diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9035075..d9a3bc5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 language: go
 go:
-        - 1.9.x
         - 1.10.x
         - 1.11.x
+        - 1.12.x
         - stable
 script:
         - go get -t ./...
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e95c99..518dff7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - The widgetapi.Widget.Draw method now accepts a second argument which provides
   widgets with additional metadata. This affects all implemented widgets.
+- Termdash now requires at least Go version 1.10, which allows us to utilize
+  `math.Round` instead of our own implementation and `strings.Builder` instead
+  of `bytes.Buffer`.
 
 ## [0.8.0] - 30-Mar-2019
 
diff --git a/internal/draw/text.go b/internal/draw/text.go
index c940ee5..521bbfa 100644
--- a/internal/draw/text.go
+++ b/internal/draw/text.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ package draw
 // text.go contains code that prints UTF-8 encoded strings on the canvas.
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/cell"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas"
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TrimText(text string, maxCells int, om OverrunMode) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported overrun mode %d", om)
 	}
 
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	cur := 0
 	for _, r := range text {
 		rw := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
diff --git a/internal/faketerm/diff.go b/internal/faketerm/diff.go
index 3a178a7..80b20e8 100644
--- a/internal/faketerm/diff.go
+++ b/internal/faketerm/diff.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ package faketerm
 // diff.go provides functions that highlight differences between fake terminals.
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/kylelemons/godebug/pretty"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/cell"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func Diff(want, got *Terminal) string {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	b.WriteString("found differences between the two fake terminals.\n")
 	b.WriteString("   got:\n")
 	b.WriteString(got.String())
diff --git a/internal/faketerm/faketerm.go b/internal/faketerm/faketerm.go
index 8617a9a..6d3145b 100644
--- a/internal/faketerm/faketerm.go
+++ b/internal/faketerm/faketerm.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 package faketerm
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/cell"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) BackBuffer() buffer.Buffer {
 // Implements fmt.Stringer.
 func (t *Terminal) String() string {
 	size := t.Size()
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	for row := 0; row < size.Y; row++ {
 		for col := 0; col < size.X; col++ {
 			r := t.buffer[col][row].Rune
diff --git a/internal/numbers/numbers.go b/internal/numbers/numbers.go
index e62f346..e91620f 100644
--- a/internal/numbers/numbers.go
+++ b/internal/numbers/numbers.go
@@ -96,17 +96,6 @@ func zeroBeforeDecimal(f float64) float64 {
 	return (f - floor) * sign
 }
 
-// Round returns the nearest integer, rounding half away from zero.
-// Copied from the math package of Go 1.10 for backwards compatibility with Go
-// 1.8 where the math.Round function doesn't exist yet.
-func Round(x float64) float64 {
-	t := math.Trunc(x)
-	if math.Abs(x-t) >= 0.5 {
-		return t + math.Copysign(1, x)
-	}
-	return t
-}
-
 // MinMax returns the smallest and the largest value among the provided values.
 // Returns (0, 0) if there are no values.
 // Ignores NaN values. Allowing NaN values could lead to a corner case where all
@@ -169,7 +158,7 @@ func DegreesToRadians(degrees int) float64 {
 
 // RadiansToDegrees converts radians to the equivalent in degrees.
 func RadiansToDegrees(radians float64) int {
-	d := int(Round(radians * 180 / math.Pi))
+	d := int(math.Round(radians * 180 / math.Pi))
 	if d < 0 {
 		d += 360
 	}
@@ -227,7 +216,7 @@ func SplitByRatio(n int, ratio image.Point) image.Point {
 	sum := float64(sr.X + sr.Y)
 	fact := fn / sum
 	return image.Point{
-		int(Round(fact * float64(sr.X))),
-		int(Round(fact * float64(sr.Y))),
+		int(math.Round(fact * float64(sr.X))),
+		int(math.Round(fact * float64(sr.Y))),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/numbers/numbers_test.go b/internal/numbers/numbers_test.go
index f5955b5..99b6d85 100644
--- a/internal/numbers/numbers_test.go
+++ b/internal/numbers/numbers_test.go
@@ -120,61 +120,6 @@ func alike(a, b float64) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-var round = []float64{
-	5,
-	8,
-	math.Copysign(0, -1),
-	-5,
-	10,
-	3,
-	5,
-	3,
-	2,
-	-9,
-}
-
-var vf = []float64{
-	4.9790119248836735e+00,
-	7.7388724745781045e+00,
-	-2.7688005719200159e-01,
-	-5.0106036182710749e+00,
-	9.6362937071984173e+00,
-	2.9263772392439646e+00,
-	5.2290834314593066e+00,
-	2.7279399104360102e+00,
-	1.8253080916808550e+00,
-	-8.6859247685756013e+00,
-}
-
-var vfroundSC = [][2]float64{
-	{0, 0},
-	{1.390671161567e-309, 0}, // denormal
-	{0.49999999999999994, 0}, // 0.5-epsilon
-	{0.5, 1},
-	{0.5000000000000001, 1}, // 0.5+epsilon
-	{-1.5, -2},
-	{-2.5, -3},
-	{math.NaN(), math.NaN()},
-	{math.Inf(1), math.Inf(1)},
-	{2251799813685249.5, 2251799813685250}, // 1 bit fraction
-	{2251799813685250.5, 2251799813685251},
-	{4503599627370495.5, 4503599627370496}, // 1 bit fraction, rounding to 0 bit fraction
-	{4503599627370497, 4503599627370497},   // large integer
-}
-
-func TestRound(t *testing.T) {
-	for i := 0; i < len(vf); i++ {
-		if f := Round(vf[i]); !alike(round[i], f) {
-			t.Errorf("Round(%g) = %g, want %g", vf[i], f, round[i])
-		}
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < len(vfroundSC); i++ {
-		if f := Round(vfroundSC[i][0]); !alike(vfroundSC[i][1], f) {
-			t.Errorf("Round(%g) = %g, want %g", vfroundSC[i][0], f, vfroundSC[i][1])
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMinMax(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		desc    string
diff --git a/internal/numbers/trig/trig.go b/internal/numbers/trig/trig.go
index 1a2da34..1e908d3 100644
--- a/internal/numbers/trig/trig.go
+++ b/internal/numbers/trig/trig.go
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ import (
 func CirclePointAtAngle(degrees int, mid image.Point, radius int) image.Point {
 	angle := numbers.DegreesToRadians(degrees)
 	r := float64(radius)
-	x := mid.X + int(numbers.Round(r*math.Cos(angle)))
+	x := mid.X + int(math.Round(r*math.Cos(angle)))
 	// Y coordinates grow down on the canvas.
-	y := mid.Y - int(numbers.Round(r*math.Sin(angle)))
+	y := mid.Y - int(math.Round(r*math.Sin(angle)))
 	return image.Point{x, y}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/segdisp/sixteen/attributes.go b/internal/segdisp/sixteen/attributes.go
index 5af1a7c..fa535ae 100644
--- a/internal/segdisp/sixteen/attributes.go
+++ b/internal/segdisp/sixteen/attributes.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var diaSegType = map[Segment]segment.DiagonalType{
 func segmentSize(ar image.Rectangle) int {
 	// widthPerc is the relative width of a segment to the width of the canvas.
 	const widthPerc = 9
-	s := int(numbers.Round(float64(ar.Dx()) * widthPerc / 100))
+	s := int(math.Round(float64(ar.Dx()) * widthPerc / 100))
 	if s > 3 && s%2 == 0 {
 		// Segments with odd number of pixels in their width/height look
 		// better, since the spike at the top of their slopes has only one
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@ func newAttributes(bcAr image.Rectangle) *attributes {
 	twoSegLeg := twoSegHypo / math.Sqrt2
 	edgeSegGap := twoSegLeg - segPeakDist
 
-	spaces := int(numbers.Round(2*edgeSegGap + peakToPeak))
+	spaces := int(math.Round(2*edgeSegGap + peakToPeak))
 	shortLen := (bcAr.Dx()-spaces)/2 - 1
 	longLen := (bcAr.Dy()-spaces)/2 - 1
 
-	ptp := int(numbers.Round(peakToPeak))
-	horizLeftX := int(numbers.Round(edgeSegGap))
+	ptp := int(math.Round(peakToPeak))
+	horizLeftX := int(math.Round(edgeSegGap))
 
 	// Refer to doc/segment_placement.svg.
 	// Diagram labeled "A mid point".
-	offset := int(numbers.Round(diaLeg - segPeakDist))
+	offset := int(math.Round(diaLeg - segPeakDist))
 	horizMidX := horizLeftX + shortLen + offset
 	horizRightX := horizLeftX + shortLen + ptp + shortLen + offset
 
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ func (a *attributes) diaBetween(top, left, right, bottom Segment) image.Rectangl
 	const hvToDiaGapPerc = 30
 	hvToDiaGap := a.diaGap * hvToDiaGapPerc / 100
 
-	startX := int(numbers.Round(float64(topAr.Min.X) + a.segPeakDist - a.diaLeg + hvToDiaGap))
-	startY := int(numbers.Round(float64(leftAr.Min.Y) + a.segPeakDist - a.diaLeg + hvToDiaGap))
-	endX := int(numbers.Round(float64(bottomAr.Max.X) - a.segPeakDist + a.diaLeg - hvToDiaGap))
-	endY := int(numbers.Round(float64(rightAr.Max.Y) - a.segPeakDist + a.diaLeg - hvToDiaGap))
+	startX := int(math.Round(float64(topAr.Min.X) + a.segPeakDist - a.diaLeg + hvToDiaGap))
+	startY := int(math.Round(float64(leftAr.Min.Y) + a.segPeakDist - a.diaLeg + hvToDiaGap))
+	endX := int(math.Round(float64(bottomAr.Max.X) - a.segPeakDist + a.diaLeg - hvToDiaGap))
+	endY := int(math.Round(float64(rightAr.Max.Y) - a.segPeakDist + a.diaLeg - hvToDiaGap))
 	return image.Rect(startX, startY, endX, endY)
 }
diff --git a/internal/segdisp/sixteen/sixteen.go b/internal/segdisp/sixteen/sixteen.go
index dcab6d6..fb52575 100644
--- a/internal/segdisp/sixteen/sixteen.go
+++ b/internal/segdisp/sixteen/sixteen.go
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The following outlines segments in the display and their names.
 package sixteen
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
 	"math"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/cell"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/area"
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func SupportsChars(s string) (bool, []rune) {
 // Sanitize returns a copy of the string, replacing all unsupported characters
 // with a space character.
 func Sanitize(s string) string {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	for _, r := range s {
 		if _, ok := characterSegments[r]; !ok {
 			b.WriteRune(' ')
diff --git a/internal/wrap/wrap.go b/internal/wrap/wrap.go
index 0fe3a1c..b0ead04 100644
--- a/internal/wrap/wrap.go
+++ b/internal/wrap/wrap.go
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 package wrap
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas/buffer"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func ValidText(text string) error {
 // ValidCells validates the provided cells for wrapping.
 // The text in the cells must follow the same rules as described for ValidText.
 func ValidCells(cells []*buffer.Cell) error {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	for _, c := range cells {
 		b.WriteRune(c.Rune)
 	}
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (cs *cellScanner) wordCells() []*buffer.Cell {
 // wordWidth returns the width of the current word in cells when printed on the
 // terminal.
 func (cs *cellScanner) wordWidth() int {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	for _, wc := range cs.wordCells() {
 		b.WriteRune(wc.Rune)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/wrap/wrap_test.go b/internal/wrap/wrap_test.go
index 4ac7d69..da712f8 100644
--- a/internal/wrap/wrap_test.go
+++ b/internal/wrap/wrap_test.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 package wrap
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestValidTextAndCells(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			desc: "all printable ASCII characters are allowed",
 			text: func() string {
-				var b bytes.Buffer
+				var b strings.Builder
 				for i := 0; i < unicode.MaxASCII; i++ {
 					r := rune(i)
 					if unicode.IsPrint(r) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestValidTextAndCells(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			desc: "all printable Unicode characters in the Latin-1 space are allowed",
 			text: func() string {
-				var b bytes.Buffer
+				var b strings.Builder
 				for i := 0; i < unicode.MaxLatin1; i++ {
 					r := rune(i)
 					if unicode.IsPrint(r) {
diff --git a/widgets/donut/circle.go b/widgets/donut/circle.go
index d9a586a..780a716 100644
--- a/widgets/donut/circle.go
+++ b/widgets/donut/circle.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ package donut
 
 import (
 	"image"
+	"math"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas/braille"
-	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/numbers"
 )
 
 // startEndAngles given progress indicators and the desired start angle and
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ func startEndAngles(current, total, startAngle, direction int) (start, end int)
 	}
 
 	mult := float64(current) / float64(total)
-	angleSize := numbers.Round(float64(360) * mult)
+	angleSize := math.Round(float64(360) * mult)
 
 	if angleSize == fullCircle {
 		return 0, fullCircle
 	}
-	end = startAngle + int(numbers.Round(float64(direction)*angleSize))
+	end = startAngle + int(math.Round(float64(direction)*angleSize))
 
 	if end < 0 {
 		end += fullCircle
diff --git a/widgets/donut/donut.go b/widgets/donut/donut.go
index 6863ea5..031525d 100644
--- a/widgets/donut/donut.go
+++ b/widgets/donut/donut.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
+	"math"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/align"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas/braille"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/draw"
-	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/numbers"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/runewidth"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/terminal/terminalapi"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/widgetapi"
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (d *Donut) progressText() string {
 // holeRadius calculates the radius of the "hole" in the donut.
 // Returns zero if no hole should be drawn.
 func (d *Donut) holeRadius(donutRadius int) int {
-	r := int(numbers.Round(float64(donutRadius) / 100 * float64(d.opts.donutHolePercent)))
+	r := int(math.Round(float64(donutRadius) / 100 * float64(d.opts.donutHolePercent)))
 	if r < 2 { // Smallest possible circle radius.
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/widgets/gauge/gauge.go b/widgets/gauge/gauge.go
index 1d01ce5..feca8fb 100644
--- a/widgets/gauge/gauge.go
+++ b/widgets/gauge/gauge.go
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 package gauge
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/cell"
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (g *Gauge) progressText() string {
 // gaugeText returns full text to be displayed within the gauge, i.e. the
 // progress text and the optional label.
 func (g *Gauge) gaugeText() string {
-	var b bytes.Buffer
+	var b strings.Builder
 	b.WriteString(g.progressText())
 	if g.opts.textLabel != "" {
 		if b.Len() > 0 {
diff --git a/widgets/linechart/internal/axes/scale.go b/widgets/linechart/internal/axes/scale.go
index 202e696..63b2448 100644
--- a/widgets/linechart/internal/axes/scale.go
+++ b/widgets/linechart/internal/axes/scale.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ package axes
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/canvas/braille"
-	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/numbers"
 )
 
 // YScaleMode determines whether the Y scale is anchored to the zero value.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (ys *YScale) ValueToPixel(v float64) (int, error) {
 		diff := -1 * ys.Min.Value
 		v += diff
 	}
-	pos := int(numbers.Round(v / ys.Step.Rounded))
+	pos := int(math.Round(v / ys.Step.Rounded))
 	return positionToY(pos, ys.brailleHeight)
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (xs *XScale) ValueToPixel(v int) (int, error) {
 	if xs.Min.Value > 0 {
 		fv -= xs.Min.Value
 	}
-	return int(numbers.Round(fv / xs.Step.Rounded)), nil
+	return int(math.Round(fv / xs.Step.Rounded)), nil
 }
 
 // ValueToCell given a value, determines the X coordinate of the cell that
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (xs *XScale) CellLabel(x int) (*Value, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return NewValue(numbers.Round(v), xs.Min.NonZeroDecimals), nil
+	return NewValue(math.Round(v), xs.Min.NonZeroDecimals), nil
 }
 
 // positionToY, given a position within the height, returns the Y coordinate of
diff --git a/widgets/segmentdisplay/segmentdisplay.go b/widgets/segmentdisplay/segmentdisplay.go
index d60e993..a8be19e 100644
--- a/widgets/segmentdisplay/segmentdisplay.go
+++ b/widgets/segmentdisplay/segmentdisplay.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package segmentdisplay
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/alignfor"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import (
 // Implements widgetapi.Widget. This object is thread-safe.
 type SegmentDisplay struct {
 	// buff contains the text to be displayed.
-	buff bytes.Buffer
+	buff strings.Builder
 
 	// givenWOpts are write options given for the text in buff.
 	givenWOpts []*writeOptions
diff --git a/widgets/sparkline/sparks.go b/widgets/sparkline/sparks.go
index 9e7f900..029478d 100644
--- a/widgets/sparkline/sparks.go
+++ b/widgets/sparkline/sparks.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package sparkline
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 
-	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/numbers"
 	"github.com/mum4k/termdash/internal/runewidth"
 )
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func toBlocks(value, max, vertCells int) blocks {
 	scale := float64(cellSparks) * float64(vertCells) / float64(max)
 
 	// How many smallest spark elements are needed to represent the value.
-	elements := int(numbers.Round(float64(value) * scale))
+	elements := int(math.Round(float64(value) * scale))
 
 	b := blocks{
 		full: elements / cellSparks,