diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
index 547d39c9..d8272df5 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
@@ -220,16 +220,15 @@ static void sig_gui_print_text(WINDOW_REC *window, void *fgcolor,
 	get_colors(flags, &fg, &bg, &attr);
 
 	if (window == NULL) {
-                g_return_if_fail(next_xpos != -1);
+		g_return_if_fail(next_xpos != -1);
 
 		term_set_color2(root_window, attr, fg, bg);
 
 		term_move(root_window, next_xpos, next_ypos);
 		if (flags & GUI_PRINT_FLAG_CLRTOEOL)
 			term_clrtoeol(root_window);
-		term_addstr(root_window, str);
-		next_xpos += strlen(str); /* FIXME utf8 or big5 */
-                return;
+		next_xpos += term_addstr(root_window, str);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	lineinfo.level = dest == NULL ? 0 : dest->level;
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
index ded79c28..27be904e 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
@@ -522,15 +522,36 @@ void term_add_unichar(TERM_WINDOW *window, unichar chr)
 	}
 }
 
-void term_addstr(TERM_WINDOW *window, const char *str)
+int term_addstr(TERM_WINDOW *window, const char *str)
 {
-	int len;
+	int len, raw_len;
+	unichar tmp;
+	const char *ptr;
 
 	if (vcmove) term_move_real();
-	len = strlen(str); /* FIXME utf8 or big5 */
+
+	len = 0;
+	raw_len = strlen(str);
+
+	/* The string length depends on the terminal encoding */
+
+	ptr = str;
+
+	if (term_type == TERM_TYPE_UTF8) {
+		while (*ptr != '\0') {
+			tmp = g_utf8_get_char(ptr);
+			len += unichar_isprint(tmp) ? mk_wcwidth(tmp) : 1;
+			ptr = g_utf8_next_char(ptr);
+		}
+	} else
+		len = raw_len;
+
         term_printed_text(len);
 
-	fwrite(str, 1, len, window->term->out);
+	/* Use strlen() here since we need the number of raw bytes */
+	fwrite(str, 1, raw_len, window->term->out);
+
+	return len;
 }
 
 void term_clrtoeol(TERM_WINDOW *window)
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term.h b/src/fe-text/term.h
index cdcc787a..f0a76c42 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/term.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void term_set_color(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col);
 void term_move(TERM_WINDOW *window, int x, int y);
 void term_addch(TERM_WINDOW *window, char chr);
 void term_add_unichar(TERM_WINDOW *window, unichar chr);
-void term_addstr(TERM_WINDOW *window, const char *str);
+int  term_addstr(TERM_WINDOW *window, const char *str);
 void term_clrtoeol(TERM_WINDOW *window);
 
 void term_move_cursor(int x, int y);