diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aaa56f5..2b34dfb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 test_creole: test_creole.c creole.c creole.h greatest.h
-	$(CC) test_creole.c -Wall -pedantic -std=c89 -o test_creole
+	$(CC) -g test_creole.c -Wall -pedantic -std=c89 -o test_creole
diff --git a/creole.c b/creole.c
index 4259e42..58b6c83 100644
--- a/creole.c
+++ b/creole.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ static int read_eof(struct creole_reader *r)
 	return r->left == 0;
 }
 
-#if 0
-
 /*************************************************************************
  * Pseudo-UTF-8 lexing
  *
@@ -67,12 +65,12 @@ static int read_eof(struct creole_reader *r)
  *
  * Possible values:
  *   0xxxxxxx                                              (7 bits)
- *   110xxxxx 10xxxxxx                                     (11 bits)
- *   1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx                            (16 bits)
- *   11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx                   (21 bits)
- *   111110xx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx          (26 bits)
- *   1111110x 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx (31 bits)
- *   11111110 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx (36 bits)
+ *   110HHHHx 10xxxxxx                                     (11 bits)
+ *   1110HHHH 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx                            (16 bits)
+ *   11110HHH 10Hxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx                   (21 bits)
+ *   111110HH 10HHxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx          (26 bits)
+ *   1111110H 10HHHxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx (31 bits)
+ *   11111110 10HHHHxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx (36 bits)
  *            10xxxxxx
  ************************************************************************/
 
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@ static int read_eof(struct creole_reader *r)
  * * A multi-byte sequence where the 4 MSB are flags, and the
  * * lower bits are the encoded word.
  */
+#define MAX_HIGH_BITS 15
 struct word {
 	int len;
 	int high_bits;
@@ -93,14 +92,14 @@ struct word {
 /* Decode a set of continuation bytes directly into the word. This assumes
  * that each continuation byte contains no high words.
  */
-static int read_continue(struct creole_reader *r, struct encoded_word *w,
+static int read_continue(struct creole_reader *r, struct word *w,
                          int to_read)
 {
 	int i;
 	int r_ret;
 	unsigned char c;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < to_read) {
+	for (i = 0; i < to_read; i++) {
 		r_ret = read(r);
 		if (r_ret < 0)
 			return 0;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ static int read_continue(struct creole_reader *r, struct encoded_word *w,
 		c = (unsigned char)(r_ret & 0xFF);
 		if (c >> 6 != 0x2)
 			return 0;
-		w->word = w->word << 6 | (c & 0x6);
+		w->word = w->word << 6 | (c & 0x3F);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ static int parse_start_byte(unsigned char c, struct word *w)
 		 * bits to shift.
 		 */
 		unsigned char mask;
+
 		/* The word bits, if they exist, always start from the
 		 * LSB, so there is no need to shift the bits away. The
 		 * word_mask gets the low bits. If there are no bits, set
@@ -149,20 +149,18 @@ static int parse_start_byte(unsigned char c, struct word *w)
 		 * high-bit flags in them.
 		 */
 		int to_read;
-	} start_data[START_BYTE_NUM] {
+	} start_data[START_BYTE_NUM-1] = {
 		{0xFE, 0x00, 0, 0x0, 5}, /* 11111110 */
-		{0xFC, 0x00, 0, 0x1, 4}, /* 1111110x */,
-		{0xF8, 0x00, 0, 0x3, 3}, /* 111110xx */,
-		{0xF0, 0x00, 0, 0x7, 2}, /* 11110xxx */,
-		{0xE0, 0x00, 0, 0xF, 2}, /* 1110xxxx */,
-		{0xC0, 0x01, 1, 0xF, 1}, /* 110xxxxx */,
-		/* The single byte sequence has no high bits. */
-		{0x00, 0x7F, 0, 0x0, 0}  /* 0xxxxxxx */,
+		{0xFC, 0x00, 0, 0x1, 4}, /* 1111110x */
+		{0xF8, 0x00, 0, 0x3, 3}, /* 111110xx */
+		{0xF0, 0x00, 0, 0x7, 2}, /* 11110xxx */
+		{0xE0, 0x00, 0, 0xF, 2}, /* 1110xxxx */
+		{0xC0, 0x01, 1, 0xF, 1}  /* 110xxxxx */
 	};
 
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < START_BYTE_NUM; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < START_BYTE_NUM-1; i++) {
 		if (c >> i == start_data[i].mask >> i) {
 			w->len = START_BYTE_NUM - i;
 			w->word = c & start_data[i].word_mask;
@@ -171,6 +169,13 @@ static int parse_start_byte(unsigned char c, struct word *w)
 			return start_data[i].to_read;
 		}
 	}
+	/* i == 7 */
+	if (c >> 7 == 0) {
+		w->len = 1;
+		w->word = c;
+		w->high_bits = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -203,7 +208,6 @@ static void parse_special_byte(unsigned char c, struct word *w)
 static int decode_seq(struct creole_reader *r, struct word *w)
 {
 	int r_ret;
-	unsigned char c;
 	int to_read;
 
 	r_ret = read(r);
@@ -224,9 +228,70 @@ static int decode_seq(struct creole_reader *r, struct word *w)
 		parse_special_byte((unsigned char)(r_ret & 0xFF), w);
 	}
 
-	return read_continue(r, decoded_word, to_read);
+	return read_continue(r, w, to_read);
 }
 
+int creole_encode(creole_word i, unsigned encode_to, unsigned high_bits,
+                  unsigned char buf[7])
+{
+	static const struct {
+		creole_word max;
+		unsigned char b1_mask;
+		int high_bit_shift_b1;
+		int high_bit_shift_to_right_b1;
+		int data_shift_b1;
+
+		int high_bit_mask_b2;
+		int high_bit_shift_b2;
+		unsigned char b2_data_mask;
+	} d[] = {
+		{0x7F,       0xC0, 0, 1,  6, 0x0, 0, 0x3F}, /* 2 */
+		{0xFFF,      0xE0, 0, 0, 12, 0x0, 0, 0x3F}, /* 3 */
+		{0x1FFFF,    0xF0, 1, 0, 17, 0x1, 5, 0x1F}, /* 4 */
+		{0x3FFFFF,   0xF8, 2, 0, 22, 0x3, 4, 0x0F}, /* 5 */
+		{0x7FFFFFF,  0xFC, 3, 0, 27, 0x7, 3, 0x07}, /* 6 */
+		{0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFE, 4, 0, 32, 0xF, 2, 0x03}  /* 7 */
+	};
+	unsigned lb;
+	unsigned j;
+
+	if (encode_to > 8)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (encode_to == 1) {
+		if (i < 0x80) {
+			buf[0] = i;
+			return 1;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	lb = encode_to - 2;
+	if (i > d[lb].max)
+		return 0;
+
+	buf[0] = (d[lb].b1_mask | (high_bits >> d[lb].high_bit_shift_b1
+	                           << d[lb].high_bit_shift_to_right_b1));
+	/* shifts greater than or equal to the bit size of a type are
+	 * undefined. Data in the first byte is always aligned with the LSB.
+	 */
+	if (d[lb].data_shift_b1 < sizeof(i) * CHAR_BIT)
+	       buf[0] |= i >> d[lb].data_shift_b1;
+
+	buf[1] = 0x80 | ((high_bits & d[lb].high_bit_mask_b2)
+	                 << d[lb].high_bit_shift_b2)
+	              | ((i >> ((encode_to - 2) * 6))
+	                 & d[lb].b2_data_mask);
+
+	for (j = 2; j < encode_to; j++) {
+		buf[j] = 0x80 | ((i >> ((encode_to - j - 1) * 6)) & 0x3F);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#if 0
+
 /*************************************************************************
  * Parsing instructions
  *
diff --git a/test_creole.c b/test_creole.c
index b8dc008..22a18b1 100644
--- a/test_creole.c
+++ b/test_creole.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GREATEST_MAIN_DEFS();
 #include "creole.c"
 
 /**************************************************************************
- * Reader suite
+ * Reader
  *************************************************************************/
 #define reader_lit(r, s) do {     \
 	r.p = (unsigned char *)s; \
@@ -37,8 +37,182 @@ SUITE(reader) {
 	RUN_TEST1(reader_test_basic, &r);
 }
 
+/**************************************************************************
+ * Pseudo UTF-8 sequences
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+TEST no_values(void) {
+	struct creole_reader r;
+	struct word w;
+	r.p = NULL;
+	r.left = 0;
+	ASSERT_EQ(decode_seq(&r, &w), 0);
+
+	PASS();
+}
+
+struct seq {
+	creole_word max;
+	unsigned encode_to;
+	unsigned high_bits;
+
+	unsigned char minbuf[7];
+	unsigned char maxbuf[7];
+};
+
+void bprint(unsigned char c) {
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+		printf("%u", (c >> (7 - i)) & 1);
+	}
+}
+
+void bprintb(unsigned char *b, int len) {
+	while (len-- > 0) {
+		bprint(*b++);
+		printf(" ");
+	}
+}
+
+TEST encode_byte_seq(struct seq *s) {
+	creole_word i = 0;
+	int j;
+	unsigned char buf[7];
+
+	for (;;) {
+		/*
+		printf("0x%X ", i);
+		bprintb(s->minbuf, s->encode_to);
+		printf("\n");
+		*/
+
+		ASSERT_EQ(creole_encode(i, s->encode_to, s->high_bits,
+		                        buf), 1);
+		ASSERT_MEM_EQ(s->minbuf, buf, s->encode_to);
+
+		if (i == s->max)
+			break;
+		i++;
+
+		for (j = s->encode_to - 1; j > 0; j--) {
+			if (s->minbuf[j] == 0xBF) {
+				s->minbuf[j] = 0x80;
+			} else {
+				s->minbuf[j]++;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (j == 0)
+			s->minbuf[0]++;
+	}
+	ASSERT_MEM_EQ(s->maxbuf, s->minbuf, s->encode_to);
+	PASS();
+}
+
+TEST encode_decode_byte_seq(struct seq *s) {
+	unsigned char buf[7];
+	struct creole_reader r = {0};
+	struct word w;
+	creole_word i = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(creole_encode(i, s->encode_to, s->high_bits,
+		                        buf), 1);
+		r.p = buf;
+		r.left = s->encode_to;
+		ASSERT_EQ(decode_seq(&r, &w), 1);
+		ASSERT_EQ(w.len, s->encode_to);
+		ASSERT_EQ(w.high_bits, s->high_bits);
+		ASSERT_EQ(w.word, i);
+
+		if (i == s->max)
+			break;
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	PASS();
+}
+
+SUITE(pseudo_utf8_encode_all) {
+	struct seq s;
+
+	RUN_TEST(no_values);
+
+	s.max = 0x7F;
+	s.encode_to = 1;
+	s.high_bits = 0;
+	s.minbuf[0] = 0x00;
+	s.maxbuf[0] = 0x7F;
+
+	RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+	for (s.high_bits = 0; s.high_bits < 16; s.high_bits++) {
+		memset(s.maxbuf, 0xBF, sizeof(s.maxbuf));
+
+		s.max = 0x7F;
+		s.encode_to = 2;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = s.minbuf[0] = 0xC0 | (s.high_bits << 1);
+		s.maxbuf[0] = 0xC1 | (s.high_bits << 1);
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+		s.max = 0xFFF;
+		s.encode_to = 3;
+		s.minbuf[0] = 0xE0 | s.high_bits;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = 0xE0 | s.high_bits;
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[2] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+		s.max = 0x1FFFF;
+		s.encode_to = 4;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = s.minbuf[0] = 0xF0 | (s.high_bits >> 1);
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80 | (s.high_bits & 0x1 << 5);
+		s.maxbuf[1] = 0x9F | (s.high_bits & 0x1 << 5);
+		s.minbuf[2] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[3] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+		s.max = 0x3FFFFF;
+		s.encode_to = 5;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = s.minbuf[0] = 0xF8 | (s.high_bits >> 2);
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80 | (s.high_bits & 0x3 << 4);
+		s.maxbuf[1] = 0x8F | (s.high_bits & 0x3 << 4);
+		s.minbuf[2] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[3] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[4] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+		s.max = 0x7FFFFFF;
+		s.encode_to = 6;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = s.minbuf[0] = 0xFC | (s.high_bits >> 3);
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80 | (s.high_bits & 0x7 << 3);
+		s.maxbuf[1] = 0x87 | (s.high_bits & 0x7 << 3);
+		s.minbuf[2] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[3] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[4] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[5] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+
+		s.max = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+		s.encode_to = 7;
+		s.maxbuf[0] = s.minbuf[0] = 0xFE;
+		s.minbuf[1] = 0x80 | (s.high_bits << 2);
+		s.maxbuf[1] = 0x83 | (s.high_bits << 2);
+		s.minbuf[2] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[3] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[4] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[5] = 0x80;
+		s.minbuf[6] = 0x80;
+		RUN_TEST1(encode_byte_seq, &s);
+	}
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	GREATEST_MAIN_BEGIN();
 	RUN_SUITE(reader);
+	RUN_SUITE(pseudo_utf8_encode_all);
 	GREATEST_MAIN_END();
 }