diff --git a/cell.go b/cell.go
index ae468e9..ea4e1d0 100644
--- a/cell.go
+++ b/cell.go
@@ -494,6 +494,54 @@ func (f *File) SetCellHyperLink(sheet, axis, link, linkType string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetCellRichText provides a function to get rich text of cell by given
+// worksheet.
+func (f *File) GetCellRichText(sheet, cell string) (runs []RichTextRun, err error) {
+	ws, err := f.workSheetReader(sheet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	cellData, _, _, err := f.prepareCell(ws, sheet, cell)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	siIdx, err := strconv.Atoi(cellData.V)
+	if nil != err {
+		return
+	}
+	sst := f.sharedStringsReader()
+	if len(sst.SI) <= siIdx || siIdx < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	si := sst.SI[siIdx]
+	for _, v := range si.R {
+		run := RichTextRun{
+			Text: v.T.Val,
+		}
+		if nil != v.RPr {
+			font := Font{}
+			font.Bold = v.RPr.B != nil
+			font.Italic = v.RPr.I != nil
+			if nil != v.RPr.U {
+				font.Underline = *v.RPr.U.Val
+			}
+			if nil != v.RPr.RFont {
+				font.Family = *v.RPr.RFont.Val
+			}
+			if nil != v.RPr.Sz {
+				font.Size = *v.RPr.Sz.Val
+			}
+			font.Strike = v.RPr.Strike != nil
+			if nil != v.RPr.Color {
+				font.Color = strings.TrimPrefix(v.RPr.Color.RGB, "FF")
+			}
+			run.Font = &font
+		}
+		runs = append(runs, run)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // SetCellRichText provides a function to set cell with rich text by given
 // worksheet. For example, set rich text on the A1 cell of the worksheet named
 // Sheet1:
@@ -619,14 +667,15 @@ func (f *File) SetCellRichText(sheet, cell string, runs []RichTextRun) error {
 		fnt := textRun.Font
 		if fnt != nil {
 			rpr := xlsxRPr{}
+			trueVal := ""
 			if fnt.Bold {
-				rpr.B = " "
+				rpr.B = &trueVal
 			}
 			if fnt.Italic {
-				rpr.I = " "
+				rpr.I = &trueVal
 			}
 			if fnt.Strike {
-				rpr.Strike = " "
+				rpr.Strike = &trueVal
 			}
 			if fnt.Underline != "" {
 				rpr.U = &attrValString{Val: &fnt.Underline}
diff --git a/cell_test.go b/cell_test.go
index c3c20f7..026189c 100644
--- a/cell_test.go
+++ b/cell_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package excelize
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -221,7 +223,59 @@ func TestOverflowNumericCell(t *testing.T) {
 	// GOARCH=amd64 - all ok; GOARCH=386 - actual: "-2147483648"
 	assert.Equal(t, "8595602512225", val, "A1 should be 8595602512225")
 }
+func TestGetCellRichText(t *testing.T) {
+	f := NewFile()
 
+	runsSource := []RichTextRun{
+		{
+			Text: "a\n",
+		},
+		{
+			Text: "b",
+			Font: &Font{
+				Underline: "single",
+				Color:     "ff0000",
+				Bold:      true,
+				Italic:    true,
+				Family:    "Times New Roman",
+				Size:      100,
+				Strike:    true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, f.SetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A1", runsSource))
+
+	runs, err := f.GetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, runsSource[0].Text, runs[0].Text)
+	assert.Nil(t, runs[0].Font)
+	assert.NotNil(t, runs[1].Font)
+
+	runsSource[1].Font.Color = strings.ToUpper(runsSource[1].Font.Color)
+	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(runsSource[1].Font, runs[1].Font), "should get the same font")
+
+	// Test get cell rich text when string item index overflow
+	f.Sheet["xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml"].SheetData.Row[0].C[0].V = "2"
+	runs, err = f.GetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(runs))
+	// Test get cell rich text when string item index is negative
+	f.Sheet["xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml"].SheetData.Row[0].C[0].V = "-1"
+	runs, err = f.GetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(runs))
+	// Test get cell rich text on invalid string item index
+	f.Sheet["xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml"].SheetData.Row[0].C[0].V = "x"
+	_, err = f.GetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A1")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "strconv.Atoi: parsing \"x\": invalid syntax")
+	// Test set cell rich text on not exists worksheet
+	_, err = f.GetCellRichText("SheetN", "A1")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "sheet SheetN is not exist")
+	// Test set cell rich text with illegal cell coordinates
+	_, err = f.GetCellRichText("Sheet1", "A")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, `cannot convert cell "A" to coordinates: invalid cell name "A"`)
+}
 func TestSetCellRichText(t *testing.T) {
 	f := NewFile()
 	assert.NoError(t, f.SetRowHeight("Sheet1", 1, 35))
diff --git a/comment.go b/comment.go
index 1ef3877..c897943 100644
--- a/comment.go
+++ b/comment.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ func (f *File) addComment(commentsXML, cell string, formatSet *formatComment) {
 		}
 	}
 	defaultFont := f.GetDefaultFont()
+	bold := ""
 	cmt := xlsxComment{
 		Ref:      cell,
 		AuthorID: 0,
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ func (f *File) addComment(commentsXML, cell string, formatSet *formatComment) {
 			R: []xlsxR{
 				{
 					RPr: &xlsxRPr{
-						B:  " ",
+						B:  &bold,
 						Sz: &attrValFloat{Val: float64Ptr(9)},
 						Color: &xlsxColor{
 							Indexed: 81,
diff --git a/xmlSharedStrings.go b/xmlSharedStrings.go
index f59119f..c9f311b 100644
--- a/xmlSharedStrings.go
+++ b/xmlSharedStrings.go
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ type xlsxRPr struct {
 	RFont     *attrValString `xml:"rFont"`
 	Charset   *attrValInt    `xml:"charset"`
 	Family    *attrValInt    `xml:"family"`
-	B         string         `xml:"b,omitempty"`
-	I         string         `xml:"i,omitempty"`
-	Strike    string         `xml:"strike,omitempty"`
-	Outline   string         `xml:"outline,omitempty"`
-	Shadow    string         `xml:"shadow,omitempty"`
-	Condense  string         `xml:"condense,omitempty"`
-	Extend    string         `xml:"extend,omitempty"`
+	B         *string        `xml:"b"`
+	I         *string        `xml:"i"`
+	Strike    *string        `xml:"strike"`
+	Outline   *string        `xml:"outline"`
+	Shadow    *string        `xml:"shadow"`
+	Condense  *string        `xml:"condense"`
+	Extend    *string        `xml:"extend"`
 	Color     *xlsxColor     `xml:"color"`
 	Sz        *attrValFloat  `xml:"sz"`
 	U         *attrValString `xml:"u"`