diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index f10018be..f6b37f4d 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
   typedef typename Context::char_type char_type;
   switch (arg.type_) {
   case internal::none_type:
-    return vis(monostate());
+    break;
   case internal::name_arg_type:
     FMT_ASSERT(false, "invalid argument type");
     break;
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type
   case internal::custom_type:
     return vis(typename basic_arg<Context>::handle(arg.value_.custom));
   }
-  return typename internal::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type();
+  return vis(monostate());
 }
 
 enum alignment {
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ template <typename Range>
 class arg_formatter_base {
  public:
   typedef typename Range::value_type char_type;
+  typedef decltype(internal::declval<Range>().begin()) iterator;
   typedef basic_format_specs<char_type> format_specs;
 
  private:
@@ -1422,6 +1423,7 @@ class arg_formatter_base {
  protected:
   writer_type &writer() { return writer_; }
   format_specs &spec() { return specs_; }
+  iterator out() { return writer_.out(); }
 
   void write(bool value) {
     writer_.write_str(string_view(value ? "true" : "false"), specs_);
@@ -1437,22 +1439,30 @@ class arg_formatter_base {
  public:
   arg_formatter_base(Range r, format_specs &s): writer_(r), specs_(s) {}
 
-  void operator()(monostate) {
+  iterator operator()(monostate) {
     FMT_ASSERT(false, "invalid argument type");
+    return out();
   }
 
   template <typename T>
-  typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value>::type
-      operator()(T value) { writer_.write_int(value, specs_); }
+  typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, iterator>::type
+      operator()(T value) {
+    writer_.write_int(value, specs_);
+    return out();
+  }
 
   template <typename T>
-  typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value>::type
-      operator()(T value) { writer_.write_double(value, specs_); }
+  typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value, iterator>::type
+      operator()(T value) {
+    writer_.write_double(value, specs_);
+    return out();
+  }
 
-  void operator()(bool value) {
+  iterator operator()(bool value) {
     if (specs_.type_)
       return (*this)(value ? 1 : 0);
     write(value);
+    return out();
   }
 
   struct char_spec_handler : internal::error_handler {
@@ -1466,8 +1476,9 @@ class arg_formatter_base {
     void on_char() { formatter.write_char(value); }
   };
 
-  void operator()(char_type value) {
+  iterator operator()(char_type value) {
     internal::handle_char_specs(specs_, char_spec_handler(*this, value));
+    return out();
   }
 
   struct cstring_spec_handler : internal::error_handler {
@@ -1481,19 +1492,22 @@ class arg_formatter_base {
     void on_pointer() { formatter.write_pointer(value); }
   };
 
-  void operator()(const char_type *value) {
+  iterator operator()(const char_type *value) {
     internal::handle_cstring_type_spec(
           specs_.type_, cstring_spec_handler(*this, value));
+    return out();
   }
 
-  void operator()(basic_string_view<char_type> value) {
+  iterator operator()(basic_string_view<char_type> value) {
     internal::check_string_type_spec(specs_.type_, internal::error_handler());
     writer_.write_str(value, specs_);
+    return out();
   }
 
-  void operator()(const void *value) {
+  iterator operator()(const void *value) {
     check_pointer_type_spec(specs_.type_, internal::error_handler());
     write_pointer(value);
+    return out();
   }
 };
 
@@ -2172,14 +2186,14 @@ class arg_formatter:
   public internal::function<void>, public internal::arg_formatter_base<Range> {
  private:
   typedef typename Range::value_type char_type;
-  typedef decltype(internal::declval<Range>().begin()) iterator;
   typedef internal::arg_formatter_base<Range> base;
-  typedef basic_context<iterator, char_type> context_type;
+  typedef basic_context<typename base::iterator, char_type> context_type;
 
   context_type &ctx_;
 
  public:
   typedef Range range;
+  typedef typename base::iterator iterator;
   typedef typename base::format_specs format_specs;
 
   /**
@@ -2195,8 +2209,9 @@ class arg_formatter:
   using base::operator();
 
   /** Formats an argument of a user-defined type. */
-  void operator()(typename basic_arg<context_type>::handle handle) const {
+  iterator operator()(typename basic_arg<context_type>::handle handle) {
     handle.format(ctx_);
+    return this->out();
   }
 };
 
@@ -2290,6 +2305,8 @@ class basic_writer {
   static char_type *get(char_type *p) { return p; }
 #endif
 
+  iterator out() const { return out_; }
+
   // Attempts to reserve space for n extra characters in the output range.
   // Returns a pointer to the reserved range or a reference to out_.
   auto reserve(std::size_t n) -> decltype(internal::reserve(out_, n)) {
@@ -2668,7 +2685,6 @@ void basic_writer<Range>::write_padded(
   }
 }
 
-
 template <typename Range>
 template <typename Char>
 void basic_writer<Range>::write_str(
@@ -3213,18 +3229,16 @@ struct format_handler : internal::error_handler {
 
   void on_replacement_field(iterator it) {
     context.parse_context().advance_to(pointer_from(it));
-    using internal::custom_formatter;
-    if (visit(custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
+    if (visit(internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
       return;
     basic_format_specs<Char> specs;
-    visit(ArgFormatter(context, specs), arg);
+    context.advance_to(visit(ArgFormatter(context, specs), arg));
   }
 
   iterator on_format_specs(iterator it) {
     auto& parse_ctx = context.parse_context();
     parse_ctx.advance_to(pointer_from(it));
-    using internal::custom_formatter;
-    if (visit(custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
+    if (visit(internal::custom_formatter<Char, Context>(context), arg))
       return iterator(parse_ctx);
     basic_format_specs<Char> specs;
     using internal::specs_handler;
@@ -3234,7 +3248,7 @@ struct format_handler : internal::error_handler {
     if (*it != '}')
       on_error("missing '}' in format string");
     parse_ctx.advance_to(pointer_from(it));
-    visit(ArgFormatter(context, specs), arg);
+    context.advance_to(visit(ArgFormatter(context, specs), arg));
     return it;
   }
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/printf.h b/include/fmt/printf.h
index 15bdf7b9..43d700dc 100644
--- a/include/fmt/printf.h
+++ b/include/fmt/printf.h
@@ -246,45 +246,49 @@ class printf_arg_formatter:
   using base::operator();
 
   /** Formats an argument of type ``bool``. */
-  void operator()(bool value) {
+  iterator operator()(bool value) {
     format_specs &fmt_spec = this->spec();
     if (fmt_spec.type_ != 's')
       return (*this)(value ? 1 : 0);
     fmt_spec.type_ = 0;
     this->write(value);
+    return this->out();
   }
 
   /** Formats a character. */
-  void operator()(char_type value) {
+  iterator operator()(char_type value) {
     format_specs &fmt_spec = this->spec();
     if (fmt_spec.type_ && fmt_spec.type_ != 'c')
       return (*this)(static_cast<int>(value));
     fmt_spec.flags_ = 0;
     fmt_spec.align_ = ALIGN_RIGHT;
-    base::operator()(value);
+    return base::operator()(value);
   }
 
   /** Formats a null-terminated C string. */
-  void operator()(const char *value) {
+  iterator operator()(const char *value) {
     if (value)
       base::operator()(value);
     else if (this->spec().type_ == 'p')
       write_null_pointer();
     else
       this->write("(null)");
+    return this->out();
   }
 
   /** Formats a pointer. */
-  void operator()(const void *value) {
+  iterator operator()(const void *value) {
     if (value)
       return base::operator()(value);
     this->spec().type_ = 0;
     write_null_pointer();
+    return this->out();
   }
 
   /** Formats an argument of a custom (user-defined) type. */
-  void operator()(typename basic_arg<context_type>::handle handle) {
+  iterator operator()(typename basic_arg<context_type>::handle handle) {
     handle.format(context_);
+    return this->out();
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/custom-formatter-test.cc b/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
index b7a85a5a..1a0e9a37 100644
--- a/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
+++ b/test/custom-formatter-test.cc
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ class custom_arg_formatter :
 
   using base::operator();
 
-  void operator()(double value) {
+  iterator operator()(double value) {
     if (round(value * pow(10, spec().precision())) == 0)
       value = 0;
-    base::operator()(value);
+    return base::operator()(value);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index cb1cde27..b4a53c7a 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -1416,9 +1416,14 @@ class mock_arg_formatter:
 
   using base::operator();
 
-  void operator()(int value) { call(value); }
+  iterator operator()(int value) {
+    call(value);
+    return base::operator()(value);
+  }
 
-  void operator()(fmt::basic_arg<fmt::context>::handle) {}
+  iterator operator()(fmt::basic_arg<fmt::context>::handle) {
+    return base::operator()(fmt::monostate());
+  }
 };
 
 void custom_vformat(fmt::string_view format_str, fmt::format_args args) {
@@ -1510,7 +1515,12 @@ TEST(FormatTest, FormatToN) {
   buffer[3] = 'x';
   auto result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, "{}", 12345);
   EXPECT_EQ(5u, result.size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
   EXPECT_EQ("123x", fmt::string_view(buffer, 4));
+  result = fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, "{:s}", "foobar");
+  EXPECT_EQ(6u, result.size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(buffer + 3, result.out);
+  EXPECT_EQ("foox", fmt::string_view(buffer, 4));
 }
 
 #if FMT_USE_CONSTEXPR