diff --git a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
index 14430c8e..8a85d1df 100644
--- a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
+++ b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
@@ -271,10 +271,11 @@ def _generate_columns_and_rows(self, table_idx, tk):
             tk, self.vertical_segments, self.horizontal_segments)
         t_bbox['horizontal'] = text_in_bbox(tk, self.horizontal_text)
         t_bbox['vertical'] = text_in_bbox(tk, self.vertical_text)
-        self.t_bbox = t_bbox
 
-        for direction in self.t_bbox:
-            self.t_bbox[direction].sort(key=lambda x: (x.x0, -x.y0))
+        t_bbox['horizontal'].sort(key=lambda x: (-x.y0, x.x0))
+        t_bbox['vertical'].sort(key=lambda x: (x.x0, -x.y0))
+
+        self.t_bbox = t_bbox
 
         cols, rows = zip(*self.table_bbox[tk])
         cols, rows = list(cols), list(rows)
diff --git a/camelot/parsers/stream.py b/camelot/parsers/stream.py
index d9481cca..eab82762 100644
--- a/camelot/parsers/stream.py
+++ b/camelot/parsers/stream.py
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ def _generate_columns_and_rows(self, table_idx, tk):
         t_bbox = {}
         t_bbox['horizontal'] = text_in_bbox(tk, self.horizontal_text)
         t_bbox['vertical'] = text_in_bbox(tk, self.vertical_text)
-        self.t_bbox = t_bbox
 
-        for direction in self.t_bbox:
-            self.t_bbox[direction].sort(key=lambda x: (x.x0, -x.y0))
+        t_bbox['horizontal'].sort(key=lambda x: (-x.y0, x.x0))
+        t_bbox['vertical'].sort(key=lambda x: (x.x0, -x.y0))
+
+        self.t_bbox = t_bbox
 
         text_x_min, text_y_min, text_x_max, text_y_max = self._text_bbox(self.t_bbox)
         rows_grouped = self._group_rows(self.t_bbox['horizontal'], row_close_tol=self.row_close_tol)
diff --git a/camelot/utils.py b/camelot/utils.py
index 2d735c80..cd55e4e0 100644
--- a/camelot/utils.py
+++ b/camelot/utils.py
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ def flag_font_size(textline, direction):
                 fchars = [t[0] for t in chars]
                 if ''.join(fchars).strip():
                     flist.append(''.join(fchars))
-        fstring = ''.join(flist).strip('\n')
+        fstring = ''.join(flist)
     else:
-        fstring = ''.join([t.get_text() for t in textline]).strip('\n')
+        fstring = ''.join([t.get_text() for t in textline])
     return fstring
 
 
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def split_textline(table, textline, direction, flag_size=False):
             grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], flag_font_size([t[2] for t in chars], direction)))
         else:
             gchars = [t[2].get_text() for t in chars]
-            grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], ''.join(gchars).strip('\n')))
+            grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], ''.join(gchars)))
     return grouped_chars
 
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ def get_table_index(table, t, direction, split_text=False, flag_size=False):
         if flag_size:
             return [(r_idx, c_idx, flag_font_size(t._objs, direction))], error
         else:
-            return [(r_idx, c_idx, t.get_text().strip('\n'))], error
+            return [(r_idx, c_idx, t.get_text())], error
 
 
 def compute_accuracy(error_weights):