diff --git a/gitfame/_gitfame.py b/gitfame/_gitfame.py
index 873a27e..e8d8871 100755
--- a/gitfame/_gitfame.py
+++ b/gitfame/_gitfame.py
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@
     fext,
     int_cast_or_len,
     merge_stats,
-    print_unicode,
     string_types,
     tqdm,
+    unilen,
+    uniprint,
 )
 
 # version detector. Precedence: installed dist, git, 'UNKNOWN'
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ def tabulate(
     if backend not in tabber.tabulate_formats:
       raise ValueError("Unknown backend:%s" % backend)
     log.debug("backend:tabulate:" + backend)
-    COL_LENS = [max(len(Str(i[j])) for i in [COL_NAMES] + tab)
+    COL_LENS = [max(unilen(Str(i[j])) for i in [COL_NAMES] + tab)
                 for j in range(len(COL_NAMES))]
     COL_LENS[0] = min(
         TERM_WIDTH - sum(COL_LENS[1:]) - len(COL_LENS) * 3 - 4,
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ def run(args):
   #     extns.update([fext(i) for i in stats["files"]])
   # log.debug(extns)
 
-  print_unicode(tabulate(
+  uniprint(tabulate(
       auth_stats, stats_tot,
       args.sort, args.bytype, args.format, cost, args.enum))
 
diff --git a/gitfame/_utils.py b/gitfame/_utils.py
index 0dcf92e..678534d 100644
--- a/gitfame/_utils.py
+++ b/gitfame/_utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from functools import partial
+from unicodedata import east_asian_width
 
 from tqdm import tqdm as tqdm_std
 from tqdm.utils import _screen_shape_wrapper
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@
 __date__ = "2016-2020"
 __licence__ = "[MPLv2.0](https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/)"
 __all__ = ["TERM_WIDTH", "int_cast_or_len", "Max", "fext", "_str", "tqdm",
-           "tighten", "check_output", "print_unicode", "StringIO", "Str"]
+           "tighten", "check_output", "uniprint", "unilen",
+           "StringIO", "Str"]
 __copyright__ = ' '.join(("Copyright (c)", __date__, __author__, __licence__))
 __license__ = __licence__  # weird foreign language
 
@@ -60,6 +62,10 @@ def blank_col(rows, i, blanks):
   return all(r[i] in blanks for r in rows)
 
 
+def unilen(s):
+    return sum(2 if east_asian_width(ch) in 'FW' else 1 for ch in _str(s))
+
+
 def tighten(t, max_width=256, blanks=' -=', seps='|+'):
   """Tighten (default: grid) table padding"""
   rows = t.strip().split('\n')
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ def Max(it, empty_default=0):
     raise  # pragma: no cover
 
 
-def print_unicode(msg, end='\n', err='?'):
+def uniprint(msg, end='\n', err='?'):
   """print `msg`, replacing unicode characters with `err` upon failure"""
   for c in msg:
     try:
diff --git a/tests/tests_utils.py b/tests/tests_utils.py
index cce5d3d..886f10d 100644
--- a/tests/tests_utils.py
+++ b/tests/tests_utils.py
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ def test_integer_stats():
 
 def test_print():
   """Test printing of unicode"""
-  _utils.print_unicode("\x81")
+  _utils.uniprint("\x81")