diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 97283ce..a022e05 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ <h4>The jQuery</h4>
 
 				<h4>The Result</h4>
 				<div id="demo1" class="demo">
-					<h1>Rainbow</h1>
+					<h1>Rainbow 🌈</h1>
 				</div>
 				
 			</section>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ <h2>Words</h2>
 
 			<h4>The Result</h4>
 				<div id="demo2" class="demo">
-					<h1>Hi, Multi Color</h1>
+					<h1>Hi, Multi Color 😎</h1>
 				</div>
 			</section>
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ <h2>Lines</h2>
 
 			<h4>The Result</h4>
 				<div id="demo3" class="demo">
-					<p>This is an amazing<br/> Revolution in Typography. <br/> The possibilities are endless: <br/> Coloring, Vertical spacing, and Kerning.</p>
+					<p>This is amazing!😂😂<br/>Revolution in Typography. <br/> The possibilities are endless: <br/> Coloring, Vertical spacing, and Kerning.</p>
 				</div>
 			</section>
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ <h2>Advanced #2: Chaining and Styling</h2>
 	.children("span").css({'display':'inline-block', '-webkit-transform':'rotate(-25deg)'});</pre></code>
 			<h4>The Result</h4>
 				<div id="demo5" class="demo">
-					<h1>WOOOoo!</h1>
+					<h1>WOOOoo!😎</h1>
 				</div>
 			</section>
 
diff --git a/jquery.lettering.js b/jquery.lettering.js
index 70aae46..9dfd8a2 100644
--- a/jquery.lettering.js
+++ b/jquery.lettering.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 * Date: Mon Sep 20 17:14:00 2010 -0600
 */
 (function($){
-	function injector(t, splitter, klass, after) {
+	function injector(t, splitter, klass, after, match) {
 		var text = t.text()
-		, a = text.split(splitter)
+		, a = match ? text.match(splitter) : text.split(splitter)
 		, inject = '';
 		if (a.length) {
 			$(a).each(function(i, item) {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		init : function() {
 
 			return this.each(function() {
-				injector($(this), '', 'char', '');
+				injector($(this), /([\u0000-\u007F])|([^\u0000-\u007F]+)/g, 'char', '', true);
 			});
 
 		},
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		words : function() {
 
 			return this.each(function() {
-				injector($(this), ' ', 'word', ' ');
+				injector($(this), /\s/g, 'word', ' ', false);
 			});
 
 		},
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 				injector($(this).children("br").replaceWith(r).end(), r, 'line', '');
 			});
 
+
 		}
 	};