diff --git a/colorblast/src/lexers/mod.rs b/colorblast/src/lexers/mod.rs
index b4d7a42..0f22a39 100644
--- a/colorblast/src/lexers/mod.rs
+++ b/colorblast/src/lexers/mod.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ pub mod prelude {
 mod json;
 mod jsonc;
 mod rust;
+mod text;
 
 pub use self::json::*;
 pub use self::jsonc::*;
 pub use self::rust::*;
+pub use self::text::*;
 
 use crate::{IntoSimpleToken, SimpleTokenIter, Token, TokenSpan};
 
@@ -27,21 +29,21 @@ macro_rules! impl_enum_lexer {
     (
         $(
             $(#[$attr:meta])*
-            $name:ident => $lexer:ident,
-        )+
+            $name:ident => $lexer:ident
+        ),+ $(,)?
     ) => {
         #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
         #[non_exhaustive]
         pub enum Lexer {
             $(
                 $(#[$attr])*
-                $name,
-            )+
+                $name
+            ),+
         }
 
         impl Lexer {
             pub const VARIANTS: &[Self] = &[
-                $(Self::$name,)+
+                $(Self::$name),+
             ];
 
             pub fn into_lexer<'text>(
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ impl_enum_lexer!(
     /// [JSON with Comments]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/json#_json-with-comments
     JsonC => JsonCLexer,
     Rust => RustLexer,
+    PlainText => PlainTextLexer,
 );
 
 macro_rules! impl_iter {
diff --git a/colorblast/src/lexers/text.rs b/colorblast/src/lexers/text.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fba15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colorblast/src/lexers/text.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use super::{impl_iter, Token, TokenSpan};
+
+/// Plain text lexer is a simple dummy passthrough tokenizer,
+/// which produces at most a single <code>[Token]::[Text]</code>.
+///
+/// **Note:** Cloning `PlainTextLexer` is essentially a copy, as it
+/// just contains a `&str`. However, `Copy` is not implemented,
+/// to avoid accidentally copying immutable `PlainTextLexer`s.
+///
+/// # Warning
+///
+/// If you are about to use `PlainTextLexer` for anything outside the scope of the
+/// [`colorblast` crate], then please see the warning in the [`lexers` module].
+///
+/// [`colorblast` crate]: crate
+/// [`lexers` module]: super#warning
+/// [Text]: Token::Text
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct PlainTextLexer<'text> {
+    text: Option<&'text str>,
+}
+
+impl<'text> PlainTextLexer<'text> {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn new(text: &'text str) -> Self {
+        Self { text: Some(text) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn next_token(&mut self) -> Option<(Token, TokenSpan<'text>)> {
+        let text = self.text.take()?;
+        if text.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some((Token::Text, TokenSpan::new(text, 0..text.len())))
+    }
+}
+
+impl_iter!('text, PlainTextLexer<'text>);
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_plain_text_lexer_spans() {
+        let input = include_str!("../../../text-scanner/src/ext/rust.rs");
+        let mut output = String::new();
+
+        let lexer = PlainTextLexer::new(input);
+        for (_tok, span) in lexer {
+            output.push_str(span.as_str());
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(input, output);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/colorblast/src/token.rs b/colorblast/src/token.rs
index f44a5ac..d522e11 100644
--- a/colorblast/src/token.rs
+++ b/colorblast/src/token.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_enum_token {
 impl_enum_token!(
     Space,
     Comment,
+    /// Token representing text, which might contain whitespace.
     Text,
     Var,
     Var2,