diff --git a/src/preprocessor.rs b/src/preprocessor.rs
index ab19322b..3328f3b6 100644
--- a/src/preprocessor.rs
+++ b/src/preprocessor.rs
@@ -91,31 +91,27 @@ pub fn replace_nonprintable(
                     });
                     line_idx = 0;
                 }
-                // carriage return
-                '\x0D' => output.push_str(match nonprintable_notation {
-                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => "^M",
-                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => "␍",
-                }),
-                // null
-                '\x00' => output.push_str(match nonprintable_notation {
-                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => "^@",
-                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => "␀",
-                }),
-                // bell
-                '\x07' => output.push_str(match nonprintable_notation {
-                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => "^G",
-                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => "␇",
-                }),
-                // backspace
-                '\x08' => output.push_str(match nonprintable_notation {
-                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => "^H",
-                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => "␈",
-                }),
-                // escape
-                '\x1B' => output.push_str(match nonprintable_notation {
-                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => "^[",
-                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => "␛",
-                }),
+                // ASCII control characters
+                '\x00'..='\x1F' => {
+                    let c = u32::from(chr);
+
+                    match nonprintable_notation {
+                        NonprintableNotation::Caret => {
+                            let caret_character = char::from_u32(0x40 + c).unwrap();
+                            write!(output, "^{caret_character}").ok();
+                        }
+
+                        NonprintableNotation::Unicode => {
+                            let replacement_symbol = char::from_u32(0x2400 + c).unwrap();
+                            output.push(replacement_symbol)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                // delete
+                '\x7F' => match nonprintable_notation {
+                    NonprintableNotation::Caret => output.push_str("^?"),
+                    NonprintableNotation::Unicode => output.push('\u{2421}'),
+                },
                 // printable ASCII
                 c if c.is_ascii_alphanumeric()
                     || c.is_ascii_punctuation()
diff --git a/tests/examples/control_characters.txt b/tests/examples/control_characters.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..378445f7
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diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 8d2d3624..be70fdca 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -1728,6 +1728,25 @@ fn show_all_with_caret_notation() {
         .assert()
         .stdout("hello·world^J\n├──┤^M^@^G^H^[")
         .stderr("");
+
+    bat()
+        .arg("--show-all")
+        .arg("--nonprintable-notation=caret")
+        .arg("control_characters.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .stdout("^@^A^B^C^D^E^F^G^H├─┤^J\n^K^L^M^N^O^P^Q^R^S^T^U^V^W^X^Y^Z^[^\\^]^^^_^?")
+        .stderr("");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn show_all_with_unicode() {
+    bat()
+        .arg("--show-all")
+        .arg("--nonprintable-notation=unicode")
+        .arg("control_characters.txt")
+        .assert()
+        .stdout("␀␁␂␃␄␅␆␇␈├─┤␊\n␋␌␍␎␏␐␑␒␓␔␕␖␗␘␙␚␛␜␝␞␟␡")
+        .stderr("");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/Plaintext/plaintext.txt b/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/Plaintext/plaintext.txt
index 1f27a79f..6eb229d2 100644
--- a/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/Plaintext/plaintext.txt
+++ b/tests/syntax-tests/highlighted/Plaintext/plaintext.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 ␀␊
-\u{1}␊
-\u{2}␊
-\u{3}␊
-\u{4}␊
-\u{5}␊
-\u{6}␊
+␁␊
+␂␊
+␃␊
+␄␊
+␅␊
+␆␊
 ␇␊
 ␈␊
 ├──┤␊
 ␊
 ␊
-\u{b}␊
-\u{c}␊
+␋␊
+␌␊
 ␊
-\u{e}␊
-\u{f}␊
-\u{10}␊
-\u{11}␊
-\u{12}␊
-\u{13}␊
-\u{14}␊
-\u{15}␊
-\u{16}␊
-\u{17}␊
-\u{18}␊
-\u{19}␊
-\u{1a}␊
+␎␊
+␏␊
+␐␊
+␑␊
+␒␊
+␓␊
+␔␊
+␕␊
+␖␊
+␗␊
+␘␊
+␙␊
+␚␊
 ␛␊
-\u{1c}␊
-\u{1d}␊
-\u{1e}␊
-\u{1f}␊
+␜␊
+␝␊
+␞␊
+␟␊
 ·␊
 !␊
 "␊
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 |␊
 }␊
 ~␊
-\u{7f}␊
+␡␊
 \u{80}␊
 \u{81}␊
 \u{82}␊