diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
index 5182fb01..6ff8e566 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -841,7 +841,12 @@
       linesLenght && this.insertNewlineStyleObject(
         cursorLoc.lineIndex, cursorLoc.charIndex + addedLines[0], linesLenght);
       for (var i = 1; i < linesLenght; i++) {
-        this.insertCharStyleObject(cursorLoc.lineIndex + i, 0, addedLines[i], copiedStyle);
+        if (addedLines[i] > 0) {
+          this.insertCharStyleObject(cursorLoc.lineIndex + i, 0, addedLines[i], copiedStyle);
+        }
+        else if (copiedStyle) {
+          this.styles[cursorLoc.lineIndex + i][0] = copiedStyle[0];
+        }
         copiedStyle = copiedStyle && copiedStyle.slice(addedLines[i] + 1);
       }
       // we use i outside the loop to get it like linesLength
diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_key_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_key_behavior.mixin.js
index fb1496e6..dea16295 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_key_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_key_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -605,11 +605,42 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
     this._text.splice(start, end - start);
     this.text = this._text.join('');
     this.set('dirty', true);
-    this._removeExtraneousStyles();
     if (this._shouldClearDimensionCache()) {
       this.initDimensions();
       this.setCoords();
     }
+    this._removeExtraneousStyles();
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * insert characters at start position, before start position.
+   * start  equal 1 it means the text get inserted between actual grapheme 0 and 1
+   * if style array is provided, it must be as the same length of text in graphemes
+   * if end is provided and is bigger than start, old text is replaced.
+   * start/end ar per grapheme position in _text array.
+   *
+   * @param {String} text text to insert
+   * @param {Array} style array of style objects
+   * @param {Number} start
+   * @param {Number} end default to start + 1
+   */
+  insertChars: function(text, style, start, end) {
+    if (typeof end === 'undefined') {
+      end = start;
+    }
+    if (end > start) {
+      this.removeStyleFromTo(start, end);
+    }
+    var graphemes = fabric.util.string.graphemeSplit(text);
+    this.insertNewStyleBlock(graphemes, start, style);
+    this._text = [].concat(this._text.slice(0, start), graphemes, this._text.slice(end));
+    this.text = this._text.join('');
+    this.set('dirty', true);
+    if (this._shouldClearDimensionCache()) {
+      this.initDimensions();
+      this.setCoords();
+    }
+    this._removeExtraneousStyles();
   },
 
 });
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 5f0792c4..141eccd0 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ testrunner.run({
       './test/unit/intersection.js',
       './test/unit/stateful.js'
     ],
+    tests: ['./test/unit/itext_key_behaviour.js',]
 }, function(err, report) {
   if (err) {
     console.log(err);
diff --git a/test/unit/itext_key_behaviour.js b/test/unit/itext_key_behaviour.js
index 61c8975e..f60a4b35 100644
--- a/test/unit/itext_key_behaviour.js
+++ b/test/unit/itext_key_behaviour.js
@@ -280,4 +280,61 @@
     assert.deepEqual(iText._text, ['t','t'], 'text has been remoed');
     assert.equal(iText.styles[0][1], undefined, 'style has been removed');
   });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test');
+    assert.ok(typeof iText.insertChars === 'function');
+    iText.insertChars('ab', null, 1);
+    assert.equal(iText.text, 'tabest', 'text has been added');
+    assert.deepEqual(iText._text.join(''), 'tabest', '_text has been updated');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars can remove chars', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test');
+    iText.insertChars('ab', null, 1, 2);
+    assert.equal(iText.text, 'tabst', 'text has added');
+    assert.deepEqual(iText._text.join(''), 'tabst', '_text has been updated');
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test');
+    iText.insertChars('ab', null, 1, 4);
+    assert.equal(iText.text, 'tab', 'text has added');
+    assert.deepEqual(iText._text.join(''), 'tab', '_text has been updated');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars pick up the style of the character behind and replicates it', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test', { fontSize: 25, styles: { 0: { 0: { fill: 'red' }, 1: { fill: 'blue' }}}});
+    iText.insertChars('ab', null, 1);
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][0].fill, 'red', 'style 0 0 did not change');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][1].fill, 'red', 'style 0 1 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][2].fill, 'red', 'style 0 2 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][3].fill, 'blue', 'style 0 3 was the old blue moved 2 char later');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars removes style from the removed text', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test', { fontSize: 25, styles: { 0: { 0: { fill: 'red' }, 1: { fill: 'blue' }}}});
+    iText.insertChars('ab', null, 1, 2);
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][0].fill, 'red', 'style 0 0 did not change');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][1].fill, 'red', 'style 0 1 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][2].fill, 'red', 'style 0 2 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][3], undefined, 'style 0 3 has been removed');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars handles new lines correctly', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test', { fontSize: 25, styles: { 0: { 0: { fill: 'red' }, 1: { fill: 'blue' }}}});
+    iText.insertChars('ab\n\n', null, 1);
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][0].fill, 'red', 'style 0 0 did not change');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][1].fill, 'red', 'style 0 1 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][2].fill, 'red', 'style 0 2 has been inserted red');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[2][0].fill, 'blue', 'blue has been moved down');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('insertChars can accept some style for the new text', function(assert) {
+    var iText = new fabric.IText('test', { fontSize: 25, styles: { 0: { 0: { fill: 'red' }, 1: { fill: 'blue' }}}});
+    iText.insertChars('ab\n\na', [{ fill: 'col1'},{ fill: 'col2'},{ fill: 'col3'},{ fill: 'col4'},{ fill: 'col5'}], 1);
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][0].fill, 'red', 'style 0 0 did not change');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][1].fill, 'col1', 'style 0 1 has been inserted col1');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[0][2].fill, 'col2', 'style 0 2 has been inserted col2');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[1][0].fill, 'col4', 'style 1 0 has been inserted col4');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[2][0].fill, 'col5', 'style 2 0 has been inserted col5');
+    assert.equal(iText.styles[2][1].fill, 'blue', 'style 2 1 has been inserted blue');
+  });
 })();