diff -r 84bab99dda50 -r 8e38caf43ca8 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 14:40:48 2015 +0200
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Sat Aug 15 16:12:06 2015 +0200
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import info.globalcode.sql.dk.ColorfulPrintWriter;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.ColorfulPrintWriter.*;
+import info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.lpad;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.rpad;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.repeat;
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.CommonProperties.COLORFUL;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.formatting.CommonProperties.COLORFUL_DESCRIPTION;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@
 	private static final String HEADER_TYPE_SUFFIX = ")";
 	public static final String PROPERTY_ASCII = "ascii";
 	public static final String PROPERTY_TRIM = "trim";
-	private static final String NBSP = " ";
-	private static final Pattern whitespaceToReplace = Pattern.compile("\\n|\\r|\\t|" + NBSP);
 	protected ColorfulPrintWriter out;
 	private boolean firstResult = true;
 	private int[] columnWidth;
@@ -165,8 +162,7 @@
 			printTableBorder(" │ ");
 		}
 
-		String valueString = toString(value);
-		printValueWithWhitespaceReplaced(valueString);
+		Functions.printValueWithWhitespaceReplaced(out, toString(value), TerminalColor.Cyan, TerminalColor.Red);
 
 		if (isCurrentColumnLast()) {
 			printTableBorder(" │");
@@ -277,36 +273,4 @@
 	protected void printTableIndent() {
 		out.print(" ");
 	}
-
-	protected void printValueWithWhitespaceReplaced(String valueString) {
-
-		Matcher m = whitespaceToReplace.matcher(valueString);
-
-		int start = 0;
-		while (m.find(start)) {
-
-			out.print(TerminalColor.Cyan, valueString.substring(start, m.start()));
-
-			switch (m.group()) {
-				case "\n":
-					out.print(TerminalColor.Red, "↲");
-					break;
-				case "\r":
-					out.print(TerminalColor.Red, "⏎");
-					break;
-				case "\t":
-					out.print(TerminalColor.Red, "↹");
-					break;
-				case NBSP:
-					out.print(TerminalColor.Red, "⎵");
-					break;
-				default:
-					throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected whitespace token: „" + m.group() + "“");
-			}
-
-			start = m.end();
-		}
-
-		out.print(TerminalColor.Cyan, valueString.substring(start, valueString.length()));
-	}
 }