diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index f08d86d..899cac1 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"git.milar.in/milarin/gmath"
 	"git.milar.in/milarin/slices"
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
 )
 
 type Table struct {
@@ -64,28 +63,30 @@ func (t *Table) AddRow(row ...interface{}) {
 func (t *Table) String() string {
 	b := new(strings.Builder)
 
-	b.WriteRune('┌')
+	b.WriteRune('┏')
 	for i, colwidth := range t.colwidth {
-		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("─", colwidth))
+		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("━", colwidth))
 		if i < len(t.colwidth)-1 {
-			b.WriteRune('┬')
+			b.WriteRune('┯')
 		}
 	}
-	b.WriteRune('┐')
+	b.WriteRune('┓')
 	b.WriteRune('\n')
 
-	bold := color.New(color.Bold)
-	t.printRow(b, bold.Sprint, t.head, t.headheight)
+	t.printRow(b, t.head, t.headheight)
 
-	if len(t.data) > 0 {
-		t.addNextCellLine(b)
-	} else {
-		t.addLastCellLine(b)
-		return b.String()
+	b.WriteRune('┣')
+	for i, colwidth := range t.colwidth {
+		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("━", colwidth))
+		if i < len(t.colwidth)-1 {
+			b.WriteRune('┿')
+		}
 	}
+	b.WriteRune('┫')
+	b.WriteRune('\n')
 
 	for i, row := range t.data {
-		t.printRow(b, fmt.Sprint, row, t.rowheight[i])
+		t.printRow(b, row, t.rowheight[i])
 		if t.rowSep && i < len(t.data)-1 {
 			t.addNextCellLine(b)
 		}
@@ -96,9 +97,9 @@ func (t *Table) String() string {
 	return b.String()
 }
 
-func (t *Table) printRow(b *strings.Builder, printFunc func(...interface{}) string, rowData [][]string, rowHeight int) {
+func (t *Table) printRow(b *strings.Builder, rowData [][]string, rowHeight int) {
 	for lineIndex := 0; lineIndex < rowHeight; lineIndex++ {
-		b.WriteRune('│')
+		b.WriteRune('┃')
 		for colIndex := 0; colIndex < t.maxcols; colIndex++ {
 			line := ""
 
@@ -109,33 +110,34 @@ func (t *Table) printRow(b *strings.Builder, printFunc func(...interface{}) stri
 				}
 			}
 
-			b.WriteString(printFunc(padStringRight(line, ' ', t.colwidth[colIndex])))
-			b.WriteRune('│')
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprint(padStringRight(line, ' ', t.colwidth[colIndex])))
+			if colIndex < t.maxcols-1 {
+				b.WriteRune('│')
+			}
 		}
-		b.WriteRune('\n')
+		b.WriteString("┃\n")
 	}
 }
 
 func (t *Table) addNextCellLine(b *strings.Builder) {
-	b.WriteRune('├')
+	b.WriteRune('┠')
 	for i, colwidth := range t.colwidth {
 		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("─", colwidth))
 		if i < len(t.colwidth)-1 {
 			b.WriteRune('┼')
 		}
 	}
-	b.WriteRune('┤')
+	b.WriteRune('┨')
 	b.WriteRune('\n')
 }
 
 func (t *Table) addLastCellLine(b *strings.Builder) {
-	b.WriteRune('└')
+	b.WriteRune('┗')
 	for i, colwidth := range t.colwidth {
-		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("─", colwidth))
+		b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("━", colwidth))
 		if i < len(t.colwidth)-1 {
-			b.WriteRune('┴')
+			b.WriteRune('┷')
 		}
 	}
-	b.WriteRune('┘')
-	b.WriteRune('\n')
+	b.WriteString("┛\n")
 }
diff --git a/table_header.go b/table_header.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ca853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table_header.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package tprint
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.milar.in/milarin/slices"
+)
+
+// TODO FormatHeaderTable is a quick hack
+// a better solution would be to support nested tables.
+// in that case, a header table is just a table with a singe col, single header row and single data row
+
+func FormatHeaderTable(header string, table *Table) string {
+	b := new(strings.Builder)
+
+	tab := table.String()
+	splits := strings.Split(tab, "\n")
+	tabwidth := strLen(splits[0])
+
+	b.WriteRune('┏')
+	b.WriteString(strings.Repeat("━", tabwidth-2))
+	b.WriteString("┓\n┃")
+	b.WriteString(padStringCenter(header, ' ', tabwidth-2))
+	b.WriteString("┃\n")
+
+	b.WriteRune('┣')
+	b.WriteString(splits[0][3 : len(splits[0])-3])
+	b.WriteString("┫\n")
+
+	slices.Each(splits[1:], func(s string) {
+		b.WriteString(s)
+		b.WriteRune('\n')
+	})
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 8b0e968..21d7ffa 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package tprint
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 )
@@ -23,16 +24,15 @@ func strLen(str string) int {
 	l := 0
 
 	runes := []rune(str)
-	colored := false
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(runes); i++ {
+
+		// skip control sequences
 		if unicode.IsControl(runes[i]) {
-			if colored {
-				i += 3
-			} else {
-				i += 4
+			for j := i; j < len(runes)-1 && runes[j] != 'm'; j++ {
+				i = j
 			}
-			colored = !colored
+			i++
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -46,3 +46,14 @@ func padStringRight(str string, pad rune, length int) string {
 	padding := length - strLen(str)
 	return str + strings.Repeat(string(pad), padding)
 }
+
+func padStringLeft(str string, pad rune, length int) string {
+	padding := length - strLen(str)
+	return strings.Repeat(string(pad), padding) + str
+}
+
+func padStringCenter(str string, pad rune, length int) string {
+	l := strLen(str)
+	fmt.Println(l, length)
+	return padStringLeft(padStringRight(str, pad, (length-l)/2+l), pad, length)
+}