diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/graphics/TextLayout.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/graphics/TextLayout.java
index 4ec71e5988b..b7e8663a011 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/graphics/TextLayout.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/graphics/TextLayout.java	
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  */
 public final class TextLayout extends Resource {
 	Font font;
-	String text, segmentsText;
+	String text, segmentsText, originalText;
 	int lineSpacingInPoints;
 	int ascent, descent;
 	int alignment;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public TextLayout (Device device) {
 	styles[0] = new StyleItem();
 	styles[1] = new StyleItem();
 	stylesCount = 2;
-	text = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	text = originalText = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	long[] ppv = new long[1];
 	OS.OleInitialize(0);
 	if (COM.CoCreateInstance(COM.CLSID_CMultiLanguage, 0, COM.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, COM.IID_IMLangFontLink2, ppv) == OS.S_OK) {
@@ -2956,15 +2956,11 @@ StyleItem[] merge (long items, int itemCount) {
 			linkBefore = false;
 		}
 		char ch = segmentsText.charAt(start);
-		switch (ch) {
-			case '\r':
-			case '\n':
-				item.lineBreak = true;
-				break;
-			case '\t':
-				item.tab = true;
-				break;
+		if (ch == '\r' && start + 1 < end) {
+			ch = segmentsText.charAt(start + 1);
 		}
+		item.lineBreak = ch == '\n';
+		item.tab = ch == '\t';
 		if (itemLimit == -1) {
 			nextItemIndex = itemIndex + 1;
 			OS.MoveMemory(scriptItem, items + nextItemIndex * SCRIPT_ITEM.sizeof, SCRIPT_ITEM.sizeof);
@@ -3455,6 +3451,22 @@ public void setStyle (TextStyle style, int start, int end) {
 	int length = text.length();
 	if (length == 0) return;
 	if (start > end) return;
+
+	int startCount = 0;
+	int endCount = 0;
+	for (int crIndex = originalText.indexOf('\r', 0); crIndex >= 0; crIndex = originalText.indexOf('\r', crIndex + 1)) {
+		if (crIndex < start) {
+			++startCount;
+		} else if (crIndex <= end) {
+			++endCount;
+		} else {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	endCount = endCount + startCount;
+	start -= startCount;
+	end -= endCount;
+
 	start = Math.min(Math.max(0, start), length - 1);
 	end = Math.min(Math.max(0, end), length - 1);
 	int low = -1;
@@ -3568,6 +3580,8 @@ public void setTabs (int[] tabs) {
  */
 public void setText (String text) {
 	checkLayout();
+	this.originalText = text;
+	text = text.replace("\r", "");
 	if (text == null) SWT.error(SWT.ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT);
 	if (text.equals(this.text)) return;
 	freeRuns();
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.swt.tests/ManualTests/org/eclipse/swt/tests/manual/Issue184_CarriageReturnHandled.java b/tests/org.eclipse.swt.tests/ManualTests/org/eclipse/swt/tests/manual/Issue184_CarriageReturnHandled.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6380fd8d3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.swt.tests/ManualTests/org/eclipse/swt/tests/manual/Issue184_CarriageReturnHandled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package org.eclipse.swt.tests.manual;
+
+/*
+ * TextLayout example snippet: text with underline and strike through
+ *
+ * For a list of all SWT example snippets see
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
+ *
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+import org.eclipse.swt.*;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;
+
+public class Issue184_CarriageReturnHandled {
+
+	private static FontData[] getFontData(Font font, int style) {
+		FontData[] fontDatas = font.getFontData();
+		for (FontData fontData : fontDatas) {
+			fontData.setStyle(style);
+		}
+		return fontDatas;
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		Display display = new Display();
+		final Shell shell = new Shell(display, SWT.SHELL_TRIM | SWT.DOUBLE_BUFFERED);
+		shell.setText("Underline, Strike Out");
+		String text1 = "\r\nde\nep\rika\r\rudaya\n\ngiri\r";
+
+		FontData[] fontData = getFontData(shell.getFont(), SWT.BOLD);
+		Font font = new Font(shell.getDisplay(), fontData);
+
+		FontData[] fontData1 = getFontData(shell.getFont(), SWT.ITALIC | SWT.BOLD);
+		Font font1 = new Font(shell.getDisplay(), fontData1);
+
+		FontData[] fontData2 = getFontData(shell.getFont(), SWT.BOLD);
+		Font font2 = new Font(shell.getDisplay(), fontData2);
+
+		final TextLayout layout = new TextLayout(display);
+		layout.setText(text1);
+
+		TextStyle style1 = new TextStyle(font, null, null);
+		layout.setStyle(style1, 3, 7); // eep in bold
+
+		TextStyle style2 = new TextStyle(font1, null, null);
+		layout.setStyle(style2, 12, 18); // udaya in bold
+
+		TextStyle style3 = new TextStyle(font2, null, null);
+		layout.setStyle(style3, 21, 24); // iri in bold
+
+		int[] offsets = layout.getLineOffsets();
+		shell.addListener(SWT.Paint, event -> {
+			Point point = new Point(10, 10);
+			int width = shell.getClientArea().width - 2 * point.x;
+			layout.setWidth(width);
+			layout.draw(event.gc, point.x, point.y);
+		});
+		shell.setSize(400, 300);
+		shell.open();
+		while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
+			if (!display.readAndDispatch())
+				display.sleep();
+		}
+		layout.dispose();
+		display.dispose();
+	}
+}