public static function truncateCharacters(string $content, int $count, string $suffix = '...', string $encoding = 'utf-8', $config = null): string
    {
        $config = static::createConfig($config);

        $tokens = \HTMLPurifier_Lexer::create($config)->tokenizeHTML($content, $config, new \HTMLPurifier_Context());
        $openTokens = [];
        $totalCount = 0;
        $depth = 0;
        $truncated = [];
        foreach ($tokens as $token) {
            if ($token instanceof \HTMLPurifier_Token_Start) { //Tag begins
                $openTokens[$depth] = $token->name;
                $truncated[] = $token;
                ++$depth;
            } elseif ($token instanceof \HTMLPurifier_Token_Text && $totalCount <= $count) { //Text
                $token->data = StringHelper::truncateCharacters($token->data, $count - $totalCount, '', $encoding);
                $currentCount = mb_strlen($token->data, $encoding);
                $totalCount += $currentCount;
                $truncated[] = $token;
            } elseif ($token instanceof \HTMLPurifier_Token_End) { //Tag ends
                if ($token->name === $openTokens[$depth - 1]) {
                    --$depth;
                    unset($openTokens[$depth]);
                    $truncated[] = $token;
                }
            } elseif ($token instanceof \HTMLPurifier_Token_Empty) { //Self contained tags, i.e. <img/> etc.
                $truncated[] = $token;
            }
            if ($totalCount >= $count) {
                if (0 < count($openTokens)) {
                    krsort($openTokens);
                    foreach ($openTokens as $name) {
                        $truncated[] = new \HTMLPurifier_Token_End($name);
                    }
                }
                break;
            }
        }
        $context = new \HTMLPurifier_Context();
        $generator = new \HTMLPurifier_Generator($config, $context);

        return $generator->generateFromTokens($truncated) . ($totalCount >= $count ? $suffix : '');
    }