diff --git a/examples/website/src/index.ts b/examples/website/src/index.ts
index bf6ebdb..2057e0e 100644
--- a/examples/website/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/website/src/index.ts
@@ -99,65 +99,72 @@ function updateMergedText(): void {
     selectedTokenizer
   );
 
-  let selectionStart: number = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
-  let selectionEnd: number = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
-  if ((results.cursors?.length ?? 0) > 0) {
-    selectionStart = results.cursors![0].position;
-    selectionEnd = results.cursors![1].position;
-  }
-  const isSelection = selectionStart !== selectionEnd;
+  const selection =
+    results.cursors?.length === 2
+      ? {
+        start: results.cursors[0].position,
+        end: results.cursors[1].position,
+        side: leftCursors ? 'left' : 'right',
+      }
+      : undefined;
 
-  const selectionSide = leftCursors ? 'left' : 'right';
   const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
 
+  function appendSpan(text: string, className: string): void {
+    if (text.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const span = document.createElement('span');
+    span.className = className;
+    span.textContent = text;
+    fragment.appendChild(span);
+  }
+
+  function appendCaret(): void {
+    if (!selection) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    fragment.appendChild(
+      createSelectionOverlay(
+        selection.side === 'left',
+        selection.start !== selection.end
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
   let currentPosition = 0;
-  if (selectionEnd === 0) {
-    fragment.appendChild(createSelectionOverlay(selectionSide === 'left', isSelection));
+  if (selection?.end === 0) {
+    appendCaret();
   }
 
   for (const { text, history } of results.history) {
     const isDelete = history === 'RemovedFromLeft' || history === 'RemovedFromRight';
-    let spanChars: string[] = [];
-    let currentClass = '';
-
-    const flushSpan = () => {
-      if (spanChars.length > 0) {
-        const span = document.createElement('span');
-        span.className = currentClass;
-        span.textContent = spanChars.join('');
-        fragment.appendChild(span);
-        spanChars = [];
-      }
-    };
-
-    for (const character of text) {
-      let className = history;
-      if (
-        !isDelete &&
-        selectionStart <= currentPosition &&
-        currentPosition < selectionEnd
-      ) {
-        className += ` selection-${selectionSide}`;
-      }
-
-      if (className !== currentClass) {
-        flushSpan();
-        currentClass = className;
-      }
-      spanChars.push(character);
-
-      if (!isDelete) {
-        if (currentPosition === selectionEnd - 1) {
-          flushSpan();
-          fragment.appendChild(
-            createSelectionOverlay(selectionSide === 'left', isSelection)
-          );
-        }
-        currentPosition++;
-      }
+    if (isDelete || !selection) {
+      appendSpan(text, history);
+      continue;
     }
 
-    flushSpan();
+    // Reconcile positions count Unicode scalars, rather than UTF-16 code units.
+    const chars = [...text];
+    const start = Math.max(0, Math.min(chars.length, selection.start - currentPosition));
+    const end = Math.max(0, Math.min(chars.length, selection.end - currentPosition));
+    appendSpan(chars.slice(0, start).join(''), history);
+    appendSpan(
+      chars.slice(start, end).join(''),
+      `${history} selection-${selection.side}`
+    );
+
+    if (
+      currentPosition < selection.end &&
+      selection.end <= currentPosition + chars.length
+    ) {
+      appendCaret();
+    }
+
+    appendSpan(chars.slice(end).join(''), history);
+    currentPosition += chars.length;
   }
 
   mergedTextArea.innerHTML = '';
diff --git a/examples/website/src/style.scss b/examples/website/src/style.scss
index 9cc7684..3783ebb 100644
--- a/examples/website/src/style.scss
+++ b/examples/website/src/style.scss
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ $gradient-end: #e0e7ef;
 * {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   margin: 0;
-  user-select: none;
 }
 
 html,
@@ -76,13 +75,6 @@ header > h1 {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-h1,
-code,
-p,
-p * {
-  user-select: text;
-}
-
 code {
   background: $code-bg;
   color: $code-text;
@@ -121,6 +113,7 @@ main {
 }
 
 .radio-group {
+  user-select: none;
   display: flex;
   gap: 16px;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -265,6 +258,7 @@ main {
 }
 
 label {
+  user-select: none;
   display: inline-block;
   margin-bottom: 8px;
   font-weight: 600;
@@ -309,7 +303,6 @@ textarea {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   resize: none;
   cursor: text;
-  user-select: text;
   caret-color: $primary-blue;
   outline: 2px solid transparent;
   outline-offset: 2px;
@@ -334,7 +327,6 @@ textarea:focus {
 
 #merged {
   width: 100%;
-  user-select: text;
 
   > * {
     position: relative;
@@ -349,14 +341,9 @@ textarea:focus {
   }
 }
 
-.Unchanged {
-  user-select: text;
-}
-
 .Left,
 .AddedFromLeft,
 .RemovedFromLeft {
-  user-select: text;
   background: $green;
 }
 
@@ -381,7 +368,6 @@ textarea:focus {
 .Right,
 .AddedFromRight,
 .RemovedFromRight {
-  user-select: text;
   background: $light-blue;
 }
 
@@ -396,6 +382,7 @@ $CARET_WIDTH: 2;
 $DOT_RADIUS: 4;
 
 .selection-caret {
+  user-select: none;
   position: relative;
   z-index: 1000;
 
@@ -453,7 +440,6 @@ $DOT_RADIUS: 4;
     top: -1.3em;
     left: calc(-#{$CARET_WIDTH} / 2 * 1px);
     font-size: 0.9em;
-    user-select: none;
     color: white;
     padding: 0 2px;
     transition: opacity 0.3s ease-in-out;