+	numLinesRendered int
+	// outputMirror stores an io.Writer where the "Render" functions would write
+	outputMirror io.Writer
+	// pageSize stores the maximum lines to render before rendering the header
+	// again (to denote a page break) - useful when you are dealing with really
+	// long tables
+	pageSize int
+	// rows stores the rows that make up the body (in string form)
+	rows []rowStr
+	// rowsColors stores the text.Colors over-rides for each row as defined by
+	// rowPainter
+	rowsColors []text.Colors
+	// rowsConfigs stores RowConfig for each row
+	rowsConfigMap map[int]RowConfig
+	// rowsRaw stores the rows that make up the body
+	rowsRaw []Row
+	// rowsFooter stores the rows that make up the footer (in string form)
+	rowsFooter []rowStr
+	// rowsFooterConfigs stores RowConfig for each footer row
+	rowsFooterConfigMap map[int]RowConfig
+	// rowsFooterRaw stores the rows that make up the footer
+	rowsFooterRaw []Row
+	// rowsHeader stores the rows that make up the header (in string form)
+	rowsHeader []rowStr
+	// rowsHeaderConfigs stores RowConfig for each header row
+	rowsHeaderConfigMap map[int]RowConfig
+	// rowsHeaderRaw stores the rows that make up the header
+	rowsHeaderRaw []Row
+	// rowPainter is a custom function that given a Row, returns the colors to
+	// use on the entire row
+	rowPainter RowPainter
+	// rowSeparator is a dummy row that contains the separator columns (dashes
+	// that make up the separator between header/body/footer
+	rowSeparator rowStr
+	// separators is used to keep track of all rowIndices after which a
+	// separator has to be rendered
+	separators map[int]bool
+	// sortBy stores a map of Column
+	sortBy []SortBy
+	// style contains all the strings used to draw the table, and more
+	style *Style
+	// suppressEmptyColumns hides columns which have no content on all regular
+	// rows
+	suppressEmptyColumns bool
+	// title contains the text to appear above the table
+	title string
+}
+
+// AppendFooter appends the row to the List of footers to render.
+//
+// Only the first item in the "config" will be tagged against this row.
+func (t *Table) AppendFooter(row Row, config ...RowConfig) {
+	t.rowsFooterRaw = append(t.rowsFooterRaw, row)
+	if len(config) > 0 {
+		if t.rowsFooterConfigMap == nil {
+			t.rowsFooterConfigMap = make(map[int]RowConfig)
+		}
+		t.rowsFooterConfigMap[len(t.rowsFooterRaw)-1] = config[0]
+	}
+}
+
+// AppendHeader appends the row to the List of headers to render.
+//
+// Only the first item in the "config" will be tagged against this row.
+func (t *Table) AppendHeader(row Row, config ...RowConfig) {
+	t.rowsHeaderRaw = append(t.rowsHeaderRaw, row)
+	if len(config) > 0 {
+		if t.rowsHeaderConfigMap == nil {
+			t.rowsHeaderConfigMap = make(map[int]RowConfig)
+		}
+		t.rowsHeaderConfigMap[len(t.rowsHeaderRaw)-1] = config[0]
+	}
+}
+
+// AppendRow appends the row to the List of rows to render.
+//
+// Only the first item in the "config" will be tagged against this row.
+func (t *Table) AppendRow(row Row, config ...RowConfig) {
+	t.rowsRaw = append(t.rowsRaw, row)
+	if len(config) > 0 {
+		if t.rowsConfigMap == nil {
+			t.rowsConfigMap = make(map[int]RowConfig)
+		}
+		t.rowsConfigMap[len(t.rowsRaw)-1] = config[0]
+	}
+}
+
+// AppendRows appends the rows to the List of rows to render.
+//
+// Only the first item in the "config" will be tagged against all the rows.
+func (t *Table) AppendRows(rows []Row, config ...RowConfig) {
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		t.AppendRow(row, config...)
+	}
+}
+
+// AppendSeparator helps render a separator row after the current last row. You
+// could call this function over and over, but it will be a no-op unless you
+// call AppendRow or AppendRows in between. Likewise, if the last thing you
+// append is a separator, it will not be rendered in addition to the usual table
+// separator.
+//
+// ******************************************************************************
+// Please note the following caveats:
+//  1. SetPageSize(): this may end up creating consecutive separator rows near
+//     the end of a page or at the beginning of a page
+//  2. SortBy(): since SortBy could inherently alter the ordering of rows, the
+//     separators may not appear after the row it was originally intended to
+//     follow
+//
+// ******************************************************************************
+func (t *Table) AppendSeparator() {
+	if t.separators == nil {
+		t.separators = make(map[int]bool)
+	}
+	if len(t.rowsRaw) > 0 {
+		t.separators[len(t.rowsRaw)-1] = true
+	}
+}
+
+// Length returns the number of rows to be rendered.
+func (t *Table) Length() int {
+	return len(t.rowsRaw)
+}
+
+// ResetFooters resets and clears all the Footer rows appended earlier.
+func (t *Table) ResetFooters() {
+	t.rowsFooterRaw = nil
+}
+
+// ResetHeaders resets and clears all the Header rows appended earlier.
+func (t *Table) ResetHeaders() {
+	t.rowsHeaderRaw = nil
+}
+
+// ResetRows resets and clears all the rows appended earlier.
+func (t *Table) ResetRows() {
+	t.rowsRaw = nil
+	t.separators = nil
+}
+
+// SetAllowedRowLength sets the maximum allowed length or a row (or line of
+// output) when rendered as a table. Rows that are longer than this limit will
+// be "snipped" to the length. Length has to be a positive value to take effect.
+func (t *Table) SetAllowedRowLength(length int) {
+	t.allowedRowLength = length
+}
+
+// SetAutoIndex adds a generated header with columns such as "A", "B", "C", etc.
+// and a leading column with the row number similar to what you'd see on any
+// spreadsheet application. NOTE: Appending a Header will void this
+// functionality.
+func (t *Table) SetAutoIndex(autoIndex bool) {
+	t.autoIndex = autoIndex
+}
+
+// SetCaption sets the text to be rendered just below the table. This will not
+// show up when the Table is rendered as a CSV.
+func (t *Table) SetCaption(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	t.caption = fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
+}
+
+// SetColumnConfigs sets the configs for each Column.
+func (t *Table) SetColumnConfigs(configs []ColumnConfig) {
+	t.columnConfigs = configs
+}
+
+// SetHTMLCSSClass sets the the HTML CSS Class to use on the <table> node
+// when rendering the Table in HTML format.
+//
+// Deprecated: in favor of Style().HTML.CSSClass
+func (t *Table) SetHTMLCSSClass(cssClass string) {
+	t.htmlCSSClass = cssClass
+}
+
+// SetIndexColumn sets the given Column # as the column that has the row
+// "Number". Valid values range from 1 to N. Note that this is not 0-indexed.
+func (t *Table) SetIndexColumn(colNum int) {
+	t.indexColumn = colNum
+}
+
+// SetOutputMirror sets an io.Writer for all the Render functions to "Write" to
+// in addition to returning a string.
+func (t *Table) SetOutputMirror(mirror io.Writer) {
+	t.outputMirror = mirror
+}
+
+// SetPageSize sets the maximum number of lines to render before rendering the
+// header rows again. This can be useful when dealing with tables containing a
+// long list of rows that can span pages. Please note that the pagination logic
+// will not consider Header/Footer lines for paging.
+func (t *Table) SetPageSize(numLines int) {
+	t.pageSize = numLines
+}
+
+// SetRowPainter sets the RowPainter function which determines the colors to use
+// on a row. Before rendering, this function is invoked on all rows and the
+// color of each row is determined. This color takes precedence over other ways
+// to set color (ColumnConfig.Color*, SetColor*()).
+func (t *Table) SetRowPainter(painter RowPainter) {
+	t.rowPainter = painter
+}
+
+// SetStyle overrides the DefaultStyle with the provided one.
+func (t *Table) SetStyle(style Style) {
+	t.style = &style
+}
+
+// SetTitle sets the title text to be rendered above the table.
+func (t *Table) SetTitle(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	t.title = fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
+}
+
+// SortBy sets the rules for sorting the Rows in the order specified. i.e., the
+// first SortBy instruction takes precedence over the second and so on. Any
+// duplicate instructions on the same column will be discarded while sorting.
+func (t *Table) SortBy(sortBy []SortBy) {
+	t.sortBy = sortBy
+}
+
+// Style returns the current style.
+func (t *Table) Style() *Style {
+	if t.style == nil {
+		tempStyle := StyleDefault
+		t.style = &tempStyle
+	}
+	return t.style
+}
+
+// SuppressEmptyColumns hides columns when the column is empty in ALL the
+// regular rows.
+func (t *Table) SuppressEmptyColumns() {
+	t.suppressEmptyColumns = true
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getAlign(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.Align {
+	align := text.AlignDefault
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			align = cfg.AlignHeader
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+			align = cfg.AlignFooter
+		} else {
+			align = cfg.Align
+		}
+	}
+	if align == text.AlignDefault {
+		if !t.columnIsNonNumeric[colIdx] {
+			align = text.AlignRight
+		} else if hint.isAutoIndexRow {
+			align = text.AlignCenter
+		}
+	}
+	return align
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getAutoIndexColumnIDs() rowStr {
+	row := make(rowStr, t.numColumns)
+	for colIdx := range row {
+		row[colIdx] = AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx)
+	}
+	return row
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getBorderColors(hint renderHint) text.Colors {
+	if t.style.Options.DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators {
+		return nil
+	} else if t.style.Color.Border != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.Border
+	} else if hint.isTitleRow {
+		return t.style.Title.Colors
+	} else if hint.isHeaderRow {
+		return t.style.Color.Header
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+		return t.style.Color.Footer
+	} else if t.autoIndex {
+		return t.style.Color.IndexColumn
+	} else if hint.rowNumber%2 == 0 && t.style.Color.RowAlternate != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.RowAlternate
+	}
+	return t.style.Color.Row
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getBorderLeft(hint renderHint) string {
+	border := t.style.Box.Left
+	if hint.isBorderTop {
+		if t.title != "" {
+			border = t.style.Box.LeftSeparator
+		} else {
+			border = t.style.Box.TopLeft
+		}
+	} else if hint.isBorderBottom {
+		border = t.style.Box.BottomLeft
+	} else if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		if t.autoIndex && hint.isHeaderOrFooterSeparator() {
+			border = t.style.Box.Left
+		} else if !t.autoIndex && t.shouldMergeCellsVertically(0, hint) {
+			border = t.style.Box.Left
+		} else {
+			border = t.style.Box.LeftSeparator
+		}
+	}
+	return border
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getBorderRight(hint renderHint) string {
+	border := t.style.Box.Right
+	if hint.isBorderTop {
+		if t.title != "" {
+			border = t.style.Box.RightSeparator
+		} else {
+			border = t.style.Box.TopRight
+		}
+	} else if hint.isBorderBottom {
+		border = t.style.Box.BottomRight
+	} else if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		if t.shouldMergeCellsVertically(t.numColumns-1, hint) {
+			border = t.style.Box.Right
+		} else {
+			border = t.style.Box.RightSeparator
+		}
+	}
+	return border
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnColors(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.Colors {
+	if hint.isBorderOrSeparator() {
+		if colors := t.getColumnColorsForBorderOrSeparator(colIdx, hint); colors != nil {
+			return colors
+		}
+	}
+	if t.rowPainter != nil && hint.isRegularNonSeparatorRow() && !t.isIndexColumn(colIdx, hint) {
+		if colors := t.rowsColors[hint.rowNumber-1]; colors != nil {
+			return colors
+		}
+	}
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+			return nil
+		} else if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			return cfg.ColorsHeader
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+			return cfg.ColorsFooter
+		}
+		return cfg.Colors
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnColorsForBorderOrSeparator(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.Colors {
+	if t.style.Options.DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators {
+		return text.Colors{} // not nil to force caller to paint with no colors
+	}
+	if (hint.isBorderBottom || hint.isBorderTop) && t.style.Color.Border != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.Border
+	}
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow && t.style.Color.Separator != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.Separator
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnSeparator(row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) string {
+	separator := t.style.Box.MiddleVertical
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		if hint.isBorderTop {
+			if t.shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyBelow(row, colIdx, hint) {
+				separator = t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal
+			} else {
+				separator = t.style.Box.TopSeparator
+			}
+		} else if hint.isBorderBottom {
+			if t.shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyAbove(row, colIdx, hint) {
+				separator = t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal
+			} else {
+				separator = t.style.Box.BottomSeparator
+			}
+		} else {
+			separator = t.getColumnSeparatorNonBorder(
+				t.shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyAbove(row, colIdx, hint),
+				t.shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyBelow(row, colIdx, hint),
+				colIdx,
+				hint,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+	return separator
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnSeparatorNonBorder(mergeCellsAbove bool, mergeCellsBelow bool, colIdx int, hint renderHint) string {
+	mergeNextCol := t.shouldMergeCellsVertically(colIdx, hint)
+	if hint.isAutoIndexColumn {
+		return t.getColumnSeparatorNonBorderAutoIndex(mergeNextCol, hint)
+	}
+
+	mergeCurrCol := t.shouldMergeCellsVertically(colIdx-1, hint)
+	return t.getColumnSeparatorNonBorderNonAutoIndex(mergeCellsAbove, mergeCellsBelow, mergeCurrCol, mergeNextCol)
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnSeparatorNonBorderAutoIndex(mergeNextCol bool, hint renderHint) string {
+	if hint.isHeaderOrFooterSeparator() {
+		if mergeNextCol {
+			return t.style.Box.MiddleVertical
+		}
+		return t.style.Box.LeftSeparator
+	} else if mergeNextCol {
+		return t.style.Box.RightSeparator
+	}
+	return t.style.Box.MiddleSeparator
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnSeparatorNonBorderNonAutoIndex(mergeCellsAbove bool, mergeCellsBelow bool, mergeCurrCol bool, mergeNextCol bool) string {
+	if mergeCellsAbove && mergeCellsBelow && mergeCurrCol && mergeNextCol {
+		return t.style.Box.EmptySeparator
+	} else if mergeCellsAbove && mergeCellsBelow {
+		return t.style.Box.MiddleHorizontal
+	} else if mergeCellsAbove {
+		return t.style.Box.TopSeparator
+	} else if mergeCellsBelow {
+		return t.style.Box.BottomSeparator
+	} else if mergeCurrCol && mergeNextCol {
+		return t.style.Box.MiddleVertical
+	} else if mergeCurrCol {
+		return t.style.Box.LeftSeparator
+	} else if mergeNextCol {
+		return t.style.Box.RightSeparator
+	}
+	return t.style.Box.MiddleSeparator
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnTransformer(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.Transformer {
+	var transformer text.Transformer
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			transformer = cfg.TransformerHeader
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+			transformer = cfg.TransformerFooter
+		} else {
+			transformer = cfg.Transformer
+		}
+	}
+	return transformer
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnWidthMax(colIdx int) int {
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		return cfg.WidthMax
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getColumnWidthMin(colIdx int) int {
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		return cfg.WidthMin
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getFormat(hint renderHint) text.Format {
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		return text.FormatDefault
+	} else if hint.isHeaderRow {
+		return t.style.Format.Header
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+		return t.style.Format.Footer
+	}
+	return t.style.Format.Row
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getMaxColumnLengthForMerging(colIdx int) int {
+	maxColumnLength := t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx]
+	maxColumnLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.PaddingRight + t.style.Box.PaddingLeft)
+	if t.style.Options.SeparateColumns {
+		maxColumnLength += text.RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t.style.Box.EmptySeparator)
+	}
+	return maxColumnLength
+}
+
+// getMergedColumnIndices returns a map of colIdx values to all the other colIdx
+// values (that are being merged) and their lengths.
+func (t *Table) getMergedColumnIndices(row rowStr, hint renderHint) mergedColumnIndices {
+	if !t.getRowConfig(hint).AutoMerge {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	mci := make(mergedColumnIndices)
+	for colIdx := 0; colIdx < t.numColumns-1; colIdx++ {
+		// look backward
+		for otherColIdx := colIdx - 1; colIdx >= 0 && otherColIdx >= 0; otherColIdx-- {
+			if row[colIdx] != row[otherColIdx] {
+				break
+			}
+			mci.safeAppend(colIdx, otherColIdx)
+		}
+		// look forward
+		for otherColIdx := colIdx + 1; colIdx < len(row) && otherColIdx < len(row); otherColIdx++ {
+			if row[colIdx] != row[otherColIdx] {
+				break
+			}
+			mci.safeAppend(colIdx, otherColIdx)
+		}
+	}
+	return mci
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getRow(rowIdx int, hint renderHint) rowStr {
+	switch {
+	case hint.isHeaderRow:
+		if rowIdx >= 0 && rowIdx < len(t.rowsHeader) {
+			return t.rowsHeader[rowIdx]
+		}
+	case hint.isFooterRow:
+		if rowIdx >= 0 && rowIdx < len(t.rowsFooter) {
+			return t.rowsFooter[rowIdx]
+		}
+	default:
+		if rowIdx >= 0 && rowIdx < len(t.rows) {
+			return t.rows[rowIdx]
+		}
+	}
+	return rowStr{}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getRowConfig(hint renderHint) RowConfig {
+	rowIdx := hint.rowNumber - 1
+	if rowIdx < 0 {
+		rowIdx = 0
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case hint.isHeaderRow:
+		return t.rowsHeaderConfigMap[rowIdx]
+	case hint.isFooterRow:
+		return t.rowsFooterConfigMap[rowIdx]
+	default:
+		return t.rowsConfigMap[rowIdx]
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getSeparatorColors(hint renderHint) text.Colors {
+	if t.style.Options.DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators {
+		return nil
+	} else if (hint.isBorderBottom || hint.isBorderTop) && t.style.Color.Border != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.Border
+	} else if t.style.Color.Separator != nil {
+		return t.style.Color.Separator
+	} else if hint.isHeaderRow {
+		return t.style.Color.Header
+	} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+		return t.style.Color.Footer
+	} else if hint.isAutoIndexColumn {
+		return t.style.Color.IndexColumn
+	} else if hint.rowNumber > 0 && hint.rowNumber%2 == 0 {
+		return t.style.Color.RowAlternate
+	}
+	return t.style.Color.Row
+}
+
+func (t *Table) getVAlign(colIdx int, hint renderHint) text.VAlign {
+	vAlign := text.VAlignDefault
+	if cfg, ok := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]; ok {
+		if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			vAlign = cfg.VAlignHeader
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow {
+			vAlign = cfg.VAlignFooter
+		} else {
+			vAlign = cfg.VAlign
+		}
+	}
+	return vAlign
+}
+
+func (t *Table) hasHiddenColumns() bool {
+	for _, cc := range t.columnConfigMap {
+		if cc.Hidden {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t *Table) hideColumns() map[int]int {
+	colIdxMap := make(map[int]int)
+	numColumns := 0
+	hideColumnsInRows := func(rows []rowStr) []rowStr {
+		var rsp []rowStr
+		for _, row := range rows {
+			var rowNew rowStr
+			for colIdx, col := range row {
+				cc := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx]
+				if !cc.Hidden {
+					rowNew = append(rowNew, col)
+					colIdxMap[colIdx] = len(rowNew) - 1
+				}
+			}
+			if len(rowNew) > numColumns {
+				numColumns = len(rowNew)
+			}
+			rsp = append(rsp, rowNew)
+		}
+		return rsp
+	}
+
+	// hide columns as directed
+	t.rows = hideColumnsInRows(t.rows)
+	t.rowsFooter = hideColumnsInRows(t.rowsFooter)
+	t.rowsHeader = hideColumnsInRows(t.rowsHeader)
+
+	// reset numColumns to the new number of columns
+	t.numColumns = numColumns
+
+	return colIdxMap
+}
+
+func (t *Table) isIndexColumn(colIdx int, hint renderHint) bool {
+	return t.indexColumn == colIdx+1 || hint.isAutoIndexColumn
+}
+
+func (t *Table) render(out *strings.Builder) string {
+	outStr := out.String()
+	if t.outputMirror != nil && len(outStr) > 0 {
+		_, _ = t.outputMirror.Write([]byte(outStr))
+		_, _ = t.outputMirror.Write([]byte("\n"))
+	}
+	return outStr
+}
+
+func (t *Table) shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyAbove(row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) bool {
+	if hint.isAutoIndexColumn || hint.isAutoIndexRow {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	rowConfig := t.getRowConfig(hint)
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		if hint.isHeaderRow && hint.rowNumber == 1 {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(hint)
+			row = t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-1, hint)
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow && hint.isFirstRow {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{isLastRow: true, rowNumber: len(t.rows)})
+			row = t.getRow(len(t.rows)-1, renderHint{})
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow && hint.isBorderBottom {
+			row = t.getRow(len(t.rowsFooter)-1, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+		} else {
+			row = t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-1, hint)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if rowConfig.AutoMerge {
+		return row.areEqual(colIdx-1, colIdx)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t *Table) shouldMergeCellsHorizontallyBelow(row rowStr, colIdx int, hint renderHint) bool {
+	if hint.isAutoIndexColumn || hint.isAutoIndexRow {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var rowConfig RowConfig
+	if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+		if hint.isHeaderRow && hint.rowNumber == 0 {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{isHeaderRow: true, rowNumber: 1})
+			row = t.getRow(0, hint)
+		} else if hint.isHeaderRow && hint.isLastRow {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{rowNumber: 1})
+			row = t.getRow(0, renderHint{})
+		} else if hint.isHeaderRow {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{isHeaderRow: true, rowNumber: hint.rowNumber + 1})
+			row = t.getRow(hint.rowNumber, hint)
+		} else if hint.isFooterRow && hint.rowNumber >= 0 {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{isFooterRow: true, rowNumber: 1})
+			row = t.getRow(hint.rowNumber, renderHint{isFooterRow: true})
+		} else if hint.isRegularRow() {
+			rowConfig = t.getRowConfig(renderHint{rowNumber: hint.rowNumber + 1})
+			row = t.getRow(hint.rowNumber, renderHint{})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if rowConfig.AutoMerge {
+		return row.areEqual(colIdx-1, colIdx)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t *Table) shouldMergeCellsVertically(colIdx int, hint renderHint) bool {
+	if t.columnConfigMap[colIdx].AutoMerge && colIdx < t.numColumns {
+		if hint.isSeparatorRow {
+			rowPrev := t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-1, hint)
+			rowNext := t.getRow(hint.rowNumber, hint)
+			if colIdx < len(rowPrev) && colIdx < len(rowNext) {
+				return rowPrev[colIdx] == rowNext[colIdx] || "" == rowNext[colIdx]
+			}
+		} else {
+			rowPrev := t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-2, hint)
+			rowCurr := t.getRow(hint.rowNumber-1, hint)
+			if colIdx < len(rowPrev) && colIdx < len(rowCurr) {
+				return rowPrev[colIdx] == rowCurr[colIdx] || "" == rowCurr[colIdx]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t *Table) wrapRow(row rowStr) (int, rowStr) {
+	colMaxLines := 0
+	rowWrapped := make(rowStr, len(row))
+	for colIdx, colStr := range row {
+		widthEnforcer := t.columnConfigMap[colIdx].getWidthMaxEnforcer()
+		maxWidth := t.getColumnWidthMax(colIdx)
+		if maxWidth == 0 {
+			maxWidth = t.maxColumnLengths[colIdx]
+		}
+		rowWrapped[colIdx] = widthEnforcer(colStr, maxWidth)
+		colNumLines := strings.Count(rowWrapped[colIdx], "\n") + 1
+		if colNumLines > colMaxLines {
+			colMaxLines = colNumLines
+		}
+	}
+	return colMaxLines, rowWrapped
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/table_test.go b/helper/table/table_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..853b3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/table_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+var (
+	testCaption         = "A Song of Ice and Fire"
+	testColor           = text.Colors{text.FgGreen}
+	testColorHiRedBold  = text.Colors{text.FgHiRed, text.Bold}
+	testColorHiBlueBold = text.Colors{text.FgHiBlue, text.Bold}
+	testCSSClass        = "test-css-class"
+	testFooter          = Row{"", "", "Total", 10000}
+	testFooterMultiLine = Row{"", "", "Total\nSalary", 10000}
+	testHeader          = Row{"#", "First Name", "Last Name", "Salary"}
+	testHeaderMultiLine = Row{"#", "First\nName", "Last\nName", "Salary"}
+	testRows            = []Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000},
+	}
+	testRowMultiLine = Row{0, "Winter", "Is", 0, "Coming.\r\nThe North Remembers!\nThis is known."}
+	testRowNewLines  = Row{0, "Valar", "Morghulis", 0, "Faceless\nMen"}
+	testRowPipes     = Row{0, "Valar", "Morghulis", 0, "Faceless|Men"}
+	testRowTabs      = Row{0, "Valar", "Morghulis", 0, "Faceless\tMen"}
+	testTitle1       = "Game of Thrones"
+	testTitle2       = "When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
+)
+
+func init() {
+	text.EnableColors()
+}
+
+type myMockOutputMirror struct {
+	mirroredOutput string
+}
+
+func (t *myMockOutputMirror) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	t.mirroredOutput += string(p)
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func TestNewWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	assert.NotNil(t, tw.Style())
+	assert.Equal(t, StyleDefault, *tw.Style())
+
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleBold)
+	assert.NotNil(t, tw.Style())
+	assert.Equal(t, StyleBold, *tw.Style())
+}
+
+func TestTable_AppendFooter(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+
+	table.AppendFooter([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+
+	table.AppendFooter([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+
+	table.AppendFooter([]interface{}{}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsFooterConfigMap[0].AutoMerge)
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsFooterConfigMap[1].AutoMerge)
+	assert.True(t, table.rowsFooterConfigMap[2].AutoMerge)
+}
+
+func TestTable_AppendHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+
+	table.AppendHeader([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+
+	table.AppendHeader([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+
+	table.AppendHeader([]interface{}{}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsHeaderConfigMap[0].AutoMerge)
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsHeaderConfigMap[1].AutoMerge)
+	assert.True(t, table.rowsHeaderConfigMap[2].AutoMerge)
+}
+
+func TestTable_AppendRow(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+
+	table.AppendRow([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooter))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeader))
+
+	table.AppendRow([]interface{}{})
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooter))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeader))
+
+	table.AppendRow([]interface{}{}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsConfigMap[0].AutoMerge)
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsConfigMap[1].AutoMerge)
+	assert.True(t, table.rowsConfigMap[2].AutoMerge)
+}
+
+func TestTable_AppendRows(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.Length())
+
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{{}})
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooter))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeader))
+
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{{}})
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooter))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeader))
+
+	table.AppendRows([]Row{{}, {}}, RowConfig{AutoMerge: true})
+	assert.Equal(t, 4, table.Length())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsFooterRaw))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(table.rowsHeaderRaw))
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsConfigMap[0].AutoMerge)
+	assert.False(t, table.rowsConfigMap[1].AutoMerge)
+	assert.True(t, table.rowsConfigMap[2].AutoMerge)
+	assert.True(t, table.rowsConfigMap[3].AutoMerge)
+}
+
+func TestTable_Length(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Zero(t, table.Length())
+
+	table.AppendRow(testRows[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, table.Length())
+	table.AppendRow(testRows[1])
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, table.Length())
+
+	table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, table.Length())
+}
+
+func TestTable_ResetFooters(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendFooter(testFooter)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, table.rowsFooterRaw)
+
+	table.ResetFooters()
+	assert.Empty(t, table.rowsFooterRaw)
+}
+
+func TestTable_ResetHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, table.rowsHeaderRaw)
+
+	table.ResetHeaders()
+	assert.Empty(t, table.rowsHeaderRaw)
+}
+
+func TestTable_ResetRows(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRows(testRows)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, table.rowsRaw)
+
+	table.ResetRows()
+	assert.Empty(t, table.rowsRaw)
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetAllowedRowLength(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRows(testRows)
+	table.SetStyle(styleTest)
+
+	expectedOutWithNoRowLimit := `(-----^--------^-----------^------^-----------------------------)
+[<  1>|<Arya  >|<Stark    >|<3000>|<                           >]
+[< 20>|<Jon   >|<Snow     >|<2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<300>|<Tyrion>|<Lannister>|<5000>|<                           >]
+\-----v--------v-----------v------v-----------------------------/`
+	assert.Zero(t, table.allowedRowLength)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutWithNoRowLimit, table.Render())
+
+	table.SetAllowedRowLength(utf8.RuneCountInString(table.style.Box.UnfinishedRow))
+	assert.Equal(t, utf8.RuneCountInString(table.style.Box.UnfinishedRow), table.allowedRowLength)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", table.Render())
+
+	table.SetAllowedRowLength(5)
+	expectedOutWithRowLimit := `( ~~~
+[ ~~~
+[ ~~~
+[ ~~~
+\ ~~~`
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, table.allowedRowLength)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutWithRowLimit, table.Render())
+
+	table.SetAllowedRowLength(30)
+	expectedOutWithRowLimit = `(-----^--------^---------- ~~~
+[<  1>|<Arya  >|<Stark     ~~~
+[< 20>|<Jon   >|<Snow      ~~~
+[<300>|<Tyrion>|<Lannister ~~~
+\-----v--------v---------- ~~~`
+	assert.Equal(t, 30, table.allowedRowLength)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutWithRowLimit, table.Render())
+
+	table.SetAllowedRowLength(300)
+	assert.Equal(t, 300, table.allowedRowLength)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutWithNoRowLimit, table.Render())
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetAutoIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRows(testRows)
+	table.SetStyle(styleTest)
+
+	expectedOut := `(-----^--------^-----------^------^-----------------------------)
+[<  1>|<Arya  >|<Stark    >|<3000>|<                           >]
+[< 20>|<Jon   >|<Snow     >|<2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<300>|<Tyrion>|<Lannister>|<5000>|<                           >]
+\-----v--------v-----------v------v-----------------------------/`
+	assert.False(t, table.autoIndex)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+
+	table.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	expectedOut = `(---^-----^--------^-----------^------^-----------------------------)
+[< >|<  A>|<   B  >|<    C    >|<   D>|<             E             >]
+{---+-----+--------+-----------+------+-----------------------------}
+[<1>|<  1>|<Arya  >|<Stark    >|<3000>|<                           >]
+[<2>|< 20>|<Jon   >|<Snow     >|<2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<3>|<300>|<Tyrion>|<Lannister>|<5000>|<                           >]
+\---v-----v--------v-----------v------v-----------------------------/`
+	assert.True(t, table.autoIndex)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+
+	table.AppendHeader(testHeader)
+	expectedOut = `(---^-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------)
+[< >|<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]
+{---+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+[<1>|<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]
+[<2>|< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<3>|<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]
+\---v-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/`
+	assert.True(t, table.autoIndex)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+
+	table.AppendRow(testRowMultiLine)
+	expectedOut = `(---^-----^------------^-----------^--------^-----------------------------)
+[< >|<  #>|<FIRST NAME>|<LAST NAME>|<SALARY>|<                           >]
+{---+-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------}
+[<1>|<  1>|<Arya      >|<Stark    >|<  3000>|<                           >]
+[<2>|< 20>|<Jon       >|<Snow     >|<  2000>|<You know nothing, Jon Snow!>]
+[<3>|<300>|<Tyrion    >|<Lannister>|<  5000>|<                           >]
+[<4>|<  0>|<Winter    >|<Is       >|<     0>|<Coming.                    >]
+[< >|<   >|<          >|<         >|<      >|<The North Remembers!       >]
+[< >|<   >|<          >|<         >|<      >|<This is known.             >]
+\---v-----v------------v-----------v--------v-----------------------------/`
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+
+	table.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+	expectedOut = `┌───┬─────┬────────────┬───────────┬────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
+│   │   # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │                             │
+├───┼─────┼────────────┼───────────┼────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
+│ 1 │   1 │ Arya       │ Stark     │   3000 │                             │
+│ 2 │  20 │ Jon        │ Snow      │   2000 │ You know nothing, Jon Snow! │
+│ 3 │ 300 │ Tyrion     │ Lannister │   5000 │                             │
+│ 4 │   0 │ Winter     │ Is        │      0 │ Coming.                     │
+│   │     │            │           │        │ The North Remembers!        │
+│   │     │            │           │        │ This is known.              │
+└───┴─────┴────────────┴───────────┴────────┴─────────────────────────────┘`
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetCaption(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Empty(t, table.caption)
+
+	table.SetCaption(testCaption)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, table.caption)
+	assert.Equal(t, testCaption, table.caption)
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetColumnConfigs(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Empty(t, table.columnConfigs)
+
+	table.SetColumnConfigs([]ColumnConfig{{}, {}, {}})
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, table.columnConfigs)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(table.columnConfigs))
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetHTMLCSSClass(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRow(testRows[0])
+	expectedHTML := `<table class="` + DefaultHTMLCSSClass + `">
+  <tbody>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="right">1</td>
+    <td>Arya</td>
+    <td>Stark</td>
+    <td align="right">3000</td>
+  </tr>
+  </tbody>
+</table>`
+	assert.Equal(t, "", table.htmlCSSClass)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedHTML, table.RenderHTML())
+
+	table.SetHTMLCSSClass(testCSSClass)
+	assert.Equal(t, testCSSClass, table.htmlCSSClass)
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.Replace(expectedHTML, DefaultHTMLCSSClass, testCSSClass, -1), table.RenderHTML())
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetOutputMirror(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	table.AppendRow(testRows[0])
+	expectedOut := `+---+------+-------+------+
+| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |
++---+------+-------+------+`
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, table.outputMirror)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+
+	mockOutputMirror := &myMockOutputMirror{}
+	table.SetOutputMirror(mockOutputMirror)
+	assert.Equal(t, mockOutputMirror, table.outputMirror)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut, table.Render())
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOut+"\n", mockOutputMirror.mirroredOutput)
+}
+
+func TestTable_SePageSize(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, table.pageSize)
+
+	table.SetPageSize(13)
+	assert.Equal(t, 13, table.pageSize)
+}
+
+func TestTable_SortByColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.Empty(t, table.sortBy)
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "#", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(table.sortBy))
+
+	table.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "First Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "Last Name", Mode: Asc}})
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(table.sortBy))
+}
+
+func TestTable_SetStyle(t *testing.T) {
+	table := Table{}
+	assert.NotNil(t, table.Style())
+	assert.Equal(t, StyleDefault, *table.Style())
+
+	table.SetStyle(StyleDefault)
+	assert.NotNil(t, table.Style())
+	assert.Equal(t, StyleDefault, *table.Style())
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/util.go b/helper/table/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d2ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// AutoIndexColumnID returns a unique Column ID/Name for the given Column Number.
+// The functionality is similar to what you get in an Excel spreadsheet w.r.t.
+// the Column ID/Name.
+func AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx int) string {
+	charIdx := colIdx % 26
+	out := string(rune(65 + charIdx))
+	colIdx = colIdx / 26
+	if colIdx > 0 {
+		return AutoIndexColumnID(colIdx-1) + out
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// WidthEnforcer is a function that helps enforce a width condition on a string.
+type WidthEnforcer func(col string, maxLen int) string
+
+// widthEnforcerNone returns the input string as is without any modifications.
+func widthEnforcerNone(col string, maxLen int) string {
+	return col
+}
+
+// isNumber returns true if the argument is a numeric type; false otherwise.
+func isNumber(x interface{}) bool {
+	if x == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	switch reflect.TypeOf(x).Kind() {
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64,
+		reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64,
+		reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+type mergedColumnIndices map[int]map[int]bool
+
+func (m mergedColumnIndices) mergedLength(colIdx int, maxColumnLengths []int) int {
+	mergedLength := maxColumnLengths[colIdx]
+	for otherColIdx := range m[colIdx] {
+		mergedLength += maxColumnLengths[otherColIdx]
+	}
+	return mergedLength
+}
+
+func (m mergedColumnIndices) len(colIdx int) int {
+	return len(m[colIdx]) + 1
+}
+
+func (m mergedColumnIndices) safeAppend(colIdx, otherColIdx int) {
+	// map
+	if m[colIdx] == nil {
+		m[colIdx] = make(map[int]bool)
+	}
+	m[colIdx][otherColIdx] = true
+
+	// reverse map
+	if m[otherColIdx] == nil {
+		m[otherColIdx] = make(map[int]bool)
+	}
+	m[otherColIdx][colIdx] = true
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/util_test.go b/helper/table/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28ca7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleAutoIndexColumnID() {
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(    0): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(0))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(    1): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(1))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(    2): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(2))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(   25): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(25))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(   26): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(26))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(  702): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(702))
+	fmt.Printf("AutoIndexColumnID(18278): \"%s\"\n", AutoIndexColumnID(18278))
+
+	// Output: AutoIndexColumnID(    0): "A"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(    1): "B"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(    2): "C"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(   25): "Z"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(   26): "AA"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(  702): "AAA"
+	// AutoIndexColumnID(18278): "AAAA"
+}
+
+func TestAutoIndexColumnID(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "A", AutoIndexColumnID(0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Z", AutoIndexColumnID(25))
+	assert.Equal(t, "AA", AutoIndexColumnID(26))
+	assert.Equal(t, "ZZ", AutoIndexColumnID(701))
+	assert.Equal(t, "AAA", AutoIndexColumnID(702))
+	assert.Equal(t, "ZZZ", AutoIndexColumnID(18277))
+	assert.Equal(t, "AAAA", AutoIndexColumnID(18278))
+}
+
+func TestIsNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(int(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(int8(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(int16(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(int32(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(int64(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(uint(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(uint8(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(uint16(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(uint32(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(uint64(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(float32(1)))
+	assert.True(t, isNumber(float64(1)))
+	assert.False(t, isNumber("1"))
+	assert.False(t, isNumber(nil))
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/writer.go b/helper/table/writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70ba33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+// Writer declares the interfaces that can be used to setup and render a table.
+type Writer interface {
+	AppendFooter(row Row, configs ...RowConfig)
+	AppendHeader(row Row, configs ...RowConfig)
+	AppendRow(row Row, configs ...RowConfig)
+	AppendRows(rows []Row, configs ...RowConfig)
+	AppendSeparator()
+	Length() int
+	Render() string
+	RenderCSV() string
+	RenderHTML() string
+	RenderMarkdown() string
+	ResetFooters()
+	ResetHeaders()
+	ResetRows()
+	SetAllowedRowLength(length int)
+	SetAutoIndex(autoIndex bool)
+	SetCaption(format string, a ...interface{})
+	SetColumnConfigs(configs []ColumnConfig)
+	SetIndexColumn(colNum int)
+	SetOutputMirror(mirror io.Writer)
+	SetPageSize(numLines int)
+	SetRowPainter(painter RowPainter)
+	SetStyle(style Style)
+	SetTitle(format string, a ...interface{})
+	SortBy(sortBy []SortBy)
+	Style() *Style
+	SuppressEmptyColumns()
+
+	// deprecated; in favor of Style().HTML.CSSClass
+	SetHTMLCSSClass(cssClass string)
+}
+
+// NewWriter initializes and returns a Writer.
+func NewWriter() Writer {
+	return &Table{}
+}
diff --git a/helper/table/writer_test.go b/helper/table/writer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98539ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/table/writer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package table
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.hexq.cn/tiglog/golib/helper/text"
+)
+
+func Example_simple() {
+	// simple table with zero customizations
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	// append a header row
+	tw.AppendHeader(Row{"#", "First Name", "Last Name", "Salary"})
+	// append some data rows
+	tw.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{1, "Arya", "Stark", 3000},
+		{20, "Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{300, "Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000},
+	})
+	// append a footer row
+	tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "", "Total", 10000})
+	// render it
+	fmt.Printf("Table without any customizations:\n%s", tw.Render())
+
+	// Output: Table without any customizations:
+	// +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	// |   # | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | SALARY |                             |
+	// +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	// |   1 | Arya       | Stark     |   3000 |                             |
+	// |  20 | Jon        | Snow      |   2000 | You know nothing, Jon Snow! |
+	// | 300 | Tyrion     | Lannister |   5000 |                             |
+	// +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+	// |     |            | TOTAL     |  10000 |                             |
+	// +-----+------------+-----------+--------+-----------------------------+
+}
+
+func Example_styled() {
+	// table with some amount of customization
+	tw := NewWriter()
+	// append a header row
+	tw.AppendHeader(Row{"First Name", "Last Name", "Salary"})
+	// append some data rows
+	tw.AppendRows([]Row{
+		{"Jaime", "Lannister", 5000},
+		{"Arya", "Stark", 3000, "A girl has no name."},
+		{"Sansa", "Stark", 4000},
+		{"Jon", "Snow", 2000, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"},
+		{"Tyrion", "Lannister", 5000, "A Lannister always pays his debts."},
+	})
+	// append a footer row
+	tw.AppendFooter(Row{"", "Total", 10000})
+	// auto-index rows
+	tw.SetAutoIndex(true)
+	// sort by last name and then by salary
+	tw.SortBy([]SortBy{{Name: "Last Name", Mode: Dsc}, {Name: "Salary", Mode: AscNumeric}})
+	// use a ready-to-use style
+	tw.SetStyle(StyleLight)
+	// customize the style and change some stuff
+	tw.Style().Format.Header = text.FormatLower
+	tw.Style().Format.Row = text.FormatLower
+	tw.Style().Format.Footer = text.FormatLower
+	tw.Style().Options.SeparateColumns = false
+	// render it
+	fmt.Printf("Table with customizations:\n%s", tw.Render())
+
+	// Output: Table with customizations:
+	// ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+	// │    first name  last name  salary                                     │
+	// ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+	// │ 1  arya        stark        3000  a girl has no name.                │
+	// │ 2  sansa       stark        4000                                     │
+	// │ 3  jon         snow         2000  you know nothing, jon snow!        │
+	// │ 4  jaime       lannister    5000                                     │
+	// │ 5  tyrion      lannister    5000  a lannister always pays his debts. │
+	// ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+	// │                total       10000                                     │
+	// └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/align.go b/helper/text/align.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade9ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/align.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// Align denotes how text is to be aligned horizontally.
+type Align int
+
+// Align enumerations
+const (
+	AlignDefault Align = iota // same as AlignLeft
+	AlignLeft                 // "left        "
+	AlignCenter               // "   center   "
+	AlignJustify              // "justify   it"
+	AlignRight                // "       right"
+)
+
+// Apply aligns the text as directed. For ex.:
+//  * AlignDefault.Apply("Jon Snow", 12) returns "Jon Snow    "
+//  * AlignLeft.Apply("Jon Snow",    12) returns "Jon Snow    "
+//  * AlignCenter.Apply("Jon Snow",  12) returns "  Jon Snow  "
+//  * AlignJustify.Apply("Jon Snow", 12) returns "Jon     Snow"
+//  * AlignRight.Apply("Jon Snow",   12) returns "    Jon Snow"
+func (a Align) Apply(text string, maxLength int) string {
+	text = a.trimString(text)
+	sLen := utf8.RuneCountInString(text)
+	sLenWoE := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(text)
+	numEscChars := sLen - sLenWoE
+
+	// now, align the text
+	switch a {
+	case AlignDefault, AlignLeft:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%-"+strconv.Itoa(maxLength+numEscChars)+"s", text)
+	case AlignCenter:
+		if sLenWoE < maxLength {
+			// left pad with half the number of spaces needed before using %text
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%"+strconv.Itoa(maxLength+numEscChars)+"s",
+				text+strings.Repeat(" ", int((maxLength-sLenWoE)/2)))
+		}
+	case AlignJustify:
+		return a.justifyText(text, sLenWoE, maxLength)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%"+strconv.Itoa(maxLength+numEscChars)+"s", text)
+}
+
+// HTMLProperty returns the equivalent HTML horizontal-align tag property.
+func (a Align) HTMLProperty() string {
+	switch a {
+	case AlignLeft:
+		return "align=\"left\""
+	case AlignCenter:
+		return "align=\"center\""
+	case AlignJustify:
+		return "align=\"justify\""
+	case AlignRight:
+		return "align=\"right\""
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+// MarkdownProperty returns the equivalent Markdown horizontal-align separator.
+func (a Align) MarkdownProperty() string {
+	switch a {
+	case AlignLeft:
+		return ":--- "
+	case AlignCenter:
+		return ":---:"
+	case AlignRight:
+		return " ---:"
+	default:
+		return " --- "
+	}
+}
+
+func (a Align) justifyText(text string, textLength int, maxLength int) string {
+	// split the text into individual words
+	wordsUnfiltered := strings.Split(text, " ")
+	words := Filter(wordsUnfiltered, func(item string) bool {
+		return item != ""
+	})
+	// empty string implies spaces for maxLength
+	if len(words) == 0 {
+		return strings.Repeat(" ", maxLength)
+	}
+	// get the number of spaces to insert into the text
+	numSpacesNeeded := maxLength - textLength + strings.Count(text, " ")
+	numSpacesNeededBetweenWords := 0
+	if len(words) > 1 {
+		numSpacesNeededBetweenWords = numSpacesNeeded / (len(words) - 1)
+	}
+	// create the output string word by word with spaces in between
+	var outText strings.Builder
+	outText.Grow(maxLength)
+	for idx, word := range words {
+		if idx > 0 {
+			// insert spaces only after the first word
+			if idx == len(words)-1 {
+				// insert all the remaining space before the last word
+				outText.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", numSpacesNeeded))
+				numSpacesNeeded = 0
+			} else {
+				// insert the determined number of spaces between each word
+				outText.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", numSpacesNeededBetweenWords))
+				// and reduce the number of spaces needed after this
+				numSpacesNeeded -= numSpacesNeededBetweenWords
+			}
+		}
+		outText.WriteString(word)
+		if idx == len(words)-1 && numSpacesNeeded > 0 {
+			outText.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", numSpacesNeeded))
+		}
+	}
+	return outText.String()
+}
+
+func (a Align) trimString(text string) string {
+	switch a {
+	case AlignDefault, AlignLeft:
+		if strings.HasSuffix(text, " ") {
+			return strings.TrimRight(text, " ")
+		}
+	case AlignRight:
+		if strings.HasPrefix(text, " ") {
+			return strings.TrimLeft(text, " ")
+		}
+	default:
+		if strings.HasPrefix(text, " ") || strings.HasSuffix(text, " ") {
+			return strings.Trim(text, " ")
+		}
+	}
+	return text
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/align_test.go b/helper/text/align_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3250d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/align_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleAlign_Apply() {
+	fmt.Printf("AlignDefault: '%s'\n", AlignDefault.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	fmt.Printf("AlignLeft   : '%s'\n", AlignLeft.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	fmt.Printf("AlignCenter : '%s'\n", AlignCenter.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	fmt.Printf("AlignJustify: '%s'\n", AlignJustify.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	fmt.Printf("AlignRight  : '%s'\n", AlignRight.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+
+	// Output: AlignDefault: 'Jon Snow    '
+	// AlignLeft   : 'Jon Snow    '
+	// AlignCenter : '  Jon Snow  '
+	// AlignJustify: 'Jon     Snow'
+	// AlignRight  : '    Jon Snow'
+}
+
+func TestAlign_Apply(t *testing.T) {
+	// AlignDefault & AlignLeft are the same
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon Snow    ", AlignDefault.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, " Jon Snow   ", AlignDefault.Apply(" Jon Snow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            ", AlignDefault.Apply("", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon Snow    ", AlignLeft.Apply("Jon Snow   ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, " Jon Snow   ", AlignLeft.Apply(" Jon Snow  ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            ", AlignLeft.Apply("", 12))
+
+	// AlignCenter
+	assert.Equal(t, "  Jon Snow  ", AlignCenter.Apply("Jon Snow ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "  Jon Snow  ", AlignCenter.Apply(" Jon Snow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "  Jon Snow  ", AlignCenter.Apply(" Jon Snow  ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            ", AlignCenter.Apply("", 12))
+
+	// AlignJustify
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon     Snow", AlignJustify.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "JS  vs.   DT", AlignJustify.Apply("JS vs. DT", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "JS   is   AT", AlignJustify.Apply("JS is AT", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "JS   is   AT", AlignJustify.Apply("JS is  AT", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "JonSnow     ", AlignJustify.Apply("JonSnow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "JonSnow     ", AlignJustify.Apply("  JonSnow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            ", AlignJustify.Apply("", 12))
+
+	// Align Right
+	assert.Equal(t, "    Jon Snow", AlignRight.Apply("Jon Snow", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "   Jon Snow ", AlignRight.Apply("Jon Snow ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "   Jon Snow ", AlignRight.Apply("  Jon Snow ", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            ", AlignRight.Apply("", 12))
+}
+
+func TestAlign_Apply_ColoredText(t *testing.T) {
+	// AlignDefault & AlignLeft are the same
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m    ", AlignDefault.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m Jon Snow\x1b[0m   ", AlignDefault.Apply("\x1b[33m Jon Snow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m\x1b[0m            ", AlignDefault.Apply("\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon Snow   \x1b[0m ", AlignLeft.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow   \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m Jon Snow  \x1b[0m ", AlignLeft.Apply("\x1b[33m Jon Snow  \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m\x1b[0m            ", AlignLeft.Apply("\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", 12))
+
+	// AlignCenter
+	assert.Equal(t, "  \x1b[33mJon Snow \x1b[0m ", AlignCenter.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "  \x1b[33m Jon Snow\x1b[0m ", AlignCenter.Apply("\x1b[33m Jon Snow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, " \x1b[33m Jon Snow  \x1b[0m", AlignCenter.Apply("\x1b[33m Jon Snow  \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "      \x1b[33m\x1b[0m      ", AlignCenter.Apply("\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", 12))
+
+	// AlignJustify
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon     Snow\x1b[0m", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJS  vs.   DT\x1b[0m", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33mJS vs. DT\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJS   is   AT\x1b[0m", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33mJS is AT\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJS   is   AT\x1b[0m", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33mJS is  AT\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJonSnow\x1b[0m     ", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33mJonSnow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m     JonSnow\x1b[0m", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33m  JonSnow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m\x1b[0m            ", AlignJustify.Apply("\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", 12))
+
+	// Align Right
+	assert.Equal(t, "    \x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", AlignRight.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "   \x1b[33mJon Snow \x1b[0m", AlignRight.Apply("\x1b[33mJon Snow \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, " \x1b[33m  Jon Snow \x1b[0m", AlignRight.Apply("\x1b[33m  Jon Snow \x1b[0m", 12))
+	assert.Equal(t, "            \x1b[33m\x1b[0m", AlignRight.Apply("\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", 12))
+}
+
+func ExampleAlign_HTMLProperty() {
+	fmt.Printf("AlignDefault: '%s'\n", AlignDefault.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignLeft   : '%s'\n", AlignLeft.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignCenter : '%s'\n", AlignCenter.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignJustify: '%s'\n", AlignJustify.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignRight  : '%s'\n", AlignRight.HTMLProperty())
+
+	// Output: AlignDefault: ''
+	// AlignLeft   : 'align="left"'
+	// AlignCenter : 'align="center"'
+	// AlignJustify: 'align="justify"'
+	// AlignRight  : 'align="right"'
+}
+
+func TestAlign_HTMLProperty(t *testing.T) {
+	aligns := map[Align]string{
+		AlignDefault: "",
+		AlignLeft:    "left",
+		AlignCenter:  "center",
+		AlignJustify: "justify",
+		AlignRight:   "right",
+	}
+	for align, htmlStyle := range aligns {
+		assert.Contains(t, align.HTMLProperty(), htmlStyle)
+	}
+}
+
+func ExampleAlign_MarkdownProperty() {
+	fmt.Printf("AlignDefault: '%s'\n", AlignDefault.MarkdownProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignLeft   : '%s'\n", AlignLeft.MarkdownProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignCenter : '%s'\n", AlignCenter.MarkdownProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignJustify: '%s'\n", AlignJustify.MarkdownProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("AlignRight  : '%s'\n", AlignRight.MarkdownProperty())
+
+	// Output: AlignDefault: ' --- '
+	// AlignLeft   : ':--- '
+	// AlignCenter : ':---:'
+	// AlignJustify: ' --- '
+	// AlignRight  : ' ---:'
+}
+
+func TestAlign_MarkdownProperty(t *testing.T) {
+	aligns := map[Align]string{
+		AlignDefault: " --- ",
+		AlignLeft:    ":--- ",
+		AlignCenter:  ":---:",
+		AlignJustify: " --- ",
+		AlignRight:   " ---:",
+	}
+	for align, markdownSeparator := range aligns {
+		assert.Contains(t, align.MarkdownProperty(), markdownSeparator)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/ansi.go b/helper/text/ansi.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaf5b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/ansi.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package text
+
+import "strings"
+
+// ANSICodesSupported will be true on consoles where ANSI Escape Codes/Sequences
+// are supported.
+var ANSICodesSupported = areANSICodesSupported()
+
+// Escape encodes the string with the ANSI Escape Sequence.
+// For ex.:
+//  Escape("Ghost", "") == "Ghost"
+//	Escape("Ghost", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m"
+//	Escape("\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0mLady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"
+//	Escape("Nymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0mLady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"
+//	Escape("Nymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m Lady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m"
+func Escape(str string, escapeSeq string) string {
+	out := ""
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(str, EscapeStart) {
+		out += escapeSeq
+	}
+	out += strings.Replace(str, EscapeReset, EscapeReset+escapeSeq, -1)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(out, EscapeReset) {
+		out += EscapeReset
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, escapeSeq+EscapeReset) {
+		out = strings.Replace(out, escapeSeq+EscapeReset, "", -1)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// StripEscape strips all ANSI Escape Sequence from the string.
+// For ex.:
+//  StripEscape("Ghost") == "Ghost"
+//	StripEscape("\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m") == "Ghost"
+//	StripEscape("\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m") == "GhostLady"
+//	StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m") == "NymeriaGhostLady"
+//	StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m") == "Nymeria Ghost Lady"
+func StripEscape(str string) string {
+	var out strings.Builder
+	out.Grow(RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str))
+
+	isEscSeq := false
+	for _, sChr := range str {
+		if sChr == EscapeStartRune {
+			isEscSeq = true
+		}
+		if !isEscSeq {
+			out.WriteRune(sChr)
+		}
+		if isEscSeq && sChr == EscapeStopRune {
+			isEscSeq = false
+		}
+	}
+	return out.String()
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/ansi_test.go b/helper/text/ansi_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e885103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/ansi_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestEscape(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m", Escape("Ghost", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m", Escape(FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m", Escape("Nymeria"+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m", Escape("Nymeria "+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+" Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+}
+
+func ExampleEscape() {
+	fmt.Printf("Escape(%#v, %#v) == %#v\n", "Ghost", "", Escape("Ghost", ""))
+	fmt.Printf("Escape(%#v, %#v) == %#v\n", "Ghost", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq(), Escape("Ghost", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	fmt.Printf("Escape(%#v, %#v) == %#v\n", FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq(), Escape(FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	fmt.Printf("Escape(%#v, %#v) == %#v\n", "Nymeria"+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq(), Escape("Nymeria"+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+	fmt.Printf("Escape(%#v, %#v) == %#v\n", "Nymeria "+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+" Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq(), Escape("Nymeria "+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+" Lady", FgHiRed.EscapeSeq()))
+
+	// Output: Escape("Ghost", "") == "Ghost"
+	// Escape("Ghost", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m"
+	// Escape("\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0mLady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"
+	// Escape("Nymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0mLady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"
+	// Escape("Nymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m Lady", "\x1b[91m") == "\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestStripEscape(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", StripEscape(FgHiRed.Sprint("Ghost")))
+	assert.Equal(t, "GhostLady", StripEscape(FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "NymeriaGhostLady", StripEscape("Nymeria"+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+"Lady"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Nymeria Ghost Lady", StripEscape("Nymeria "+FgHiBlue.Sprint("Ghost")+" Lady"))
+}
+
+func ExampleStripEscape() {
+	fmt.Printf("StripEscape(%#v) == %#v\n", "Ghost", StripEscape("Ghost"))
+	fmt.Printf("StripEscape(%#v) == %#v\n", "\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m", StripEscape("\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m"))
+	fmt.Printf("StripEscape(%#v) == %#v\n", "\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m", StripEscape("\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"))
+	fmt.Printf("StripEscape(%#v) == %#v\n", "\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m", StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m"))
+	fmt.Printf("StripEscape(%#v) == %#v\n", "\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m", StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m"))
+
+	// Output: StripEscape("Ghost") == "Ghost"
+	// StripEscape("\x1b[91mGhost\x1b[0m") == "Ghost"
+	// StripEscape("\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m") == "GhostLady"
+	// StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria\x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91mLady\x1b[0m") == "NymeriaGhostLady"
+	// StripEscape("\x1b[91mNymeria \x1b[94mGhost\x1b[0m\x1b[91m Lady\x1b[0m") == "Nymeria Ghost Lady"
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/ansi_unix.go b/helper/text/ansi_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..635be79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/ansi_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
+package text
+
+func areANSICodesSupported() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/ansi_windows.go b/helper/text/ansi_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2a3288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/ansi_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//go:build windows
+// +build windows
+
+package text
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+var (
+	enableVTPMutex = sync.Mutex{}
+)
+
+func areANSICodesSupported() bool {
+	enableVTPMutex.Lock()
+	defer enableVTPMutex.Unlock()
+
+	outHandle := windows.Handle(os.Stdout.Fd())
+	var outMode uint32
+	if err := windows.GetConsoleMode(outHandle, &outMode); err == nil {
+		if outMode&windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING != 0 {
+			return true
+		}
+		if err := windows.SetConsoleMode(outHandle, outMode|windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING); err == nil {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/color.go b/helper/text/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5b7bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var (
+	colorsEnabled = areANSICodesSupported()
+)
+
+// DisableColors (forcefully) disables color coding globally.
+func DisableColors() {
+	colorsEnabled = false
+}
+
+// EnableColors (forcefully) enables color coding globally.
+func EnableColors() {
+	colorsEnabled = true
+}
+
+// The logic here is inspired from github.com/fatih/color; the following is
+// the the bare minimum logic required to print Colored to the console.
+// The differences:
+// * This one caches the escape sequences for cases with multiple colors
+// * This one handles cases where the incoming already has colors in the
+//   form of escape sequences; in which case, text that does not have any
+//   escape sequences are colored/escaped
+
+// Color represents a single color to render with.
+type Color int
+
+// Base colors -- attributes in reality
+const (
+	Reset Color = iota
+	Bold
+	Faint
+	Italic
+	Underline
+	BlinkSlow
+	BlinkRapid
+	ReverseVideo
+	Concealed
+	CrossedOut
+)
+
+// Foreground colors
+const (
+	FgBlack Color = iota + 30
+	FgRed
+	FgGreen
+	FgYellow
+	FgBlue
+	FgMagenta
+	FgCyan
+	FgWhite
+)
+
+// Foreground Hi-Intensity colors
+const (
+	FgHiBlack Color = iota + 90
+	FgHiRed
+	FgHiGreen
+	FgHiYellow
+	FgHiBlue
+	FgHiMagenta
+	FgHiCyan
+	FgHiWhite
+)
+
+// Background colors
+const (
+	BgBlack Color = iota + 40
+	BgRed
+	BgGreen
+	BgYellow
+	BgBlue
+	BgMagenta
+	BgCyan
+	BgWhite
+)
+
+// Background Hi-Intensity colors
+const (
+	BgHiBlack Color = iota + 100
+	BgHiRed
+	BgHiGreen
+	BgHiYellow
+	BgHiBlue
+	BgHiMagenta
+	BgHiCyan
+	BgHiWhite
+)
+
+// EscapeSeq returns the ANSI escape sequence for the color.
+func (c Color) EscapeSeq() string {
+	return EscapeStart + strconv.Itoa(int(c)) + EscapeStop
+}
+
+// HTMLProperty returns the "class" attribute for the color.
+func (c Color) HTMLProperty() string {
+	out := ""
+	if class, ok := colorCSSClassMap[c]; ok {
+		out = fmt.Sprintf("class=\"%s\"", class)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Sprint colorizes and prints the given string(s).
+func (c Color) Sprint(a ...interface{}) string {
+	return colorize(fmt.Sprint(a...), c.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+// Sprintf formats and colorizes and prints the given string(s).
+func (c Color) Sprintf(format string, a ...interface{}) string {
+	return colorize(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...), c.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+// Colors represents an array of Color objects to render with.
+// Example: Colors{FgCyan, BgBlack}
+type Colors []Color
+
+var (
+	// colorsSeqMap caches the escape sequence for a set of colors
+	colorsSeqMap = sync.Map{}
+)
+
+// EscapeSeq returns the ANSI escape sequence for the colors set.
+func (c Colors) EscapeSeq() string {
+	if len(c) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	colorsKey := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", c)
+	escapeSeq, ok := colorsSeqMap.Load(colorsKey)
+	if !ok || escapeSeq == "" {
+		colorNums := make([]string, len(c))
+		for idx, color := range c {
+			colorNums[idx] = strconv.Itoa(int(color))
+		}
+		escapeSeq = EscapeStart + strings.Join(colorNums, ";") + EscapeStop
+		colorsSeqMap.Store(colorsKey, escapeSeq)
+	}
+	return escapeSeq.(string)
+}
+
+// HTMLProperty returns the "class" attribute for the colors.
+func (c Colors) HTMLProperty() string {
+	if len(c) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var classes []string
+	for _, color := range c {
+		if class, ok := colorCSSClassMap[color]; ok {
+			classes = append(classes, class)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(classes) > 1 {
+		sort.Strings(classes)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("class=\"%s\"", strings.Join(classes, " "))
+}
+
+// Sprint colorizes and prints the given string(s).
+func (c Colors) Sprint(a ...interface{}) string {
+	return colorize(fmt.Sprint(a...), c.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+// Sprintf formats and colorizes and prints the given string(s).
+func (c Colors) Sprintf(format string, a ...interface{}) string {
+	return colorize(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...), c.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+func colorize(s string, escapeSeq string) string {
+	if !colorsEnabled || escapeSeq == "" {
+		return s
+	}
+	return Escape(s, escapeSeq)
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/color_html.go b/helper/text/color_html.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e5c55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/color_html.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package text
+
+var (
+	// colorCSSClassMap contains the equivalent CSS-class for all colors
+	colorCSSClassMap = map[Color]string{
+		Bold:         "bold",
+		Faint:        "faint",
+		Italic:       "italic",
+		Underline:    "underline",
+		BlinkSlow:    "blink-slow",
+		BlinkRapid:   "blink-rapid",
+		ReverseVideo: "reverse-video",
+		Concealed:    "concealed",
+		CrossedOut:   "crossed-out",
+		FgBlack:      "fg-black",
+		FgRed:        "fg-red",
+		FgGreen:      "fg-green",
+		FgYellow:     "fg-yellow",
+		FgBlue:       "fg-blue",
+		FgMagenta:    "fg-magenta",
+		FgCyan:       "fg-cyan",
+		FgWhite:      "fg-white",
+		FgHiBlack:    "fg-hi-black",
+		FgHiRed:      "fg-hi-red",
+		FgHiGreen:    "fg-hi-green",
+		FgHiYellow:   "fg-hi-yellow",
+		FgHiBlue:     "fg-hi-blue",
+		FgHiMagenta:  "fg-hi-magenta",
+		FgHiCyan:     "fg-hi-cyan",
+		FgHiWhite:    "fg-hi-white",
+		BgBlack:      "bg-black",
+		BgRed:        "bg-red",
+		BgGreen:      "bg-green",
+		BgYellow:     "bg-yellow",
+		BgBlue:       "bg-blue",
+		BgMagenta:    "bg-magenta",
+		BgCyan:       "bg-cyan",
+		BgWhite:      "bg-white",
+		BgHiBlack:    "bg-hi-black",
+		BgHiRed:      "bg-hi-red",
+		BgHiGreen:    "bg-hi-green",
+		BgHiYellow:   "bg-hi-yellow",
+		BgHiBlue:     "bg-hi-blue",
+		BgHiMagenta:  "bg-hi-magenta",
+		BgHiCyan:     "bg-hi-cyan",
+		BgHiWhite:    "bg-hi-white",
+	}
+)
diff --git a/helper/text/color_test.go b/helper/text/color_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d31cac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/color_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	EnableColors()
+}
+
+func TestColor_EnableAndDisable(t *testing.T) {
+	defer EnableColors()
+
+	EnableColors()
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("test"))
+
+	DisableColors()
+	assert.Equal(t, "test", FgRed.Sprint("test"))
+
+	EnableColors()
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("test"))
+}
+
+func ExampleColor_EscapeSeq() {
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background: %#v\n", BgBlack.EscapeSeq())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground: %#v\n", FgBlack.EscapeSeq())
+
+	// Output: Black Background: "\x1b[40m"
+	// Black Foreground: "\x1b[30m"
+}
+
+func TestColor_EscapeSeq(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[40m", BgBlack.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+func ExampleColor_HTMLProperty() {
+	fmt.Printf("Bold: %#v\n", Bold.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background: %#v\n", BgBlack.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground: %#v\n", FgBlack.HTMLProperty())
+
+	// Output: Bold: "class=\"bold\""
+	// Black Background: "class=\"bg-black\""
+	// Black Foreground: "class=\"fg-black\""
+}
+
+func TestColor_HTMLProperty(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "class=\"bold\"", Bold.HTMLProperty())
+	assert.Equal(t, "class=\"bg-black\"", BgBlack.HTMLProperty())
+	assert.Equal(t, "class=\"fg-black\"", FgBlack.HTMLProperty())
+}
+
+func ExampleColor_Sprint() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", BgBlack.Sprint("Black Background"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", FgBlack.Sprint("Black Foreground"))
+
+	// Output: "\x1b[40mBlack Background\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30mBlack Foreground\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestColor_Sprint(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest true\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("test ", true))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m\x1b[31mtrue\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m", true))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest true\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest ", true))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m\x1b[31m \x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m "))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m"))
+}
+
+func ExampleColor_Sprintf() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", BgBlack.Sprintf("%s %s", "Black", "Background"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", FgBlack.Sprintf("%s %s", "Black", "Foreground"))
+
+	// Output: "\x1b[40mBlack Background\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30mBlack Foreground\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestColor_Sprintf(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest true\x1b[0m", FgRed.Sprintf("test %s", "true"))
+}
+
+func ExampleColors_EscapeSeq() {
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background: %#v\n", Colors{BgBlack}.EscapeSeq())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground: %#v\n", Colors{FgBlack}.EscapeSeq())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background, White Foreground: %#v\n", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.EscapeSeq())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground, White Background: %#v\n", Colors{FgBlack, BgWhite}.EscapeSeq())
+
+	// Output: Black Background: "\x1b[40m"
+	// Black Foreground: "\x1b[30m"
+	// Black Background, White Foreground: "\x1b[40;37m"
+	// Black Foreground, White Background: "\x1b[30;47m"
+}
+
+func TestColors_EscapeSeq(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", Colors{}.EscapeSeq())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[40;37m", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.EscapeSeq())
+}
+
+func ExampleColors_HTMLProperty() {
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background: %#v\n", Colors{BgBlack}.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground: %#v\n", Colors{FgBlack}.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Background, White Foreground: %#v\n", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Black Foreground, White Background: %#v\n", Colors{FgBlack, BgWhite}.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("Bold Italic Underline Red Text: %#v\n", Colors{Bold, Italic, Underline, FgRed}.HTMLProperty())
+
+	// Output: Black Background: "class=\"bg-black\""
+	// Black Foreground: "class=\"fg-black\""
+	// Black Background, White Foreground: "class=\"bg-black fg-white\""
+	// Black Foreground, White Background: "class=\"bg-white fg-black\""
+	// Bold Italic Underline Red Text: "class=\"bold fg-red italic underline\""
+}
+
+func TestColors_HTMLProperty(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", Colors{}.HTMLProperty())
+	assert.Equal(t, "class=\"bg-black fg-white\"", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.HTMLProperty())
+	assert.Equal(t, "class=\"bold fg-red\"", Colors{Bold, FgRed}.HTMLProperty())
+}
+
+func ExampleColors_Sprint() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{BgBlack}.Sprint("Black Background"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.Sprint("Black Background, White Foreground"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{FgBlack}.Sprint("Black Foreground"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{FgBlack, BgWhite}.Sprint("Black Foreground, White Background"))
+
+	// Output: "\x1b[40mBlack Background\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[40;37mBlack Background, White Foreground\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30mBlack Foreground\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30;47mBlack Foreground, White Background\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestColors_Sprint(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "test true", Colors{}.Sprint("test ", true))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest true\x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprint("test ", true))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m\x1b[31mtrue\x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m", true))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest true\x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest ", true))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m\x1b[31m \x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m "))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprint("\x1b[32mtest\x1b[0m"))
+}
+
+func ExampleColors_Sprintf() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{BgBlack}.Sprintf("%s %s", "Black", "Background"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{BgBlack, FgWhite}.Sprintf("%s, %s", "Black Background", "White Foreground"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{FgBlack}.Sprintf("%s %s", "Black", "Foreground"))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Colors{FgBlack, BgWhite}.Sprintf("%s, %s", "Black Foreground", "White Background"))
+
+	// Output: "\x1b[40mBlack Background\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[40;37mBlack Background, White Foreground\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30mBlack Foreground\x1b[0m"
+	// "\x1b[30;47mBlack Foreground, White Background\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestColors_Sprintf(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "test true", Colors{}.Sprintf("test %s", "true"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[31mtest true\x1b[0m", Colors{FgRed}.Sprintf("test %s", "true"))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/cursor.go b/helper/text/cursor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d54281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/cursor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// Cursor helps move the cursor on the console in multiple directions.
+type Cursor rune
+
+const (
+	// CursorDown helps move the Cursor Down X lines
+	CursorDown Cursor = 'B'
+
+	// CursorLeft helps move the Cursor Left X characters
+	CursorLeft Cursor = 'D'
+
+	// CursorRight helps move the Cursor Right X characters
+	CursorRight Cursor = 'C'
+
+	// CursorUp helps move the Cursor Up X lines
+	CursorUp Cursor = 'A'
+
+	// EraseLine helps erase all characters to the Right of the Cursor in the
+	// current line
+	EraseLine Cursor = 'K'
+)
+
+// Sprint prints the Escape Sequence to move the Cursor once.
+func (c Cursor) Sprint() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%c", EscapeStart, c)
+}
+
+// Sprintn prints the Escape Sequence to move the Cursor "n" times.
+func (c Cursor) Sprintn(n int) string {
+	if c == EraseLine {
+		return c.Sprint()
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%d%c", EscapeStart, n, c)
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/cursor_test.go b/helper/text/cursor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b47710a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/cursor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleCursor_Sprint() {
+	fmt.Printf("CursorDown : %#v\n", CursorDown.Sprint())
+	fmt.Printf("CursorLeft : %#v\n", CursorLeft.Sprint())
+	fmt.Printf("CursorRight: %#v\n", CursorRight.Sprint())
+	fmt.Printf("CursorUp   : %#v\n", CursorUp.Sprint())
+	fmt.Printf("EraseLine  : %#v\n", EraseLine.Sprint())
+
+	// Output: CursorDown : "\x1b[B"
+	// CursorLeft : "\x1b[D"
+	// CursorRight: "\x1b[C"
+	// CursorUp   : "\x1b[A"
+	// EraseLine  : "\x1b[K"
+}
+
+func TestCursor_Sprint(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[B", CursorDown.Sprint())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[D", CursorLeft.Sprint())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[C", CursorRight.Sprint())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[A", CursorUp.Sprint())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[K", EraseLine.Sprint())
+}
+
+func ExampleCursor_Sprintn() {
+	fmt.Printf("CursorDown : %#v\n", CursorDown.Sprintn(5))
+	fmt.Printf("CursorLeft : %#v\n", CursorLeft.Sprintn(5))
+	fmt.Printf("CursorRight: %#v\n", CursorRight.Sprintn(5))
+	fmt.Printf("CursorUp   : %#v\n", CursorUp.Sprintn(5))
+	fmt.Printf("EraseLine  : %#v\n", EraseLine.Sprintn(5))
+
+	// Output: CursorDown : "\x1b[5B"
+	// CursorLeft : "\x1b[5D"
+	// CursorRight: "\x1b[5C"
+	// CursorUp   : "\x1b[5A"
+	// EraseLine  : "\x1b[K"
+}
+
+func TestCursor_Sprintn(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[5B", CursorDown.Sprintn(5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[5D", CursorLeft.Sprintn(5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[5C", CursorRight.Sprintn(5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[5A", CursorUp.Sprintn(5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[K", EraseLine.Sprintn(5))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/direction.go b/helper/text/direction.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25eccc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/direction.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package text
+
+// Direction defines the overall flow of text. Similar to bidi.Direction, but
+// simplified and specific to this package.
+type Direction int
+
+// Available Directions.
+const (
+	Default Direction = iota
+	LeftToRight
+	RightToLeft
+)
+
+// Modifier returns a character to force the given direction for the text that
+// follows the modifier.
+func (d Direction) Modifier() string {
+	switch d {
+	case LeftToRight:
+		return "\u202a"
+	case RightToLeft:
+		return "\u202b"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/direction_test.go b/helper/text/direction_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6d308c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/direction_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDirection_Modifier(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", Default.Modifier())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\u202a", LeftToRight.Modifier())
+	assert.Equal(t, "\u202b", RightToLeft.Modifier())
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/escape.go b/helper/text/escape.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d54e66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/escape.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package text
+
+import "strings"
+
+// Constants
+const (
+	CSIStartRune    = rune(91) // [
+	CSIStopRune     = 'm'
+	EscapeReset     = EscapeStart + "0" + EscapeStop
+	EscapeStart     = "\x1b["
+	EscapeStartRune = rune(27) // \x1b
+	EscapeStop      = "m"
+	EscapeStopRune  = 'm'
+	OSIStartRune    = rune(93) // ]
+	OSIStopRune     = '\\'
+)
+
+type escKind int
+
+const (
+	escKindUnknown escKind = iota
+	escKindCSI
+	escKindOSI
+)
+
+type escSeq struct {
+	isIn    bool
+	content strings.Builder
+	kind    escKind
+}
+
+func (e *escSeq) InspectRune(r rune) {
+	if !e.isIn && r == EscapeStartRune {
+		e.isIn = true
+		e.kind = escKindUnknown
+		e.content.Reset()
+		e.content.WriteRune(r)
+	} else if e.isIn {
+		switch {
+		case e.kind == escKindUnknown && r == CSIStartRune:
+			e.kind = escKindCSI
+		case e.kind == escKindUnknown && r == OSIStartRune:
+			e.kind = escKindOSI
+		case e.kind == escKindCSI && r == CSIStopRune || e.kind == escKindOSI && r == OSIStopRune:
+			e.isIn = false
+			e.kind = escKindUnknown
+		}
+		e.content.WriteRune(r)
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/filter.go b/helper/text/filter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..765c29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/filter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package text
+
+// Filter filters the slice 's' to items which return truth when passed to 'f'.
+func Filter(s []string, f func(string) bool) []string {
+	var out []string
+	for _, item := range s {
+		if f(item) {
+			out = append(out, item)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/filter_test.go b/helper/text/filter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b0969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/filter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleFilter() {
+	slice := []string{"Arya Stark", "Bran Stark", "Jon Snow", "Sansa Stark"}
+	filter := func(item string) bool {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(item, "Stark")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Filter(slice, filter))
+
+	// Output: []string{"Arya Stark", "Bran Stark", "Sansa Stark"}
+}
+
+func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	slice := []string{"Arya Stark", "Bran Stark", "Jon Snow", "Sansa Stark"}
+	filter := func(item string) bool {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(item, "Stark")
+	}
+
+	filteredSlice := Filter(slice, filter)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(filteredSlice))
+	assert.NotContains(t, filteredSlice, "Jon Snow")
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/format.go b/helper/text/format.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458620d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/format.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+// Format lets you transform the text in supported methods while keeping escape
+// sequences in the string intact and untouched.
+type Format int
+
+// Format enumerations
+const (
+	FormatDefault Format = iota // default_Case
+	FormatLower                 // lower
+	FormatTitle                 // Title
+	FormatUpper                 // UPPER
+)
+
+// Apply converts the text as directed.
+func (tc Format) Apply(text string) string {
+	switch tc {
+	case FormatLower:
+		return strings.ToLower(text)
+	case FormatTitle:
+		return toTitle(text)
+	case FormatUpper:
+		return toUpper(text)
+	default:
+		return text
+	}
+}
+
+func toTitle(text string) string {
+	prev, inEscSeq := ' ', false
+	return strings.Map(
+		func(r rune) rune {
+			if r == EscapeStartRune {
+				inEscSeq = true
+			}
+			if !inEscSeq {
+				if isSeparator(prev) {
+					prev = r
+					r = unicode.ToUpper(r)
+				} else {
+					prev = r
+				}
+			}
+			if inEscSeq && r == EscapeStopRune {
+				inEscSeq = false
+			}
+			return r
+		},
+		text,
+	)
+}
+
+func toUpper(text string) string {
+	inEscSeq := false
+	return strings.Map(
+		func(r rune) rune {
+			if r == EscapeStartRune {
+				inEscSeq = true
+			}
+			if !inEscSeq {
+				r = unicode.ToUpper(r)
+			}
+			if inEscSeq && r == EscapeStopRune {
+				inEscSeq = false
+			}
+			return r
+		},
+		text,
+	)
+}
+
+// isSeparator returns true if the given rune is a separator. This function is
+// lifted straight out of the standard library @ strings/strings.go.
+func isSeparator(r rune) bool {
+	// ASCII alphanumerics and underscore are not separators
+	if r <= 0x7F {
+		switch {
+		case '0' <= r && r <= '9':
+			return false
+		case 'a' <= r && r <= 'z':
+			return false
+		case 'A' <= r && r <= 'Z':
+			return false
+		case r == '_':
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	}
+	// Letters and digits are not separators
+	if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Otherwise, all we can do for now is treat spaces as separators.
+	return unicode.IsSpace(r)
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/format_test.go b/helper/text/format_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4657107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/format_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleFormat_Apply() {
+	fmt.Printf("FormatDefault: %#v\n", FormatDefault.Apply("jon Snow"))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatLower  : %#v\n", FormatLower.Apply("jon Snow"))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatTitle  : %#v\n", FormatTitle.Apply("jon Snow"))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatUpper  : %#v\n", FormatUpper.Apply("jon Snow"))
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Printf("FormatDefault (w/EscSeq): %#v\n", FormatDefault.Apply(Bold.Sprint("jon Snow")))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatLower   (w/EscSeq): %#v\n", FormatLower.Apply(Bold.Sprint("jon Snow")))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatTitle   (w/EscSeq): %#v\n", FormatTitle.Apply(Bold.Sprint("jon Snow")))
+	fmt.Printf("FormatUpper   (w/EscSeq): %#v\n", FormatUpper.Apply(Bold.Sprint("jon Snow")))
+
+	// Output: FormatDefault: "jon Snow"
+	// FormatLower  : "jon snow"
+	// FormatTitle  : "Jon Snow"
+	// FormatUpper  : "JON SNOW"
+	//
+	// FormatDefault (w/EscSeq): "\x1b[1mjon Snow\x1b[0m"
+	// FormatLower   (w/EscSeq): "\x1b[1mjon snow\x1b[0m"
+	// FormatTitle   (w/EscSeq): "\x1b[1mJon Snow\x1b[0m"
+	// FormatUpper   (w/EscSeq): "\x1b[1mJON SNOW\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestFormat_Apply(t *testing.T) {
+	text := "A big croc0dile; Died - Empty_fanged ツ \u2008."
+	assert.Equal(t, text, FormatDefault.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "a big croc0dile; died - empty_fanged ツ \u2008.", FormatLower.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "A Big Croc0dile; Died - Empty_fanged ツ \u2008.", FormatTitle.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "A BIG CROC0DILE; DIED - EMPTY_FANGED ツ \u2008.", FormatUpper.Apply(text))
+
+	// test with escape sequences
+	text = Colors{Bold}.Sprint(text)
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[1mA big croc0dile; Died - Empty_fanged ツ \u2008.\x1b[0m", FormatDefault.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[1ma big croc0dile; died - empty_fanged ツ \u2008.\x1b[0m", FormatLower.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[1mA Big Croc0dile; Died - Empty_fanged ツ \u2008.\x1b[0m", FormatTitle.Apply(text))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[1mA BIG CROC0DILE; DIED - EMPTY_FANGED ツ \u2008.\x1b[0m", FormatUpper.Apply(text))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/hyperlink.go b/helper/text/hyperlink.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a551a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/hyperlink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package text
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func Hyperlink(url, text string) string {
+	if url == "" {
+		return text
+	}
+	if text == "" {
+		return url
+	}
+	// source https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda
+	return fmt.Sprintf("\x1b]8;;%s\x1b\\%s\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", url, text)
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/hyperlink_test.go b/helper/text/hyperlink_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d7692c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/hyperlink_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestHyperlink(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Hyperlink("", "Ghost"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "https://example.com", Hyperlink("https://example.com", ""))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;https://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", Hyperlink("https://example.com", "Ghost"))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/string.go b/helper/text/string.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a21dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
+)
+
+// RuneWidth stuff
+var (
+	rwCondition = runewidth.NewCondition()
+)
+
+// InsertEveryN inserts the rune every N characters in the string. For ex.:
+//  InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 1) == "G-h-o-s-t"
+//  InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 2) == "Gh-os-t"
+//  InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 3) == "Gho-st"
+//  InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 4) == "Ghos-t"
+//  InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 5) == "Ghost"
+func InsertEveryN(str string, runeToInsert rune, n int) string {
+	if n <= 0 {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	sLen := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str)
+	var out strings.Builder
+	out.Grow(sLen + (sLen / n))
+	outLen, eSeq := 0, escSeq{}
+	for idx, c := range str {
+		if eSeq.isIn {
+			eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+			out.WriteRune(c)
+			continue
+		}
+		eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+		if !eSeq.isIn && outLen > 0 && (outLen%n) == 0 && idx != sLen {
+			out.WriteRune(runeToInsert)
+		}
+		out.WriteRune(c)
+		if !eSeq.isIn {
+			outLen += RuneWidth(c)
+		}
+	}
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+// LongestLineLen returns the length of the longest "line" within the
+// argument string. For ex.:
+//  LongestLineLen("Ghost!\nCome back here!\nRight now!") == 15
+func LongestLineLen(str string) int {
+	maxLength, currLength, eSeq := 0, 0, escSeq{}
+	for _, c := range str {
+		if eSeq.isIn {
+			eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+			continue
+		}
+		eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+		if c == '\n' {
+			if currLength > maxLength {
+				maxLength = currLength
+			}
+			currLength = 0
+		} else if !eSeq.isIn {
+			currLength += RuneWidth(c)
+		}
+	}
+	if currLength > maxLength {
+		maxLength = currLength
+	}
+	return maxLength
+}
+
+// OverrideRuneWidthEastAsianWidth can *probably* help with alignment, and
+// length calculation issues when dealing with Unicode character-set and a
+// non-English language set in the LANG variable.
+//
+// Set this to 'false' to force the "runewidth" library to pretend to deal with
+// English character-set. Be warned that if the text/content you are dealing
+// with contains East Asian character-set, this may result in unexpected
+// behavior.
+//
+// References:
+// * https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth/issues/64#issuecomment-1221642154
+// * https://github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/issues/220
+// * https://github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/issues/204
+func OverrideRuneWidthEastAsianWidth(val bool) {
+	rwCondition.EastAsianWidth = val
+}
+
+// Pad pads the given string with as many characters as needed to make it as
+// long as specified (maxLen). This function does not count escape sequences
+// while calculating length of the string. Ex.:
+//  Pad("Ghost", 0, ' ') == "Ghost"
+//  Pad("Ghost", 3, ' ') == "Ghost"
+//  Pad("Ghost", 5, ' ') == "Ghost"
+//  Pad("Ghost", 7, ' ') == "Ghost  "
+//  Pad("Ghost", 10, '.') == "Ghost....."
+func Pad(str string, maxLen int, paddingChar rune) string {
+	strLen := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str)
+	if strLen < maxLen {
+		str += strings.Repeat(string(paddingChar), maxLen-strLen)
+	}
+	return str
+}
+
+// RepeatAndTrim repeats the given string until it is as long as maxRunes.
+// For ex.:
+//  RepeatAndTrim("", 5) == ""
+//  RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 0) == ""
+//  RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 5) == "Ghost"
+//  RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 7) == "GhostGh"
+//  RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 10) == "GhostGhost"
+func RepeatAndTrim(str string, maxRunes int) string {
+	if str == "" || maxRunes == 0 {
+		return ""
+	} else if maxRunes == utf8.RuneCountInString(str) {
+		return str
+	}
+	repeatedS := strings.Repeat(str, int(maxRunes/utf8.RuneCountInString(str))+1)
+	return Trim(repeatedS, maxRunes)
+}
+
+// RuneCount is similar to utf8.RuneCountInString, except for the fact that it
+// ignores escape sequences while counting. For ex.:
+//  RuneCount("") == 0
+//  RuneCount("Ghost") == 5
+//  RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m") == 5
+//  RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0") == 5
+// Deprecated: in favor of RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences
+func RuneCount(str string) int {
+	return RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str)
+}
+
+// RuneWidth returns the mostly accurate character-width of the rune. This is
+// not 100% accurate as the character width is usually dependent on the
+// typeface (font) used in the console/terminal. For ex.:
+//  RuneWidth('A') == 1
+//  RuneWidth('ツ') == 2
+//  RuneWidth('⊙') == 1
+//  RuneWidth('︿') == 2
+//  RuneWidth(0x27) == 0
+func RuneWidth(r rune) int {
+	return rwCondition.RuneWidth(r)
+}
+
+// RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences is similar to RuneWidth, except for the fact
+// that it ignores escape sequences while counting. For ex.:
+//  RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("") == 0
+//  RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghost") == 5
+//  RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m") == 5
+//  RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0") == 5
+func RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str string) int {
+	count, eSeq := 0, escSeq{}
+	for _, c := range str {
+		if eSeq.isIn {
+			eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+			continue
+		}
+		eSeq.InspectRune(c)
+		if !eSeq.isIn {
+			count += RuneWidth(c)
+		}
+	}
+	return count
+}
+
+// Snip returns the given string with a fixed length. For ex.:
+//  Snip("Ghost", 0, "~") == "Ghost"
+//  Snip("Ghost", 1, "~") == "~"
+//  Snip("Ghost", 3, "~") == "Gh~"
+//  Snip("Ghost", 5, "~") == "Ghost"
+//  Snip("Ghost", 7, "~") == "Ghost  "
+//  Snip("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 7, "~") == "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m  "
+func Snip(str string, length int, snipIndicator string) string {
+	if length > 0 {
+		lenStr := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(str)
+		if lenStr > length {
+			lenStrFinal := length - RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(snipIndicator)
+			return Trim(str, lenStrFinal) + snipIndicator
+		}
+	}
+	return str
+}
+
+// Trim trims a string to the given length while ignoring escape sequences. For
+// ex.:
+//  Trim("Ghost", 3) == "Gho"
+//  Trim("Ghost", 6) == "Ghost"
+//  Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 3) == "\x1b[33mGho\x1b[0m"
+//  Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 6) == "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"
+func Trim(str string, maxLen int) string {
+	if maxLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	out.Grow(maxLen)
+
+	outLen, eSeq := 0, escSeq{}
+	for _, sChr := range str {
+		if eSeq.isIn {
+			eSeq.InspectRune(sChr)
+			out.WriteRune(sChr)
+			continue
+		}
+		eSeq.InspectRune(sChr)
+		if eSeq.isIn {
+			out.WriteRune(sChr)
+			continue
+		}
+		if outLen < maxLen {
+			outLen++
+			out.WriteRune(sChr)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	return out.String()
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/string_test.go b/helper/text/string_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b1f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/string_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleInsertEveryN() {
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 0): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 0))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 1): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 1))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 2): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 2))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 3): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 3))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 4): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 4))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"Ghost\", '-', 5): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 5))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 0): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 0))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 1): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 1))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 2): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 2))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 3): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 3))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 4): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 4))
+	fmt.Printf("InsertEveryN(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", '-', 5): %#v\n", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 5))
+
+	// Output: InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 0): "Ghost"
+	// InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 1): "G-h-o-s-t"
+	// InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 2): "Gh-os-t"
+	// InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 3): "Gho-st"
+	// InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 4): "Ghos-t"
+	// InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 5): "Ghost"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 0): "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 1): "\x1b[33mG-h-o-s-t\x1b[0m"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 2): "\x1b[33mGh-os-t\x1b[0m"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 3): "\x1b[33mGho-st\x1b[0m"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 4): "\x1b[33mGhos-t\x1b[0m"
+	// InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 5): "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestInsertEveryN(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gツhツoツsツt", InsertEveryN("Ghost", 'ツ', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "G-h-o-s-t", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gh-os-t", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho-st", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghos-t", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", InsertEveryN("Ghost", '-', 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGツhツoツsツt\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 'ツ', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mG-h-o-s-t\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGh-os-t\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGho-st\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhos-t\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", InsertEveryN("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", '-', 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "G\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\-h-o-s-t\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", InsertEveryN("G\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\host\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", '-', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\G-h-o-s-t\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", InsertEveryN("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", '-', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\G-h-o-s\x1b]8;;\x1b\\-t", InsertEveryN("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghos\x1b]8;;\x1b\\t", '-', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Gツhツoツsツt\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", InsertEveryN("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 'ツ', 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghツosツt\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", InsertEveryN("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 'ツ', 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", InsertEveryN("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", '-', 5))
+}
+
+func ExampleLongestLineLen() {
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen(""))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"\\n\\n\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("\n\n"))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"Ghost\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("Ghost"))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"Ghostツ\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("Ghostツ"))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"Winter\\nIs\\nComing\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("Winter\nIs\nComing"))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"Mother\\nOf\\nDragons\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("Mother\nOf\nDragons"))
+	fmt.Printf("LongestLineLen(\"\\x1b[33mMother\\x1b[0m\\nOf\\nDragons\"): %d\n", LongestLineLen("\x1b[33mMother\x1b[0m\nOf\nDragons"))
+
+	// Output: LongestLineLen(""): 0
+	// LongestLineLen("\n\n"): 0
+	// LongestLineLen("Ghost"): 5
+	// LongestLineLen("Ghostツ"): 7
+	// LongestLineLen("Winter\nIs\nComing"): 6
+	// LongestLineLen("Mother\nOf\nDragons"): 7
+	// LongestLineLen("\x1b[33mMother\x1b[0m\nOf\nDragons"): 7
+}
+
+func TestLongestLineLen(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, LongestLineLen(""))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, LongestLineLen("\n\n"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, LongestLineLen("Ghost"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, LongestLineLen("Ghostツ"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 6, LongestLineLen("Winter\nIs\nComing"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, LongestLineLen("Mother\nOf\nDragons"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, LongestLineLen("\x1b[33mMother\x1b[0m\nOf\nDragons"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, LongestLineLen("Mother\nOf\n\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Dragons\x1b]8;;\x1b\\"))
+}
+
+func TestOverrideRuneWidthEastAsianWidth(t *testing.T) {
+	originalValue := rwCondition.EastAsianWidth
+	defer func() {
+		rwCondition.EastAsianWidth = originalValue
+	}()
+
+	OverrideRuneWidthEastAsianWidth(true)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("╋"))
+	OverrideRuneWidthEastAsianWidth(false)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("╋"))
+
+	// Note for posterity. We want the length of the box drawing character to
+	// be reported as 1. However, with an environment where LANG is set to
+	// something like 'zh_CN.UTF-8', the value being returned is 2, which breaks
+	// text alignment/padding logic in this library.
+	//
+	// If a future version of runewidth is able to address this internally and
+	// return 1 for the above, the function being tested can be marked for
+	// deprecation.
+}
+
+func ExamplePad() {
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Pad("Ghost", 0, ' '))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Pad("Ghost", 3, ' '))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Pad("Ghost", 5, ' '))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Pad("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 7, '-'))
+	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", Pad("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 10, '.'))
+
+	// Output: "Ghost"
+	// "Ghost"
+	// "Ghost"
+	// "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m--"
+	// "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m....."
+}
+
+func TestPad(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Pad("Ghost", 0, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Pad("Ghost", 3, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Pad("Ghost", 5, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost  ", Pad("Ghost", 7, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost.....", Pad("Ghost", 10, '.'))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0  ", Pad("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0", 7, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0.....", Pad("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0", 10, '.'))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\  ", Pad("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 7, ' '))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\.....", Pad("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 10, '.'))
+}
+
+func ExampleRepeatAndTrim() {
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"\", 5): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("", 5))
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 0): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 0))
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 3): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 3))
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 5): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 5))
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 7): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 7))
+	fmt.Printf("RepeatAndTrim(\"Ghost\", 10): %#v\n", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 10))
+
+	// Output: RepeatAndTrim("", 5): ""
+	// RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 0): ""
+	// RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 3): "Gho"
+	// RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 5): "Ghost"
+	// RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 7): "GhostGh"
+	// RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 10): "GhostGhost"
+}
+
+func TestRepeatAndTrim(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", RepeatAndTrim("", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "GhostGh", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 7))
+	assert.Equal(t, "GhostGhost", RepeatAndTrim("Ghost", 10))
+	assert.Equal(t, "───", RepeatAndTrim("─", 3))
+}
+
+func ExampleRuneCount() {
+	fmt.Printf("RuneCount(\"\"): %d\n", RuneCount(""))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneCount(\"Ghost\"): %d\n", RuneCount("Ghost"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneCount(\"Ghostツ\"): %d\n", RuneCount("Ghostツ"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneCount(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\"): %d\n", RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneCount(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0\"): %d\n", RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"))
+
+	// Output: RuneCount(""): 0
+	// RuneCount("Ghost"): 5
+	// RuneCount("Ghostツ"): 7
+	// RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"): 5
+	// RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"): 5
+}
+
+func TestRuneCount(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, RuneCount(""))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneCount("Ghost"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, RuneCount("Ghostツ"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneCount("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneCount("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\"))
+}
+
+func ExampleRuneWidth() {
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidth('A'): %d\n", RuneWidth('A'))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidth('ツ'): %d\n", RuneWidth('ツ'))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidth('⊙'): %d\n", RuneWidth('⊙'))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidth('︿'): %d\n", RuneWidth('︿'))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidth(rune(27)): %d\n", RuneWidth(rune(27))) // ANSI escape sequence
+
+	// Output: RuneWidth('A'): 1
+	// RuneWidth('ツ'): 2
+	// RuneWidth('⊙'): 1
+	// RuneWidth('︿'): 2
+	// RuneWidth(rune(27)): 0
+}
+
+func TestRuneWidth(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, RuneWidth('A'))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, RuneWidth('ツ'))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, RuneWidth('⊙'))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, RuneWidth('︿'))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, RuneWidth(rune(27))) // ANSI escape sequence
+}
+
+func ExampleRuneWidthWithoutEscSequences() {
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(\"\"): %d\n", RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(""))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(\"Ghost\"): %d\n", RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghost"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(\"Ghostツ\"): %d\n", RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghostツ"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\"): %d\n", RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"))
+	fmt.Printf("RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0\"): %d\n", RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"))
+
+	// Output: RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(""): 0
+	// RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghost"): 5
+	// RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghostツ"): 7
+	// RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"): 5
+	// RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"): 5
+}
+
+func TestRuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(""))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghost"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("Ghostツ"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\"))
+}
+
+func ExampleSnip() {
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"Ghost\", 0, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("Ghost", 0, "~"))
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"Ghost\", 1, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("Ghost", 1, "~"))
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"Ghost\", 3, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("Ghost", 3, "~"))
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"Ghost\", 5, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("Ghost", 5, "~"))
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"Ghost\", 7, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("Ghost", 7, "~"))
+	fmt.Printf("Snip(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", 7, \"~\"): %#v\n", Snip("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 7, "~"))
+
+	// Output: Snip("Ghost", 0, "~"): "Ghost"
+	// Snip("Ghost", 1, "~"): "~"
+	// Snip("Ghost", 3, "~"): "Gh~"
+	// Snip("Ghost", 5, "~"): "Ghost"
+	// Snip("Ghost", 7, "~"): "Ghost"
+	// Snip("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 7, "~"): "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestSnip(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Snip("Ghost", 0, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "~", Snip("Ghost", 1, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gh~", Snip("Ghost", 3, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Snip("Ghost", 5, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Snip("Ghost", 7, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", Snip("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 7, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", Snip("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 7, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Gh\x1b]8;;\x1b\\~", Snip("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 3, "~"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33m\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Gh\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\x1b[0m~", Snip("\x1b[33m\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\x1b[0m", 3, "~"))
+}
+
+func ExampleTrim() {
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"Ghost\", 0): %#v\n", Trim("Ghost", 0))
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"Ghost\", 3): %#v\n", Trim("Ghost", 3))
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"Ghost\", 6): %#v\n", Trim("Ghost", 6))
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", 0): %#v\n", Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 0))
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", 3): %#v\n", Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 3))
+	fmt.Printf("Trim(\"\\x1b[33mGhost\\x1b[0m\", 6): %#v\n", Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 6))
+
+	// Output: Trim("Ghost", 0): ""
+	// Trim("Ghost", 3): "Gho"
+	// Trim("Ghost", 6): "Ghost"
+	// Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 0): ""
+	// Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 3): "\x1b[33mGho\x1b[0m"
+	// Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 6): "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m"
+}
+
+func TestTrim(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", Trim("Ghost", 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho", Trim("Ghost", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", Trim("Ghost", 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGho\x1b[0m", Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", Trim("\x1b[33mGhost\x1b[0m", 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Gho\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", Trim("\x1b]8;;http://example.com\x1b\\Ghost\x1b]8;;\x1b\\", 3))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/transformer.go b/helper/text/transformer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..872d663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/transformer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Transformer related constants
+const (
+	unixTimeMinMilliseconds = int64(10000000000)
+	unixTimeMinMicroseconds = unixTimeMinMilliseconds * 1000
+	unixTimeMinNanoSeconds  = unixTimeMinMicroseconds * 1000
+)
+
+// Transformer related variables
+var (
+	colorsNumberPositive = Colors{FgHiGreen}
+	colorsNumberNegative = Colors{FgHiRed}
+	colorsNumberZero     = Colors{}
+	colorsURL            = Colors{Underline, FgBlue}
+	rfc3339Milli         = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z07:00"
+	rfc3339Micro         = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000000Z07:00"
+
+	possibleTimeLayouts = []string{
+		time.RFC3339,
+		rfc3339Milli, // strfmt.DateTime.String()'s default layout
+		rfc3339Micro,
+		time.RFC3339Nano,
+	}
+)
+
+// Transformer helps format the contents of an object to the user's liking.
+type Transformer func(val interface{}) string
+
+// NewNumberTransformer returns a number Transformer that:
+//   * transforms the number as directed by 'format' (ex.: %.2f)
+//   * colors negative values Red
+//   * colors positive values Green
+func NewNumberTransformer(format string) Transformer {
+	return func(val interface{}) string {
+		if valStr := transformInt(format, val); valStr != "" {
+			return valStr
+		}
+		if valStr := transformUint(format, val); valStr != "" {
+			return valStr
+		}
+		if valStr := transformFloat(format, val); valStr != "" {
+			return valStr
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprint(val)
+	}
+}
+
+func transformInt(format string, val interface{}) string {
+	transform := func(val int64) string {
+		if val < 0 {
+			return colorsNumberNegative.Sprintf("-"+format, -val)
+		}
+		if val > 0 {
+			return colorsNumberPositive.Sprintf(format, val)
+		}
+		return colorsNumberZero.Sprintf(format, val)
+	}
+
+	if number, ok := val.(int); ok {
+		return transform(int64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(int8); ok {
+		return transform(int64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(int16); ok {
+		return transform(int64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(int32); ok {
+		return transform(int64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(int64); ok {
+		return transform(int64(number))
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func transformUint(format string, val interface{}) string {
+	transform := func(val uint64) string {
+		if val > 0 {
+			return colorsNumberPositive.Sprintf(format, val)
+		}
+		return colorsNumberZero.Sprintf(format, val)
+	}
+
+	if number, ok := val.(uint); ok {
+		return transform(uint64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(uint8); ok {
+		return transform(uint64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(uint16); ok {
+		return transform(uint64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(uint32); ok {
+		return transform(uint64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(uint64); ok {
+		return transform(uint64(number))
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func transformFloat(format string, val interface{}) string {
+	transform := func(val float64) string {
+		if val < 0 {
+			return colorsNumberNegative.Sprintf("-"+format, -val)
+		}
+		if val > 0 {
+			return colorsNumberPositive.Sprintf(format, val)
+		}
+		return colorsNumberZero.Sprintf(format, val)
+	}
+
+	if number, ok := val.(float32); ok {
+		return transform(float64(number))
+	}
+	if number, ok := val.(float64); ok {
+		return transform(float64(number))
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// NewJSONTransformer returns a Transformer that can format a JSON string or an
+// object into pretty-indented JSON-strings.
+func NewJSONTransformer(prefix string, indent string) Transformer {
+	return func(val interface{}) string {
+		if valStr, ok := val.(string); ok {
+			var b bytes.Buffer
+			if err := json.Indent(&b, []byte(strings.TrimSpace(valStr)), prefix, indent); err == nil {
+				return string(b.Bytes())
+			}
+		} else if b, err := json.MarshalIndent(val, prefix, indent); err == nil {
+			return string(b)
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", val)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewTimeTransformer returns a Transformer that can format a timestamp (a
+// time.Time) into a well-defined time format defined using the provided layout
+// (ex.: time.RFC3339).
+//
+// If a non-nil location value is provided, the time will be localized to that
+// location (use time.Local to get localized timestamps).
+func NewTimeTransformer(layout string, location *time.Location) Transformer {
+	return func(val interface{}) string {
+		rsp := fmt.Sprint(val)
+		if valTime, ok := val.(time.Time); ok {
+			rsp = formatTime(valTime, layout, location)
+		} else {
+			// cycle through some supported layouts to see if the string form
+			// of the object matches any of these layouts
+			for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+				if valTime, err := time.Parse(possibleTimeLayout, rsp); err == nil {
+					rsp = formatTime(valTime, layout, location)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return rsp
+	}
+}
+
+// NewUnixTimeTransformer returns a Transformer that can format a unix-timestamp
+// into a well-defined time format as defined by 'layout'. This can handle
+// unix-time in Seconds, MilliSeconds, Microseconds and Nanoseconds.
+//
+// If a non-nil location value is provided, the time will be localized to that
+// location (use time.Local to get localized timestamps).
+func NewUnixTimeTransformer(layout string, location *time.Location) Transformer {
+	transformer := NewTimeTransformer(layout, location)
+
+	return func(val interface{}) string {
+		if unixTime, ok := val.(int64); ok {
+			return formatTimeUnix(unixTime, transformer)
+		} else if unixTimeStr, ok := val.(string); ok {
+			if unixTime, err := strconv.ParseInt(unixTimeStr, 10, 64); err == nil {
+				return formatTimeUnix(unixTime, transformer)
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprint(val)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewURLTransformer returns a Transformer that can format and pretty print a string
+// that contains a URL (the text is underlined and colored Blue).
+func NewURLTransformer(colors ...Color) Transformer {
+	colorsToUse := colorsURL
+	if len(colors) > 0 {
+		colorsToUse = colors
+	}
+
+	return func(val interface{}) string {
+		return colorsToUse.Sprint(val)
+	}
+}
+
+func formatTime(t time.Time, layout string, location *time.Location) string {
+	rsp := ""
+	if t.Unix() > 0 {
+		if location != nil {
+			t = t.In(location)
+		}
+		rsp = t.Format(layout)
+	}
+	return rsp
+}
+
+func formatTimeUnix(unixTime int64, timeTransformer Transformer) string {
+	if unixTime >= unixTimeMinNanoSeconds {
+		unixTime = unixTime / time.Second.Nanoseconds()
+	} else if unixTime >= unixTimeMinMicroseconds {
+		unixTime = unixTime / (time.Second.Nanoseconds() / 1000)
+	} else if unixTime >= unixTimeMinMilliseconds {
+		unixTime = unixTime / (time.Second.Nanoseconds() / 1000000)
+	}
+	return timeTransformer(time.Unix(unixTime, 0))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/transformer_test.go b/helper/text/transformer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b42aea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/transformer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewNumberTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	signColorsMap := map[string]Colors{
+		"negative": colorsNumberNegative,
+		"positive": colorsNumberPositive,
+		"zero":     nil,
+		"nil":      nil,
+	}
+	colorValuesMap := map[string]map[interface{}]string{
+		"negative": {
+			int(-5):           "%05d",
+			int8(-5):          "%05d",
+			int16(-5):         "%05d",
+			int32(-5):         "%05d",
+			int64(-5):         "%05d",
+			float32(-5.55555): "%08.2f",
+			float64(-5.55555): "%08.2f",
+		},
+		"positive": {
+			int(5):           "%05d",
+			int8(5):          "%05d",
+			int16(5):         "%05d",
+			int32(5):         "%05d",
+			int64(5):         "%05d",
+			uint(5):          "%05d",
+			uint8(5):         "%05d",
+			uint16(5):        "%05d",
+			uint32(5):        "%05d",
+			uint64(5):        "%05d",
+			float32(5.55555): "%08.2f",
+			float64(5.55555): "%08.2f",
+		},
+		"zero": {
+			int(0):           "%05d",
+			int8(0):          "%05d",
+			int16(0):         "%05d",
+			int32(0):         "%05d",
+			int64(0):         "%05d",
+			uint(0):          "%05d",
+			uint8(0):         "%05d",
+			uint16(0):        "%05d",
+			uint32(0):        "%05d",
+			uint64(0):        "%05d",
+			float32(0.00000): "%08.2f",
+			float64(0.00000): "%08.2f",
+		},
+		"nil": {
+			nil: "%v",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for sign, valuesFormatMap := range colorValuesMap {
+		for value, format := range valuesFormatMap {
+			transformer := NewNumberTransformer(format)
+			expected := signColorsMap[sign].Sprintf(format, value)
+			if sign == "negative" {
+				expected = strings.Replace(expected, "-0", "-00", 1)
+			}
+			actual := transformer(value)
+			var kind reflect.Kind
+			if value != nil {
+				kind = reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind()
+			}
+			message := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s: expected=%v, actual=%v; format=%#v",
+				sign, kind, expected, actual, format)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, actual, message)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// invalid input
+	assert.Equal(t, "foo", NewNumberTransformer("%05d")("foo"))
+}
+
+type jsonTest struct {
+	Foo string       `json:"foo"`
+	Bar int32        `json:"bar"`
+	Baz float64      `json:"baz"`
+	Nan jsonNestTest `json:"nan"`
+}
+
+type jsonNestTest struct {
+	A string
+	B int32
+	C float64
+}
+
+func TestNewJSONTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	transformer := NewJSONTransformer("", "    ")
+
+	// instance of a struct
+	inputObj := jsonTest{
+		Foo: "fooooooo",
+		Bar: 13,
+		Baz: 3.14,
+		Nan: jsonNestTest{
+			A: "a",
+			B: 2,
+			C: 3.0,
+		},
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `{
+    "foo": "fooooooo",
+    "bar": 13,
+    "baz": 3.14,
+    "nan": {
+        "A": "a",
+        "B": 2,
+        "C": 3
+    }
+}`
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutput, transformer(inputObj))
+
+	// numbers
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", transformer(int(1)))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1.2345", transformer(float32(1.2345)))
+
+	// slices
+	assert.Equal(t, "[\n    1,\n    2,\n    3\n]", transformer([]uint{1, 2, 3}))
+
+	// strings
+	assert.Equal(t, "\"foo\"", transformer("foo"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\"{foo...\"", transformer("{foo...")) // malformed JSON
+
+	// strings with valid JSON
+	input := "{\"foo\":\"bar\",\"baz\":[1,2,3]}"
+	expectedOutput = `{
+    "foo": "bar",
+    "baz": [
+        1,
+        2,
+        3
+    ]
+}`
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedOutput, transformer(input))
+}
+
+func TestNewTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	inStr := "2010-11-12T13:14:15-07:00"
+	inTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, inStr)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer := NewTimeTransformer(time.RFC3339, location)
+	expected := "2010-11-12T12:14:15-08:00"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
+
+	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Asia/Singapore")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer = NewTimeTransformer(time.UnixDate, location)
+	expected = "Sat Nov 13 04:14:15 +08 2010"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
+
+	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Europe/London")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer = NewTimeTransformer(time.RFC3339, location)
+	expected = "2010-11-12T20:14:15Z"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inStr))
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime))
+	for _, possibleTimeLayout := range possibleTimeLayouts {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inTime.Format(possibleTimeLayout)), possibleTimeLayout)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewUnixTimeTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	inStr := "2010-11-12T13:14:15-07:00"
+	inTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, inStr)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	inUnixTime := inTime.Unix()
+
+	location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer := NewUnixTimeTransformer(time.RFC3339, location)
+	expected := "2010-11-12T12:14:15-08:00"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(fmt.Sprint(inUnixTime)), "seconds in string")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime), "seconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000), "milliseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000), "microseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000000), "nanoseconds")
+
+	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Asia/Singapore")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer = NewUnixTimeTransformer(time.UnixDate, location)
+	expected = "Sat Nov 13 04:14:15 +08 2010"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(fmt.Sprint(inUnixTime)), "seconds in string")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime), "seconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000), "milliseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000), "microseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000000), "nanoseconds")
+
+	location, err = time.LoadLocation("Europe/London")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	transformer = NewUnixTimeTransformer(time.RFC3339, location)
+	expected = "2010-11-12T20:14:15Z"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(fmt.Sprint(inUnixTime)), "seconds in string")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime), "seconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000), "milliseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000), "microseconds")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, transformer(inUnixTime*1000000000), "nanoseconds")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "0.123456", transformer(float32(0.123456)))
+}
+
+func TestNewURLTransformer(t *testing.T) {
+	url := "https://winter.is.coming"
+
+	transformer := NewURLTransformer()
+	assert.Equal(t, colorsURL.Sprint(url), transformer(url))
+
+	transformer2 := NewURLTransformer(FgRed, BgWhite, Bold)
+	assert.Equal(t, Colors{FgRed, BgWhite, Bold}.Sprint(url), transformer2(url))
+	assert.Equal(t, colorsURL.Sprint(url), transformer(url))
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/valign.go b/helper/text/valign.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76b1943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/valign.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package text
+
+import "strings"
+
+// VAlign denotes how text is to be aligned vertically.
+type VAlign int
+
+// VAlign enumerations
+const (
+	VAlignDefault VAlign = iota // same as VAlignTop
+	VAlignTop                   // "top\n\n"
+	VAlignMiddle                // "\nmiddle\n"
+	VAlignBottom                // "\n\nbottom"
+)
+
+// Apply aligns the lines vertically. For ex.:
+//  * VAlignTop.Apply({"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},    5)
+// 	    returns {"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+//  * VAlignMiddle.Apply({"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5)
+// 	    returns {"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""}
+//  * VAlignBottom.Apply({"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5)
+// 	    returns {"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"}
+func (va VAlign) Apply(lines []string, maxLines int) []string {
+	if len(lines) == maxLines {
+		return lines
+	} else if len(lines) > maxLines {
+		maxLines = len(lines)
+	}
+
+	insertIdx := 0
+	if va == VAlignMiddle {
+		insertIdx = int(maxLines-len(lines)) / 2
+	} else if va == VAlignBottom {
+		insertIdx = maxLines - len(lines)
+	}
+
+	linesOut := strings.Split(strings.Repeat("\n", maxLines-1), "\n")
+	for idx, line := range lines {
+		linesOut[idx+insertIdx] = line
+	}
+	return linesOut
+}
+
+// ApplyStr aligns the string (of 1 or more lines) vertically. For ex.:
+//  * VAlignTop.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones",    5)
+// 	    returns {"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+//  * VAlignMiddle.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5)
+// 	    returns {"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""}
+//  * VAlignBottom.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5)
+// 	    returns {"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"}
+func (va VAlign) ApplyStr(text string, maxLines int) []string {
+	return va.Apply(strings.Split(text, "\n"), maxLines)
+}
+
+// HTMLProperty returns the equivalent HTML vertical-align tag property.
+func (va VAlign) HTMLProperty() string {
+	switch va {
+	case VAlignTop:
+		return "valign=\"top\""
+	case VAlignMiddle:
+		return "valign=\"middle\""
+	case VAlignBottom:
+		return "valign=\"bottom\""
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/valign_test.go b/helper/text/valign_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d641b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/valign_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleVAlign_Apply() {
+	lines := []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}
+	maxLines := 5
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignDefault: %#v\n", VAlignDefault.Apply(lines, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignTop    : %#v\n", VAlignTop.Apply(lines, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignMiddle : %#v\n", VAlignMiddle.Apply(lines, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignBottom : %#v\n", VAlignBottom.Apply(lines, maxLines))
+
+	// Output: VAlignDefault: []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+	// VAlignTop    : []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+	// VAlignMiddle : []string{"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""}
+	// VAlignBottom : []string{"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"}
+}
+
+func TestVAlign_Apply(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignDefault.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignDefault.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""},
+		VAlignDefault.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignTop.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignTop.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""},
+		VAlignTop.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignMiddle.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignMiddle.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""},
+		VAlignMiddle.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignBottom.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignBottom.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignBottom.Apply([]string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones"}, 5))
+}
+
+func ExampleVAlign_ApplyStr() {
+	str := "Game\nOf\nThrones"
+	maxLines := 5
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignDefault: %#v\n", VAlignDefault.ApplyStr(str, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignTop    : %#v\n", VAlignTop.ApplyStr(str, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignMiddle : %#v\n", VAlignMiddle.ApplyStr(str, maxLines))
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignBottom : %#v\n", VAlignBottom.ApplyStr(str, maxLines))
+
+	// Output: VAlignDefault: []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+	// VAlignTop    : []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""}
+	// VAlignMiddle : []string{"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""}
+	// VAlignBottom : []string{"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"}
+}
+
+func TestVAlign_ApplyStr(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""},
+		VAlignDefault.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Game", "Of", "Thrones", "", ""},
+		VAlignTop.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"", "Game", "Of", "Thrones", ""},
+		VAlignMiddle.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"", "", "Game", "Of", "Thrones"},
+		VAlignBottom.ApplyStr("Game\nOf\nThrones", 5))
+}
+
+func ExampleVAlign_HTMLProperty() {
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignDefault: '%s'\n", VAlignDefault.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignTop    : '%s'\n", VAlignTop.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignMiddle : '%s'\n", VAlignMiddle.HTMLProperty())
+	fmt.Printf("VAlignBottom : '%s'\n", VAlignBottom.HTMLProperty())
+
+	// Output: VAlignDefault: ''
+	// VAlignTop    : 'valign="top"'
+	// VAlignMiddle : 'valign="middle"'
+	// VAlignBottom : 'valign="bottom"'
+}
+
+func TestVAlign_HTMLProperty(t *testing.T) {
+	vAligns := map[VAlign]string{
+		VAlignDefault: "",
+		VAlignTop:     "top",
+		VAlignMiddle:  "middle",
+		VAlignBottom:  "bottom",
+	}
+	for vAlign, htmlStyle := range vAligns {
+		assert.Contains(t, vAlign.HTMLProperty(), htmlStyle)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/wrap.go b/helper/text/wrap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55cb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/wrap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// WrapHard wraps a string to the given length using a newline. Handles strings
+// with ANSI escape sequences (such as text color) without breaking the text
+// formatting. Breaks all words that go beyond the line boundary.
+//
+// For examples, refer to the unit-tests or GoDoc examples.
+func WrapHard(str string, wrapLen int) string {
+	if wrapLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	str = strings.Replace(str, "\t", "    ", -1)
+	sLen := utf8.RuneCountInString(str)
+	if sLen <= wrapLen {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	out := &strings.Builder{}
+	out.Grow(sLen + (sLen / wrapLen))
+	for idx, paragraph := range strings.Split(str, "\n\n") {
+		if idx > 0 {
+			out.WriteString("\n\n")
+		}
+		wrapHard(paragraph, wrapLen, out)
+	}
+
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+// WrapSoft wraps a string to the given length using a newline. Handles strings
+// with ANSI escape sequences (such as text color) without breaking the text
+// formatting. Tries to move words that go beyond the line boundary to the next
+// line.
+//
+// For examples, refer to the unit-tests or GoDoc examples.
+func WrapSoft(str string, wrapLen int) string {
+	if wrapLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	str = strings.Replace(str, "\t", "    ", -1)
+	sLen := utf8.RuneCountInString(str)
+	if sLen <= wrapLen {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	out := &strings.Builder{}
+	out.Grow(sLen + (sLen / wrapLen))
+	for idx, paragraph := range strings.Split(str, "\n\n") {
+		if idx > 0 {
+			out.WriteString("\n\n")
+		}
+		wrapSoft(paragraph, wrapLen, out)
+	}
+
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+// WrapText is very similar to WrapHard except for one minor difference. Unlike
+// WrapHard which discards line-breaks and respects only paragraph-breaks, this
+// function respects line-breaks too.
+//
+// For examples, refer to the unit-tests or GoDoc examples.
+func WrapText(str string, wrapLen int) string {
+	if wrapLen <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var out strings.Builder
+	sLen := utf8.RuneCountInString(str)
+	out.Grow(sLen + (sLen / wrapLen))
+	lineIdx, isEscSeq, lastEscSeq := 0, false, ""
+	for _, char := range str {
+		if char == EscapeStartRune {
+			isEscSeq = true
+			lastEscSeq = ""
+		}
+		if isEscSeq {
+			lastEscSeq += string(char)
+		}
+
+		appendChar(char, wrapLen, &lineIdx, isEscSeq, lastEscSeq, &out)
+
+		if isEscSeq && char == EscapeStopRune {
+			isEscSeq = false
+		}
+		if lastEscSeq == EscapeReset {
+			lastEscSeq = ""
+		}
+	}
+	if lastEscSeq != "" && lastEscSeq != EscapeReset {
+		out.WriteString(EscapeReset)
+	}
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+func appendChar(char rune, wrapLen int, lineLen *int, inEscSeq bool, lastSeenEscSeq string, out *strings.Builder) {
+	// handle reaching the end of the line as dictated by wrapLen or by finding
+	// a newline character
+	if (*lineLen == wrapLen && !inEscSeq && char != '\n') || (char == '\n') {
+		if lastSeenEscSeq != "" {
+			// terminate escape sequence and the line; and restart the escape
+			// sequence in the next line
+			out.WriteString(EscapeReset)
+			out.WriteRune('\n')
+			out.WriteString(lastSeenEscSeq)
+		} else {
+			// just start a new line
+			out.WriteRune('\n')
+		}
+		// reset line index to 0th character
+		*lineLen = 0
+	}
+
+	// if the rune is not a new line, output it
+	if char != '\n' {
+		out.WriteRune(char)
+
+		// increment the line index if not in the middle of an escape sequence
+		if !inEscSeq {
+			*lineLen++
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func appendWord(word string, lineIdx *int, lastSeenEscSeq string, wrapLen int, out *strings.Builder) {
+	inEscSeq := false
+	for _, char := range word {
+		if char == EscapeStartRune {
+			inEscSeq = true
+			lastSeenEscSeq = ""
+		}
+		if inEscSeq {
+			lastSeenEscSeq += string(char)
+		}
+
+		appendChar(char, wrapLen, lineIdx, inEscSeq, lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+
+		if inEscSeq && char == EscapeStopRune {
+			inEscSeq = false
+		}
+		if lastSeenEscSeq == EscapeReset {
+			lastSeenEscSeq = ""
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func extractOpenEscapeSeq(str string) string {
+	escapeSeq, inEscSeq := "", false
+	for _, char := range str {
+		if char == EscapeStartRune {
+			inEscSeq = true
+			escapeSeq = ""
+		}
+		if inEscSeq {
+			escapeSeq += string(char)
+		}
+		if char == EscapeStopRune {
+			inEscSeq = false
+		}
+	}
+	if escapeSeq == EscapeReset {
+		escapeSeq = ""
+	}
+	return escapeSeq
+}
+
+func terminateLine(wrapLen int, lineLen *int, lastSeenEscSeq string, out *strings.Builder) {
+	if *lineLen < wrapLen {
+		out.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", wrapLen-*lineLen))
+	}
+	// something is already on the line; terminate it
+	if lastSeenEscSeq != "" {
+		out.WriteString(EscapeReset)
+	}
+	out.WriteRune('\n')
+	out.WriteString(lastSeenEscSeq)
+	*lineLen = 0
+}
+
+func terminateOutput(lastSeenEscSeq string, out *strings.Builder) {
+	if lastSeenEscSeq != "" && lastSeenEscSeq != EscapeReset && !strings.HasSuffix(out.String(), EscapeReset) {
+		out.WriteString(EscapeReset)
+	}
+}
+
+func wrapHard(paragraph string, wrapLen int, out *strings.Builder) {
+	lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq := 0, ""
+	words := strings.Fields(paragraph)
+	for wordIdx, word := range words {
+		escSeq := extractOpenEscapeSeq(word)
+		if escSeq != "" {
+			lastSeenEscSeq = escSeq
+		}
+		if lineLen > 0 {
+			out.WriteRune(' ')
+			lineLen++
+		}
+
+		wordLen := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(word)
+		if lineLen+wordLen <= wrapLen { // word fits within the line
+			out.WriteString(word)
+			lineLen += wordLen
+		} else { // word doesn't fit within the line; hard-wrap
+			appendWord(word, &lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, wrapLen, out)
+		}
+
+		// end of line; but more words incoming
+		if lineLen == wrapLen && wordIdx < len(words)-1 {
+			terminateLine(wrapLen, &lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+		}
+	}
+	terminateOutput(lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+}
+
+func wrapSoft(paragraph string, wrapLen int, out *strings.Builder) {
+	lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq := 0, ""
+	words := strings.Fields(paragraph)
+	for wordIdx, word := range words {
+		escSeq := extractOpenEscapeSeq(word)
+		if escSeq != "" {
+			lastSeenEscSeq = escSeq
+		}
+
+		spacing, spacingLen := wrapSoftSpacing(lineLen)
+		wordLen := RuneWidthWithoutEscSequences(word)
+		if lineLen+spacingLen+wordLen <= wrapLen { // word fits within the line
+			out.WriteString(spacing)
+			out.WriteString(word)
+			lineLen += spacingLen + wordLen
+		} else { // word doesn't fit within the line
+			lineLen = wrapSoftLastWordInLine(wrapLen, lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, wordLen, word, out)
+		}
+
+		// end of line; but more words incoming
+		if lineLen == wrapLen && wordIdx < len(words)-1 {
+			terminateLine(wrapLen, &lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+		}
+	}
+	terminateOutput(lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+}
+
+func wrapSoftLastWordInLine(wrapLen int, lineLen int, lastSeenEscSeq string, wordLen int, word string, out *strings.Builder) int {
+	if lineLen > 0 { // something is already on the line; terminate it
+		terminateLine(wrapLen, &lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, out)
+	}
+	if wordLen <= wrapLen { // word fits within a single line
+		out.WriteString(word)
+		lineLen = wordLen
+	} else { // word doesn't fit within a single line; hard-wrap
+		appendWord(word, &lineLen, lastSeenEscSeq, wrapLen, out)
+	}
+	return lineLen
+}
+
+func wrapSoftSpacing(lineLen int) (string, int) {
+	spacing, spacingLen := "", 0
+	if lineLen > 0 {
+		spacing, spacingLen = " ", 1
+	}
+	return spacing, spacingLen
+}
diff --git a/helper/text/wrap_test.go b/helper/text/wrap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cca619d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/text/wrap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package text
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func ExampleWrapHard() {
+	str := `The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
+
+A big crocodile died empty-fanged, gulping horribly in jerking kicking little
+motions. Nonchalant old Peter Quinn ruthlessly shot the under-water vermin with
+Xavier yelling Zap!`
+	strWrapped := WrapHard(str, 30)
+	for idx, line := range strings.Split(strWrapped, "\n") {
+		fmt.Printf("Line #%02d: '%s'\n", idx+1, line)
+	}
+
+	// Output: Line #01: 'The quick brown fox jumped ove'
+	// Line #02: 'r the lazy dog.'
+	// Line #03: ''
+	// Line #04: 'A big crocodile died empty-fan'
+	// Line #05: 'ged, gulping horribly in jerki'
+	// Line #06: 'ng kicking little motions. Non'
+	// Line #07: 'chalant old Peter Quinn ruthle'
+	// Line #08: 'ssly shot the under-water verm'
+	// Line #09: 'in with Xavier yelling Zap!'
+}
+
+func TestWrapHard(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", WrapHard("Ghost", 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "G\nh\no\ns\nt", WrapHard("Ghost", 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gh\nos\nt", WrapHard("Ghost", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho\nst", WrapHard("Ghost", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghos\nt", WrapHard("Ghost", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapHard("Ghost", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapHard("Ghost", 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn \nSn\now", WrapHard("Jon\nSnow", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn \nSn\now", WrapHard("Jon\nSnow\n", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon\nSno\nw", WrapHard("Jon\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon i\ns a S\nnow", WrapHard("Jon is a Snow", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw", WrapHard("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw", WrapHard("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw\x1b[0m", WrapHard("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw\x1b[0m", WrapHard("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw \x1b[0m", WrapHard("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n\x1b[0m", 3))
+
+	complexIn := "+---+------+-------+------+\n| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |\n+---+------+-------+------+"
+	assert.Equal(t, complexIn, WrapHard(complexIn, 27))
+}
+
+func ExampleWrapSoft() {
+	str := `The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
+
+A big crocodile died empty-fanged, gulping horribly in jerking kicking little
+motions. Nonchalant old Peter Quinn ruthlessly shot the under-water vermin with
+Xavier yelling Zap!`
+	strWrapped := WrapSoft(str, 30)
+	for idx, line := range strings.Split(strWrapped, "\n") {
+		fmt.Printf("Line #%02d: '%s'\n", idx+1, line)
+	}
+
+	// Output: Line #01: 'The quick brown fox jumped    '
+	// Line #02: 'over the lazy dog.'
+	// Line #03: ''
+	// Line #04: 'A big crocodile died          '
+	// Line #05: 'empty-fanged, gulping horribly'
+	// Line #06: 'in jerking kicking little     '
+	// Line #07: 'motions. Nonchalant old Peter '
+	// Line #08: 'Quinn ruthlessly shot the     '
+	// Line #09: 'under-water vermin with Xavier'
+	// Line #10: 'yelling Zap!'
+}
+
+func TestWrapSoft(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", WrapSoft("Ghost", 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "G\nh\no\ns\nt", WrapSoft("Ghost", 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gh\nos\nt", WrapSoft("Ghost", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho\nst", WrapSoft("Ghost", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghos\nt", WrapSoft("Ghost", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapSoft("Ghost", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapSoft("Ghost", 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn \nSn\now", WrapSoft("Jon\nSnow", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn \nSn\now", WrapSoft("Jon\nSnow\n", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon\nSno\nw", WrapSoft("Jon\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon \nSnow", WrapSoft("Jon\nSnow", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon \nSnow", WrapSoft("Jon\nSnow\n", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon  \nis a \nSnow", WrapSoft("Jon is a Snow", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw\x1b[0m", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw\x1b[0m", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSno\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mw \x1b[0m", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n\x1b[0m", 3))
+
+	complexIn := "+---+------+-------+------+\n| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |\n+---+------+-------+------+"
+	assert.Equal(t, complexIn, WrapSoft(complexIn, 27))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon \x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSnow\x1b[0m", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon \x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mSnow\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m???\x1b[0m", WrapSoft("\x1b[33mJon Snow???\x1b[0m", 4))
+}
+
+func ExampleWrapText() {
+	str := `The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
+
+A big crocodile died empty-fanged, gulping horribly in jerking kicking little
+motions. Nonchalant old Peter Quinn ruthlessly shot the under-water vermin with
+Xavier yelling Zap!`
+	strWrapped := WrapText(str, 30)
+	for idx, line := range strings.Split(strWrapped, "\n") {
+		fmt.Printf("Line #%02d: '%s'\n", idx+1, line)
+	}
+
+	// Output: Line #01: 'The quick brown fox jumped ove'
+	// Line #02: 'r the lazy dog.'
+	// Line #03: ''
+	// Line #04: 'A big crocodile died empty-fan'
+	// Line #05: 'ged, gulping horribly in jerki'
+	// Line #06: 'ng kicking little'
+	// Line #07: 'motions. Nonchalant old Peter '
+	// Line #08: 'Quinn ruthlessly shot the unde'
+	// Line #09: 'r-water vermin with'
+	// Line #10: 'Xavier yelling Zap!'
+}
+
+func TestWrapText(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "", WrapText("Ghost", 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "G\nh\no\ns\nt", WrapText("Ghost", 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gh\nos\nt", WrapText("Ghost", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Gho\nst", WrapText("Ghost", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghos\nt", WrapText("Ghost", 4))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapText("Ghost", 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Ghost", WrapText("Ghost", 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn\nSn\now", WrapText("Jon\nSnow", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jo\nn\nSn\now\n", WrapText("Jon\nSnow\n", 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Jon\nSno\nw\n", WrapText("Jon\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw", WrapText("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSno\nw\n", WrapText("\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\nSnow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m Sn\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mow\x1b[0m", WrapText("\x1b[33mJon Snow\x1b[0m", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m Sn\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mow\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", WrapText("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n", 3))
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[33mJon\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m Sn\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33mow\x1b[0m\n\x1b[33m\x1b[0m", WrapText("\x1b[33mJon Snow\n\x1b[0m", 3))
+
+	complexIn := "+---+------+-------+------+\n| 1 | Arya | Stark | 3000 |\n+---+------+-------+------+"
+	assert.Equal(t, complexIn, WrapText(complexIn, 27))
+}