diff --git a/src/byte_stream/mod.rs b/src/byte_stream/mod.rs
index c84d7bf..6a6196c 100644
--- a/src/byte_stream/mod.rs
+++ b/src/byte_stream/mod.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ impl ByteStream {
 
         Ok(byte_stream)
     }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.data.len()
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<&[u8]> for ByteStream {
diff --git a/src/formatter/format.rs b/src/formatter/format.rs
index 0f4fdfb..c534ec9 100644
--- a/src/formatter/format.rs
+++ b/src/formatter/format.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ use std::fmt::{Write, Display, Formatter};
 use num_bigint::{BigUint, BigInt};
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt};
+use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
+use crate::formatter::printers::print_bytes_as_array;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum FormatError {
     ByteSteamError(ByteStreamError),
-    NotSupported
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    NotSupported,
+    StringParseError(FromUtf8Error),
 }
 
 impl From<ByteStreamError> for FormatError {
@@ -17,11 +21,18 @@ impl From<ByteStreamError> for FormatError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<FromUtf8Error> for FormatError {
+    fn from(e: FromUtf8Error) -> Self {
+        FormatError::StringParseError(e)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for FormatError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
             FormatError::ByteSteamError(e) => writeln!(f, "Byte steam error: {}", e),
-            FormatError::NotSupported => write!(f, "Field type not supported")
+            FormatError::NotSupported => write!(f, "Field type not supported"),
+            FormatError::StringParseError(e) => write!(f, "String parse error: {}", e)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -94,13 +105,47 @@ impl Field {
         Ok((cursor.read_f64::<BigEndian>().unwrap().to_string(), 4))
     }
 
+    fn format_string(byte_stream: &ByteStream, mut bit_ndx: usize, max_byte_len: usize) -> Result<(String, usize), FormatError> {
+        let mut string_bytes = Vec::new();
+
+        for _ in 0..max_byte_len {
+            let byte = byte_stream.get_bytes(bit_ndx, 8)?[0];
+
+            if byte == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            string_bytes.push(byte);
+            bit_ndx += 8;
+        }
+
+        let byte_count = string_bytes.len();
+        Ok((String::from_utf8(string_bytes)?, byte_count))
+    }
+
+    fn format_bytes(byte_stream: &ByteStream, bit_ndx: usize, max_byte_len: usize) -> Result<(String, usize), FormatError> {
+        let data_remaining = byte_stream.len() - bit_ndx/8;
+
+        let width = if max_byte_len < data_remaining {
+            max_byte_len*8
+        }
+        else {
+            data_remaining*8
+        };
+
+        let data = byte_stream.get_bytes(bit_ndx, width)?;
+
+        Ok((print_bytes_as_array(&data), width))
+    }
+
     fn format_data(&self, byte_stream: &ByteStream, bit_ndx: usize) -> Result<(String, usize), FormatError> {
         match self.field_type {
             FieldType::UInt { bit_width } => Self::format_uint(byte_stream, bit_ndx, bit_width),
             FieldType::Int { bit_width } => Self::format_int(byte_stream, bit_ndx, bit_width),
             FieldType::Float => Self::format_float(byte_stream, bit_ndx),
             FieldType::Double => Self::format_double(byte_stream, bit_ndx),
-            _ => Err(FormatError::NotSupported),
+            FieldType::String {max_len} => Self::format_string(byte_stream, bit_ndx, max_len),
+            FieldType::Bytes {max_len} => Self::format_bytes(byte_stream, bit_ndx, max_len)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -211,4 +256,26 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(field.format_data(&byte_steam, 0).is_err())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_format_string() {
+        let field = Field {field_type: FieldType::String {max_len: 16}, name: "test".to_string()};
+
+        let byte_steam = ByteStream::from(b"Hello World!\0".to_vec());
+
+        let (output, _) = field.format_data(&byte_steam, 0).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(output, "Hello World!".to_string())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_format_bytes() {
+        let field = Field {field_type: FieldType::Bytes {max_len: 2}, name: "test".to_string()};
+
+        let byte_steam = ByteStream::from(vec![0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF]);
+
+        let (output, _) = field.format_data(&byte_steam, 0).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(output, "[222, 173]")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/formatter/mod.rs b/src/formatter/mod.rs
index 2a43a79..21292b3 100644
--- a/src/formatter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/formatter/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod format;
+mod printers;
 
 use crate::formatter::format::Format;
 use serde::Deserialize;
diff --git a/src/formatter/printers.rs b/src/formatter/printers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d0122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/formatter/printers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+pub fn print_bytes_as_array(data: &[u8]) -> String {
+    format!("{:?}", data)
+}
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