diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
index 1d88f77aa..d546bacc8 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
@@ -71,12 +71,39 @@ export function formatDate(date: Date): string {
     .replace(/\u202F/g, ' '); // see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/45171
 }
 
-export function truncateText(text: string, maxChars: number): string {
+export function truncateText(
+  text: string,
+  options:
+    | number
+    | {
+        maxChars: number;
+        position?: 'start' | 'middle' | 'end';
+        ellipsis?: string;
+      },
+): string {
+  const {
+    maxChars,
+    position = 'end',
+    ellipsis = '...',
+  } = typeof options === 'number' ? { maxChars: options } : options;
   if (text.length <= maxChars) {
     return text;
   }
-  const ellipsis = '...';
-  return text.slice(0, maxChars - ellipsis.length) + ellipsis;
+
+  const maxLength = maxChars - ellipsis.length;
+  switch (position) {
+    case 'start':
+      return ellipsis + text.slice(-maxLength).trim();
+    case 'middle':
+      const halfMaxChars = Math.floor(maxLength / 2);
+      return (
+        text.slice(0, halfMaxChars).trim() +
+        ellipsis +
+        text.slice(-halfMaxChars).trim()
+      );
+    default:
+      return text.slice(0, maxLength).trim() + ellipsis;
+  }
 }
 
 export function truncateTitle(text: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
index eb58df929..997470047 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
@@ -97,19 +97,55 @@ describe('formatDate', () => {
 });
 
 describe('truncateText', () => {
-  it('should replace overflowing text with ellipsis', () => {
+  it('should replace overflowing text with ellipsis at the end', () => {
     expect(truncateText('All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy', 32)).toBe(
       'All work and no play makes Ja...',
     );
   });
 
-  it('should produce truncated text which fits within limit', () => {
+  it('should leave text unchanged when within character limit passed as number', () => {
+    expect(truncateText("Here's Johnny!", 32)).toBe("Here's Johnny!");
+  });
+
+  it('should produce truncated text which fits within limit passed as number', () => {
     expect(
       truncateText('All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy', 32).length,
     ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(32);
   });
 
-  it('should leave text unchanged when within character limit', () => {
-    expect(truncateText("Here's Johnny!", 32)).toBe("Here's Johnny!");
+  it('should leave text unchanged when within character limit passed as options', () => {
+    expect(truncateText("Here's Johnny!", { maxChars: 32 })).toBe(
+      "Here's Johnny!",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should produce truncated text with ellipsis at the start', () => {
+    expect(
+      truncateText('Yesterday cloudy day.', {
+        maxChars: 10,
+        position: 'start',
+      }),
+    ).toBe('...dy day.');
+  });
+
+  it('should produce truncated text with ellipsis at the middle', () => {
+    expect(
+      truncateText('Horrendous amounts of lint issues are present Tony!', {
+        maxChars: 10,
+        position: 'middle',
+      }),
+    ).toBe('Hor...ny!');
+  });
+
+  it('should produce truncated text with ellipsis at the end', () => {
+    expect(truncateText("I'm Johnny!", { maxChars: 10, position: 'end' })).toBe(
+      "I'm Joh...",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should produce truncated text with custom ellipsis', () => {
+    expect(truncateText("I'm Johnny!", { maxChars: 10, ellipsis: '*' })).toBe(
+      "I'm Johnn*",
+    );
   });
 });