diff --git a/papergrid/Cargo.toml b/papergrid/Cargo.toml
index 3050b3e6..c6100a03 100644
--- a/papergrid/Cargo.toml
+++ b/papergrid/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ std = []
 ansi = ["ansi-str", "ansitok"]
 
 [dependencies]
-unicode-width = "=0.1.11"
+unicode-width = "0.2"
 bytecount = "0.6"
 fnv = "1.0"
 ansi-str = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
diff --git a/papergrid/src/util/string.rs b/papergrid/src/util/string.rs
index 2fa863be..8eada2f4 100644
--- a/papergrid/src/util/string.rs
+++ b/papergrid/src/util/string.rs
@@ -7,33 +7,16 @@
 /// Returns string width and count lines of a string. It's a combination of [`string_width_multiline`] and [`count_lines`].
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub fn get_text_dimension(text: &str) -> (usize, usize) {
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "ansi"))]
-    {
-        let (lines, acc, max) = text.chars().fold((1, 0, 0), |(lines, acc, max), c| {
-            if c == '\n' {
-                (lines + 1, 0, acc.max(max))
-            } else {
-                let w = unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar::width(c).unwrap_or(0);
-                (lines, acc + w, max)
-            }
-        });
-
-        (lines, acc.max(max))
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "ansi")]
-    {
-        get_lines(text)
-            .map(|line| get_line_width(&line))
-            .fold((0, 0), |(i, acc), width| (i + 1, acc.max(width)))
-    }
+    get_lines(text)
+        .map(|line| get_line_width(&line))
+        .fold((0, 0), |(i, acc), width| (i + 1, acc.max(width)))
 }
 
 /// Returns a string width.
 pub fn get_line_width(text: &str) -> usize {
     #[cfg(not(feature = "ansi"))]
     {
-        unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr::width(text)
+        get_string_width(text)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "ansi")]
@@ -44,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn get_line_width(text: &str) -> usize {
         ansitok::parse_ansi(text)
             .filter(|e| e.kind() == ansitok::ElementKind::Text)
             .map(|e| &text[e.start()..e.end()])
-            .map(unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr::width)
+            .map(get_string_width)
             .sum()
     }
 }
@@ -53,10 +36,7 @@ pub fn get_line_width(text: &str) -> usize {
 pub fn get_text_width(text: &str) -> usize {
     #[cfg(not(feature = "ansi"))]
     {
-        text.lines()
-            .map(unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr::width)
-            .max()
-            .unwrap_or(0)
+        text.lines().map(get_string_width).max().unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "ansi")]
@@ -72,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn get_char_width(c: char) -> usize {
 
 /// Returns a string width (accouting all characters).
 pub fn get_string_width(text: &str) -> usize {
-    unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr::width(text)
+    unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr::width(text.replace(|c| c < ' ', "").as_str())
 }
 
 /// Calculates a number of lines.
diff --git a/papergrid/tests/grid/render.rs b/papergrid/tests/grid/render.rs
index 6fcd8f36..21a43273 100644
--- a/papergrid/tests/grid/render.rs
+++ b/papergrid/tests/grid/render.rs
@@ -207,14 +207,32 @@ test_table!(
     "+----+--+"
 );
 
+#[test]
+fn emoji_width_test() {
+    use papergrid::util::string::get_string_width;
+    assert_eq!(get_string_width("👩"), 2);
+    assert_eq!(get_string_width("🔬"), 2);
+    assert_eq!(get_string_width("👩\u{200D}🔬"), 2);
+}
+
+test_table!(
+    emoji_handling,
+    grid(2, 1).data([["👩👩👩👩👩👩"], ["Hello"]]).build(),
+    "+------------+"
+    "|👩👩👩👩👩👩|"
+    "+------------+"
+    "|Hello       |"
+    "+------------+"
+);
+
 test_table!(
-    hieroglyph_handling_2,
-    grid(2, 1).data([["জী._ডি._ব্লক_সল্টলেক_দূর্গা_পুজো_২০১৮.jpg"], ["Hello"]]).build(),
-    "+------------------------------------+"
-    "|জী._ডি._ব্লক_সল্টলেক_দূর্গা_পুজো_২০১৮.jpg|"
-    "+------------------------------------+"
-    "|Hello                               |"
-    "+------------------------------------+"
+    emoji_handling_2,
+    grid(2, 1).data([["👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬"], ["Hello"]]).build(),
+    "+------------+"
+    "|👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬👩\u{200D}🔬|"
+    "+------------+"
+    "|Hello       |"
+    "+------------+"
 );
 
 test_table!(
diff --git a/testing_table/Cargo.toml b/testing_table/Cargo.toml
index f9310b66..1aedcb9f 100644
--- a/testing_table/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing_table/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ ansi = ["ansitok"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ansitok = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-unicode-width = "=0.1.11"
+unicode-width = "0.2"