diff --git a/ConsoleTables.Tests/ConsoleTableTest.cs b/ConsoleTables.Tests/ConsoleTableTest.cs
index 974b382..83181e7 100644
--- a/ConsoleTables.Tests/ConsoleTableTest.cs
+++ b/ConsoleTables.Tests/ConsoleTableTest.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,39 @@ public void ShouldBeAvoidErrorOnToStringFromAddRows()
  Count: 2", table);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void SpecialCharactersShouldNotBreakTable()
+        {
+            var users = new List<User>
+            {
+                new() { Name = "René", Age = 59 },
+                new() { Name = "Otto", Age = 52 }
+            };
+            var table = ConsoleTable
+                .From(users)
+                .Configure(o => o.NumberAlignment = Alignment.Right)
+                .ToString();
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+$@" -------------- 
+ | Name | Age |
+ -------------- 
+ | René |  59 |
+ -------------- 
+ | Otto |  52 |
+ -------------- 
+
+ Count: 2", table);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestGetTextWidth()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(3, ConsoleTable.GetTextWidth("abc"));
+            Assert.Equal(3, ConsoleTable.GetTextWidth("äöü"));
+            Assert.Equal(4, ConsoleTable.GetTextWidth("René"));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void NumberShouldBeRightAligned()
         {
diff --git a/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTable.cs b/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTable.cs
index 11bb72c..d5d2436 100644
--- a/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTable.cs
+++ b/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTable.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Wcwidth;
 
 namespace ConsoleTables
 {
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ public static int GetTextWidth(string value)
             if (value == null)
                 return 0;
 
-            var length = value.ToCharArray().Sum(c => c > 127 ? 2 : 1);
+            var length = value.ToCharArray().Sum(c => UnicodeCalculator.GetWidth(c));
             return length;
         }
 
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ private List<int> ColumnLengths()
                 .Select((t, i) => Rows.Select(x => x[i])
                     .Union(new[] { Columns[i] })
                     .Where(x => x != null)
-                    .Select(x => x.ToString().ToCharArray().Sum(c => c > 127 ? 2 : 1)).Max())
+                    .Select(x => x.ToString().ToCharArray().Sum(c => UnicodeCalculator.GetWidth(c))).Max())
                 .ToList();
             return columnLengths;
         }
diff --git a/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTables.csproj b/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTables.csproj
index 81a62e4..3aa6784 100644
--- a/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTables.csproj
+++ b/src/ConsoleTables/ConsoleTables.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Wcwidth" Version="1.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>2.2</MinVerMinimumMajorMinor>
   </PropertyGroup>