diff --git a/screen-write.c b/screen-write.c
index 24195708..59d289ec 100644
--- a/screen-write.c
+++ b/screen-write.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ screen_write_cell(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, const struct grid_cell *gc)
 	struct grid_cell 	 tmp_gc, now_gc;
 	struct tty_ctx		 ttyctx;
 	u_int			 sx = screen_size_x(s), sy = screen_size_y(s);
-	u_int		 	 width = gc->data.width, xx, last, cx, cy;
+	u_int		 	 width = gc->data.width, xx, last, cy;
 	int			 selected, skip = 1;
 
 	/* Ignore padding cells. */
@@ -1853,12 +1853,12 @@ screen_write_cell(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, const struct grid_cell *gc)
 		ctx->flags &= ~SCREEN_WRITE_ZWJ;
 		screen_write_collect_flush(ctx, 0, __func__);
 		if ((gc = screen_write_combine(ctx, ud, &xx)) != NULL) {
-			cx = s->cx; cy = s->cy;
+			cy = s->cy;
 			screen_write_set_cursor(ctx, xx, s->cy);
 			screen_write_initctx(ctx, &ttyctx, 0);
 			ttyctx.cell = gc;
 			tty_write(tty_cmd_cell, &ttyctx);
-			s->cx = cx; s->cy = cy;
+			s->cx = xx + 1 + gc->data.width; s->cy = cy;
 		}
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2016,6 +2016,14 @@ screen_write_combine(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, const struct utf8_data *ud,
 	memcpy(gc.data.data + gc.data.size, ud->data, ud->size);
 	gc.data.size += ud->size;
 
+	/* If this is U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16, force the width to 2. */
+	if (gc.data.width == 1 &&
+		ud->size == 3 &&
+		memcmp(ud->data, "\357\270\217", 3) == 0) {
+		grid_view_set_padding(gd, (*xx) + 1, s->cy);
+		gc.data.width = 2;
+	}
+
 	/* Set the new cell. */
 	grid_view_set_cell(gd, *xx, s->cy, &gc);
 
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index 55a68110..03918cd2 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -227,12 +227,11 @@ utf8_width(struct utf8_data *ud, int *width)
 		return (UTF8_ERROR);
 	}
 	*width = wcwidth(wc);
-	if (*width < 0 || *width > 0xff) {
-		log_debug("UTF-8 %.*s, wcwidth() %d", (int)ud->size, ud->data,
-		    *width);
-		return (UTF8_ERROR);
-	}
-	return (UTF8_DONE);
+	log_debug("UTF-8 %.*s %#x, wcwidth() %d", (int)ud->size, ud->data,
+	    (u_int)wc, *width);
+	if (*width >= 0 && *width <= 0xff)
+		return (UTF8_DONE);
+	return (UTF8_ERROR);
 }
 
 /*