diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index c0818ad..bd002b8 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2 h1:5lPfLTTAvAbtS0VqT+94yOtFnGfUWYyx0+iToC3Os3s=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iVP4YcDBq+n/5fb23BhYFvIMq/leAFZyRl6bYmGDlGc=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b h1:1XF24mVaiu7u+CFywTdcDo2ie1pzzhwjt6RHqzpMU34=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b/go.mod h1:fQuZ0gauxyBcmsdE3ZT4NasjaRdxmbCS0jRHsrWu3Ho=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.1.0/go.mod h1:I9bWAt7QTg/que/qmUCJBGlj7wEq8OAFBjPNjc6xK4I=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68/go.mod h1:Xk+z4oIWdQqJzsxyjgl3P22oYZnHdZ8FFTHAQQt5BMQ=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 h1:IFsN6K9NfGtjeggFP+68I4chLZV2yIKsXJFNZ+eWh6s=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 760bb34..68ec138 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.13
 require (
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.2
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12
+	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.8.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f20a630..e35987b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10 h1:CoZ3S2P7pvtP45xOtBw+/mDL2z0RKI576gSkzRRpdGg=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRCM46jaSJTDAk=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b h1:1XF24mVaiu7u+CFywTdcDo2ie1pzzhwjt6RHqzpMU34=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b/go.mod h1:fQuZ0gauxyBcmsdE3ZT4NasjaRdxmbCS0jRHsrWu3Ho=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68 h1:y1p/ycavWjGT9FnmSjdbWUlLGvcxrY0Rw3ATltrxOhk=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68/go.mod h1:Xk+z4oIWdQqJzsxyjgl3P22oYZnHdZ8FFTHAQQt5BMQ=
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.8.1 h1:9q230czSP3DHVpkaPDXGp0TOfAwyjyYwXlUCQxQSaBk=
diff --git a/standard_renderer.go b/standard_renderer.go
index 331eef6..c24db99 100644
--- a/standard_renderer.go
+++ b/standard_renderer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/muesli/ansi/compressor"
 	"github.com/muesli/reflow/truncate"
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 // In cases where very high performance is needed the renderer can be told
 // to exclude ranges of lines, allowing them to be written to directly.
 type standardRenderer struct {
-	out           io.Writer
+	out           io.WriteCloser
 	buf           bytes.Buffer
 	framerate     time.Duration
 	ticker        *time.Ticker
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ type standardRenderer struct {
 // with os.Stdout as the first argument.
 func newRenderer(out io.Writer, mtx *sync.Mutex) renderer {
 	return &standardRenderer{
-		out:       out,
+		out:       &compressor.Writer{Forward: out},
 		mtx:       mtx,
 		framerate: defaultFramerate,
 	}
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func (r *standardRenderer) stop() {
 	r.flush()
 	clearLine(r.out)
 	close(r.done)
+	r.out.Close()
 }
 
 // kill halts the renderer. The final frame will not be rendered.
diff --git a/tutorials/go.sum b/tutorials/go.sum
index f20a630..e35987b 100644
--- a/tutorials/go.sum
+++ b/tutorials/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
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 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10 h1:CoZ3S2P7pvtP45xOtBw+/mDL2z0RKI576gSkzRRpdGg=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRCM46jaSJTDAk=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 h1:lTGmDsbAYt5DmK6OnoV7EuIF1wEIFAcxld6ypU4OSgU=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b h1:1XF24mVaiu7u+CFywTdcDo2ie1pzzhwjt6RHqzpMU34=
+github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211018074035-2e021307bc4b/go.mod h1:fQuZ0gauxyBcmsdE3ZT4NasjaRdxmbCS0jRHsrWu3Ho=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68 h1:y1p/ycavWjGT9FnmSjdbWUlLGvcxrY0Rw3ATltrxOhk=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.2.1-0.20210115123740-9e1d0d53df68/go.mod h1:Xk+z4oIWdQqJzsxyjgl3P22oYZnHdZ8FFTHAQQt5BMQ=
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