diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9ee63a4..c574dd0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.0
 	github.com/logrusorgru/aurora v0.0.0-20191017060258-dc85c304c434
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7
 	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2
-	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191128051140-93fa6301a46e
+	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191205093112-d357691d258b
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.3
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.6
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 562ee08..9a8364e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10 h1:qxFzApOv4WsAL965uUPIsXzAKCZxN2p9UqdhFS4ZW1
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcMEpPG5Rm84=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.6 h1:V2iyH+aX9C5fsYCpK60U8BYIvmhqxuOL3JZcqc1NB7k=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.6/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7 h1:Ei8KR0497xHyKJPAv59M1dkC+rOZCMBJ+t3fZ+twI54=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2 h1:5lPfLTTAvAbtS0VqT+94yOtFnGfUWYyx0+iToC3Os3s=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iVP4YcDBq+n/5fb23BhYFvIMq/leAFZyRl6bYmGDlGc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191128045928-968b9b2020ad h1:jyfh8KHPivRKjfqin
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191128045928-968b9b2020ad/go.mod h1:ElDHwEb2eq5uzeCdCvT9KyrqcAfLcQg7VCL7r7JXdcc=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191128051140-93fa6301a46e h1:9UdJp/6YtIpyJZISKQJ9YNIDN9eB4yUo49oARFxtzDw=
 github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191128051140-93fa6301a46e/go.mod h1:ElDHwEb2eq5uzeCdCvT9KyrqcAfLcQg7VCL7r7JXdcc=
+github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191205093112-d357691d258b h1:7iJQNEN0GksbYNXZKyaa6zdMIvX89wAeHJ9EnKRFgZg=
+github.com/muesli/reflow v0.0.0-20191205093112-d357691d258b/go.mod h1:I9bWAt7QTg/que/qmUCJBGlj7wEq8OAFBjPNjc6xK4I=
 github.com/nkovacs/streamquote v0.0.0-20170412213628-49af9bddb229/go.mod h1:0aYXnNPJ8l7uZxf45rWW1a/uME32OF0rhiYGNQ2oF2E=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.3 h1:i0LBnzgiChAWHJYTQAZJDOgf8MNxAVYZJ2m63SIDimI=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.3/go.mod h1:YZeBtGzYYEsCHp2LST/u/0NDwGkRoBtmn1cIWCJiS6M=
diff --git a/padding.go b/padding.go
index bfce1cf..89cc7ca 100644
--- a/padding.go
+++ b/padding.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package gold
 
 import (
 	"io"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 )
 
 type PaddingFunc = func(w io.Writer)
@@ -25,9 +27,10 @@ func (w *PaddingWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 			if (c >= 0x41 && c <= 0x5a) || (c >= 0x61 && c <= 0x7a) {
 				// ANSI sequence terminated
 				w.ansi = false
-				w.lineLen--
 			}
 		} else {
+			w.lineLen += runewidth.StringWidth(string(c))
+
 			if c == '\n' {
 				// end of current line
 				if w.Padding > 0 && uint(w.lineLen) < w.Padding {
@@ -36,13 +39,10 @@ func (w *PaddingWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 					}
 				}
 				w.Forward.ResetAnsi()
-				w.lineLen = -1
+				w.lineLen = 0
 			}
 		}
 
-		if !w.ansi {
-			w.lineLen++
-		}
 		_, err := w.Forward.Write([]byte(string(c)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err