public static String blinkingText(String str) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + BLINK + str + INTERNAL_MARKER + BLINK_OFF;
}

 public static String boldText(String str) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + BOLD + str + INTERNAL_MARKER + BOLD_OFF;
}

 public static String boldcolorizeText(String str,
    String color) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + BOLD + INTERNAL_MARKER + color + str +
        INTERNAL_MARKER + RESET_ALL;
}

 public static String boldcolorizeText(String str,
    String fgc,
    String bgc) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + BOLD + INTERNAL_MARKER + fgc +
        INTERNAL_MARKER + bgc.toLowerCase() + str + INTERNAL_MARKER +
        RESET_ALL;
}

 public static String colorizeBackground(String str,
    String color) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + color.toLowerCase() + str + INTERNAL_MARKER +
        RESET_ALL;
}

 public static String colorizeText(String str,
    String color) 
{
          
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + color + str + INTERNAL_MARKER + RESET_ALL;
}

 public static String colorizeText(String str,
    String fgc,
    String bgc) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + fgc + INTERNAL_MARKER + bgc.toLowerCase() +
        str + INTERNAL_MARKER + RESET_ALL;
}

 public static long getVisibleLength(String str) 
{
        int counter = 0;
        int parsecursor = 0;
        int foundcursor = 0;
        boolean done = false;
        while (!done) {
            foundcursor = str.indexOf(MARKER_CODE, parsecursor);
            if (foundcursor != -1) {
                //increment counter
                counter++;
                //parseon from the next char
                parsecursor = foundcursor + 1;
            } else {
                done = true;
            }
        }
        return (str.length() - (counter * 2));
}

 public static String italicText(String str) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + ITALIC + str + INTERNAL_MARKER + ITALIC_OFF;
}

 public static String underlinedText(String str) 
{
        return INTERNAL_MARKER + UNDERLINED + str + INTERNAL_MARKER +
        UNDERLINED_OFF;
}