diff --git a/example/test.js b/example/test.js
index 11f94ee..7439536 100644
--- a/example/test.js
+++ b/example/test.js
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ console.log(leeks.colours.blue`hello there`);
 
 leeks.alias('primary', 'colours', leeks.colours.green);
 console.log(leeks.colours.primary('hi'));
+
+console.log(leeks.short('&!3&0&0 Hello &r &2&o&nworld!&r &lBold&r &nUnderlined&r &oItalic&r &#009999HEX&r &!#009999&0more HEX'));
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diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index adc15cb..aad2075 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ declare module 'leeks.js' {
     */
   export const hexBg: (hex: string, t: string) => string;
 
+  /**
+   * Add colours and styles to a string using short codes
+   * @param {string} t The text to format
+   */
+  export const short: (t: string) => string;
+
   /**
     * Set an alias
     * @param {string} name The name of the alias 
diff --git a/src/data/ShortCodes.ts b/src/data/ShortCodes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41b1966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/ShortCodes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+export default {
+  colours: {
+    '&!0': 'bgBlack',
+    '&!1': 'bgBlue',
+    '&!2': 'bgGreen',
+    '&!3': 'bgCyan',
+    '&!4': 'bgRed',
+    '&!5': 'bgMagenta',
+    '&!6': 'bgYellow',
+    '&!7': 'bgBlackBright',
+    '&!8': 'bgWhiteBright',
+    '&!9': 'bgBlueBright',
+    '&!a': 'bgGreenBright',
+    '&!b': 'bgCyanBright',
+    '&!c': 'bgRedBright',
+    '&!d': 'bgMagentaBright',
+    '&!e': 'bgYellowBright',
+    '&!f': 'bgWhite',
+    '&0': 'black',
+    '&1': 'blue',
+    '&2': 'green',
+    '&3': 'cyan',
+    '&4': 'red',
+    '&5': 'magenta',
+    '&6': 'yellow',
+    '&7': 'blackBright',
+    '&8': 'whiteBright',
+    '&9': 'blueBright',
+    '&a': 'greenBright',
+    '&b': 'cyanBright',
+    '&c': 'redBright',
+    '&d': 'magentaBright',
+    '&e': 'yellowBright',
+    '&f': 'white'
+  },
+  styles: {
+    '&i': 'inverse',
+    '&j': 'dim',
+    '&k': 'blink',
+    '&l': 'bold',
+    '&m': 'strikethrough',
+    '&n': 'underline',
+    '&o': 'italic',
+    '&p': 'overline',
+    '&r': 'reset'
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e0c2e84..8730610 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import Colours from './data/Colours';
 import Styles from './data/Styles';
 import Keywords from './data/Keywords';
+import ShortCodes from './data/ShortCodes';
 
 const isNode = typeof process !== 'undefined';
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ for (const k in Keywords) {
  */
 export function eightBit(i: string, t: string) {
   if (!enabled) {
-	return t;
+    return t;
   }
 
   return '\033' + `[38;5;${i}m${t}\x1b[0m`;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export function eightBit(i: string, t: string) {
  */
 export function eightBitBg(i: string, t: string) {
   if (!enabled) {
-	return t;
+    return t;
   }
 
   return '\033' + `[48;5;${i}m${t}\x1b[0m`;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export function eightBitBg(i: string, t: string) {
  */
 export function rgb(rgb: [number, number, number], t: string) {
   if (!enabled) {
-	return t;
+    return t;
   }
 
   const [r, g, b] = rgb;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export function rgb(rgb: [number, number, number], t: string) {
  */
 export function rgbBg(rgb: [number, number, number], t: string) {
   if (!enabled) {
-	return t;
+    return t;
   }
 
   const [r, g, b] = rgb;
@@ -132,6 +133,23 @@ export function hexBg(hex: string, t: string) {
   return rgbBg([(bigint >> 16) & 255, (bigint >> 8) & 255, bigint & 255], t);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Add colours and styles to a string using short codes
+ * @param {string} t The text to format
+ */
+export function short(t: string) {
+  return enabled
+    ? t
+      .replace(/&!?[0-9a-f]/gi, code => `\x1b[${Colours[ShortCodes.colours[code]]}m`)
+      .replace(/&[i-pr]/gi, code => `\x1b[${Styles[ShortCodes.styles[code]]}m`)
+      .replace(/&!?#([0-9A-Fa-f]{3,6})/gi, (match, code) => {
+        const bigint = parseInt(code, 16);
+        const [r, g, b] = [(bigint >> 16) & 255, (bigint >> 8) & 255, bigint & 255];
+        return `\x1b[${match.includes('!') ? '48' : '38'};2;${r};${g};${b}m`;
+      }) + '\x1b[0m'
+    : t;
+}
+
 /**
  * Set an alias
  * @param {string} name The name of the alias 
@@ -140,15 +158,15 @@ export function hexBg(hex: string, t: string) {
  */
 export function alias(name: string, type: string, value: string) {
   switch (type) {
-	case 'colors':
-	case 'colours': 
-	  colours[name] = value; 
-	  break;
-	case 'styles': 
-	  styles[name] = value; 
-	  break;
-	default: 
-	  throw new Error('Must be "colours", "colors" or "styles"');
+  case 'colors':
+  case 'colours': 
+    colours[name] = value; 
+    break;
+  case 'styles': 
+    styles[name] = value; 
+    break;
+  default: 
+    throw new Error('Must be "colours", "colors" or "styles"');
   }
 };