diff --git a/src/documents/document/tests/point.rs b/src/documents/document/tests/point.rs
index e759255..5d42434 100644
--- a/src/documents/document/tests/point.rs
+++ b/src/documents/document/tests/point.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,12 @@ fn a_secondary_press_in_a_quote_lands_past_its_mark(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     let (body, _) = sizes(cx);
     // "beta" draws on its own line.
     let x = bounds.left() + px(31.0) + body * 0.6 * 1.25;
-    press_at(x, bounds.top() + px(10.0) + body * 1.6, MouseButton::Right, cx);
+    press_at(
+        x,
+        bounds.top() + px(10.0) + body * 1.6,
+        MouseButton::Right,
+        cx,
+    );
     let at = source.find("eta").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(*events.borrow(), [target(at, TargetBlock::Quote)]);
 }
diff --git a/src/documents/tree/tests.rs b/src/documents/tree/tests.rs
index 25896f6..8b6aa00 100644
--- a/src/documents/tree/tests.rs
+++ b/src/documents/tree/tests.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ fn an_image_splits_its_paragraph_and_references_resolve() {
 
 #[test]
 fn a_soft_break_draws_as_a_line_and_joins_for_output() {
-    for source in ["one\ntwo  \nthree", "one\r\ntwo  \r\nthree", "one\rtwo  \rthree"] {
+    for source in [
+        "one\ntwo  \nthree",
+        "one\r\ntwo  \r\nthree",
+        "one\rtwo  \rthree",
+    ] {
         let nodes = parse(source);
         assert!(
             matches!(&nodes[0], Node::Paragraph(text) if text.text == "one\ntwo\nthree"),
diff --git a/src/editor/ime.rs b/src/editor/ime.rs
index c1f2c5f..74b1df8 100644
--- a/src/editor/ime.rs
+++ b/src/editor/ime.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use gpui::{
 use super::{
     cursor::Selection,
     layout::{Row, Shown},
+    measure::Measured,
     state::CodeEditor,
 };
 use crate::{
@@ -72,7 +73,12 @@ impl CodeEditor {
     }
 
     /// The offset under a window point, when a row of code is there.
-    pub(crate) fn offset_at(&self, position: Point<Pixels>, cx: &App) -> Option<usize> {
+    pub(crate) fn offset_at(
+        &self,
+        position: Point<Pixels>,
+        window: &Window,
+        cx: &Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Option<usize> {
         let metrics = self.metrics;
         if metrics.line <= Pixels::ZERO || metrics.advance <= Pixels::ZERO {
             return None;
@@ -83,20 +89,41 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         let Row::Line(line) = *row else {
             return None;
         };
-        self.offset_in(line, position.x, cx)
+        self.offset_in(line, position.x, window, cx)
     }
 
     /// The offset nearest window x on a line; none for a line the text has since lost.
-    pub(crate) fn offset_in(&self, line: usize, x: Pixels, cx: &App) -> Option<usize> {
+    pub(crate) fn offset_in(
+        &self,
+        line: usize,
+        x: Pixels,
+        window: &Window,
+        cx: &Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Option<usize> {
         if line >= self.buffer.lines() {
             return None;
         }
+        let (shown, measured) = self.measured(line, window, cx);
+        let column = measured.column(x - self.metrics.left);
+        Some(
+            self.buffer
+                .offset(line, shown.back(self.row_text(line), column)),
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// A line as drawn and laid out.
+    fn measured(&self, line: usize, window: &Window, cx: &Context<Self>) -> (Shown, Measured) {
         let text = self.row_text(line);
-        let shown = Shown::new(text, self.notes(line, cx), Vec::new());
-        let column = ((x - self.metrics.left) / self.metrics.advance)
-            .round()
-            .max(0.0) as usize;
-        Some(self.buffer.offset(line, shown.back(text, column)))
+        let shown = Shown::new(text, self.notes(line, cx), self.styles(line, cx));
+        let family = cx.theme().mono_family.clone();
+        let measured = Measured::new(
+            &shown,
+            family,
+            self.metrics.size,
+            self.metrics.advance,
+            window,
+        );
+        (shown, measured)
     }
 
     fn utf16_range(&self, range: &Range<usize>) -> Range<usize> {
@@ -206,7 +233,7 @@ impl EntityInputHandler for CodeEditor {
         &mut self,
         range_utf16: Range<usize>,
         _: Bounds<Pixels>,
-        _: &mut Window,
+        window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) -> Option<Bounds<Pixels>> {
         let range = self.byte_range(&range_utf16);
@@ -217,27 +244,25 @@ impl EntityInputHandler for CodeEditor {
             .iter()
             .position(|row| *row == Row::Line(line))?;
         let text = self.row_text(line);
-        let shown = Shown::new(text, self.notes(line, cx), Vec::new());
+        let (shown, measured) = self.measured(line, window, cx);
         let column = shown.column(text, self.buffer.point(range.start).1.min(text.len()));
         let metrics = self.metrics;
         let scrolled = -self.scroll.0.borrow().base_handle.offset().y;
         let origin = point(
-            metrics.left + metrics.advance * column as f32,
+            metrics.left + measured.x(column),
             metrics.top + metrics.line * row as f32 - scrolled,
         );
-        Some(Bounds::new(
-            origin,
-            gpui::size(metrics.advance, metrics.line),
-        ))
+        let wide = measured.x(column + 1) - measured.x(column);
+        Some(Bounds::new(origin, gpui::size(wide, metrics.line)))
     }
 
     fn character_index_for_point(
         &mut self,
         position: Point<Pixels>,
-        _: &mut Window,
+        window: &mut Window,
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) -> Option<usize> {
-        let offset = self.offset_at(position, cx)?;
+        let offset = self.offset_at(position, window, cx)?;
         Some(to_utf16(self.buffer.text(), offset))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/editor/line.rs b/src/editor/line.rs
index 3c00338..626b834 100644
--- a/src/editor/line.rs
+++ b/src/editor/line.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use super::{
     cursor::Selection,
     gutter::Cell,
     layout::{Shown, stack},
+    measure::Measured,
     state::{CodeEditor, CursorShape},
 };
 use crate::{
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ use crate::{
 
 impl CodeEditor {
     /// A line's own styles: syntax colors, rainbow brackets, problems, washes, matches and the matched pair.
-    fn styles(&self, line: usize, cx: &Context<Self>) -> Vec<(Range<usize>, HighlightStyle)> {
+    pub(super) fn styles(
+        &self,
+        line: usize,
+        cx: &Context<Self>,
+    ) -> Vec<(Range<usize>, HighlightStyle)> {
         let colors = &cx.theme().colors;
         let range = self.row_range(line);
         let local = |span: &Range<usize>| {
@@ -109,24 +114,34 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         (0..indent).step_by(self.options.tab).collect()
     }
 
-    /// Dots where the line has spaces and arrows for tabs, spaces elsewhere, so they fall on the text's columns.
-    fn whitespace(&self, line: usize, shown: &Shown, cx: &Context<Self>) -> String {
+    /// Dots for spaces, arrows for tabs; the rest hidden, so marks fall where drawn.
+    fn whitespace(&self, line: usize, cx: &Context<Self>) -> StyledText {
         let text = self.row_text(line);
         let notes = self.notes(line, cx);
-        let mut out = String::new();
+        let hidden = HighlightStyle {
+            color: Some(gpui::transparent_black()),
+            ..HighlightStyle::default()
+        };
+        let (mut out, mut hide) = (String::new(), Vec::new());
         let mut note = notes.iter().peekable();
         for (at, ch) in text.char_indices() {
+            let start = out.len();
             while let Some((_, words, _)) = note.next_if(|(place, ..)| *place <= at) {
-                out.extend(std::iter::repeat_n(' ', words.chars().count()));
+                out.push_str(words);
+            }
+            match ch {
+                ' ' | '\t' => {
+                    hide.push((start..out.len(), hidden));
+                    out.push(if ch == ' ' { '·' } else { '→' });
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    out.push(ch);
+                    hide.push((start..out.len(), hidden));
+                }
             }
-            out.push(match ch {
-                ' ' => '·',
-                '\t' => '→',
-                _ => ' ',
-            });
         }
-        debug_assert!(out.chars().count() <= shown.text.chars().count());
-        out
+        hide.retain(|(range, _)| !range.is_empty());
+        StyledText::new(out).with_highlights(hide)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn line_row(
@@ -143,7 +158,16 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         let text = self.row_text(line);
         let range = self.row_range(line);
         let shown = Shown::new(text, self.notes(line, cx), self.styles(line, cx));
-        let x = |column: usize| advance * (column + 1) as f32;
+        let measured = Measured::new(
+            &shown,
+            theme.mono_family.clone(),
+            self.metrics.size,
+            advance,
+            window,
+        );
+        // Text columns at their laid-out place; rulers and guides on the grid.
+        let x = |column: usize| advance + measured.x(column);
+        let grid = |column: usize| advance * (column + 1) as f32;
         let focused = self.focus.is_focused(window);
         let primary = self.primary();
         let current = primary.is_empty() && self.buffer.line_of(primary.head) == line;
@@ -170,7 +194,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
                     .absolute()
                     .top_0()
                     .left(x(start))
-                    .w(advance * (end - start) as f32)
+                    .w(x(end) - x(start))
                     .h(height)
                     .bg(if focused {
                         colors.selection
@@ -198,7 +222,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             div()
                 .absolute()
                 .top_0()
-                .left(x(*column))
+                .left(grid(*column))
                 .h(height)
                 .w_0()
                 .border_l_1()
@@ -209,7 +233,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             div()
                 .absolute()
                 .top_0()
-                .left(x(column))
+                .left(grid(column))
                 .h(height)
                 .w_0()
                 .border_l_1()
@@ -225,19 +249,20 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             .filter(|selection| self.buffer.line_of(selection.head) == line)
             .filter(|_| focused && self.caret_on)
             .map(|selection| {
-                let left = x(column_of(selection.head));
+                let column = column_of(selection.head);
+                let (left, wide) = (x(column), x(column + 1) - x(column));
                 let caret = theme.caret_width().to_pixels(window.rem_size());
                 let mark = div().absolute().left(left);
                 match self.options.cursor {
                     CursorShape::Line => mark.top_0().w(caret).h(height).bg(colors.focus),
                     CursorShape::Block => mark
                         .top_0()
-                        .w(advance)
+                        .w(wide)
                         .h(height)
                         .bg(colors.focus.opacity(0.35)),
                     CursorShape::Underline => mark
                         .top(height - caret * 1.5)
-                        .w(advance)
+                        .w(wide)
                         .h(caret * 1.5)
                         .bg(colors.focus),
                 }
@@ -251,7 +276,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
                 .line_height(height)
                 .whitespace_nowrap()
                 .text_color(colors.fg_subtle.opacity(0.6))
-                .child(self.whitespace(line, &shown, cx))
+                .child(self.whitespace(line, cx))
         });
         let folded = self.folded.contains(&line).then(|| {
             let entity = cx.entity();
@@ -341,9 +366,11 @@ impl CodeEditor {
                     editor.secondary_press(line, event, window, cx)
                 }),
             )
-            .on_mouse_move(cx.listener(move |editor, event: &MouseMoveEvent, _, cx| {
-                editor.drag(line, event, cx)
-            }));
+            .on_mouse_move(
+                cx.listener(move |editor, event: &MouseMoveEvent, window, cx| {
+                    editor.drag(line, event, window, cx)
+                }),
+            );
         base.child(self.gutter(Cell::Line(line), row, cx))
             .child(code)
             .into_any_element()
@@ -358,7 +385,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) {
         window.focus(&self.focus, cx);
-        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, cx) else {
+        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, window, cx) else {
             return;
         };
         let chosen = match event.click_count {
@@ -407,7 +434,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) {
         window.focus(&self.focus, cx);
-        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, cx) else {
+        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, window, cx) else {
             return;
         };
         let held = (self.selections.iter()).any(|selection| {
@@ -420,11 +447,17 @@ impl CodeEditor {
     }
 
     /// A drag over a line stretches the primary selection to where the pointer is.
-    pub(crate) fn drag(&mut self, line: usize, event: &MouseMoveEvent, cx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+    pub(crate) fn drag(
+        &mut self,
+        line: usize,
+        event: &MouseMoveEvent,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
         if !self.dragging || !event.dragging() {
             return;
         }
-        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, cx) else {
+        let Some(at) = self.offset_in(line, event.position.x, window, cx) else {
             return;
         };
         let mut all = self.selections.clone();
diff --git a/src/editor/measure.rs b/src/editor/measure.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfd7c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/editor/measure.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+//! Where a drawn line's columns fall, as gpui lays it out.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use gpui::{Hsla, LineLayout, Pixels, SharedString, TextRun, Window, font};
+
+use super::layout::Shown;
+
+/// A drawn line laid out: wide characters take their own width.
+pub(crate) struct Measured {
+    text: SharedString,
+    layout: Arc<LineLayout>,
+    advance: Pixels,
+}
+
+impl Measured {
+    /// `shown` in the code font `family` at `size`.
+    pub fn new(
+        shown: &Shown,
+        family: SharedString,
+        size: Pixels,
+        advance: Pixels,
+        window: &Window,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let base = font(family);
+        let run = |len: usize, style: Option<&gpui::HighlightStyle>| {
+            let mut font = base.clone();
+            if let Some(style) = style {
+                font.weight = style.font_weight.unwrap_or(font.weight);
+                font.style = style.font_style.unwrap_or(font.style);
+            }
+            TextRun {
+                len,
+                font,
+                color: Hsla::default(),
+                background_color: None,
+                underline: None,
+                strikethrough: None,
+            }
+        };
+        let (text, mut runs, mut at) = (shown.text.clone(), Vec::new(), 0);
+        for (range, style) in shown.styles.iter().filter(|(range, _)| !range.is_empty()) {
+            if range.start > at {
+                runs.push(run(range.start - at, None));
+            }
+            runs.push(run(range.len(), Some(style)));
+            at = range.end;
+        }
+        if at < text.len() {
+            runs.push(run(text.len() - at, None));
+        }
+        let layout = window.text_system().layout_line(&text, size, &runs, None);
+        Self {
+            text,
+            layout,
+            advance,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Where drawn column `column` starts; past the end in whole advances.
+    pub fn x(&self, column: usize) -> Pixels {
+        match self.text.char_indices().nth(column) {
+            Some((at, _)) => self.layout.x_for_index(at),
+            None => {
+                let past = column - self.text.chars().count();
+                self.layout.width + self.advance * past as f32
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The drawn column whose start is nearest `x`.
+    pub fn column(&self, x: Pixels) -> usize {
+        let at = self.layout.closest_index_for_x(x).min(self.text.len());
+        self.text[..at].chars().count()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/editor/mod.rs b/src/editor/mod.rs
index 642964b..04271de 100644
--- a/src/editor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/editor/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ mod keybindings;
 mod keys;
 mod layout;
 mod line;
+mod measure;
 mod moves;
 mod preview;
 mod problems;
diff --git a/src/editor/state.rs b/src/editor/state.rs
index 0051665..5d7284d 100644
--- a/src/editor/state.rs
+++ b/src/editor/state.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Metrics {
     pub top: Pixels,
     pub advance: Pixels,
     pub line: Pixels,
+    /// The code font's size.
+    pub size: Pixels,
     /// The view's height.
     pub height: Pixels,
 }
diff --git a/src/editor/tests/mod.rs b/src/editor/tests/mod.rs
index 6f285c0..ebd2ccf 100644
--- a/src/editor/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/editor/tests/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod chinese;
 mod history;
 mod stale;
+mod wide;
 
 use std::{cell::Cell, rc::Rc, time::Duration};
 
diff --git a/src/editor/tests/wide.rs b/src/editor/tests/wide.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc1b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/editor/tests/wide.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//! A wide character takes its laid-out width, not one column.
+
+use gpui::{Bounds, EntityInputHandler, TestAppContext, VisualTestContext};
+
+use super::editor;
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_wide_character_moves_the_caret_by_its_width(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    // The test text system draws "😄" two ems wide, "a" one.
+    let (editor, cx) = editor("😄a", cx);
+    cx.run_until_parked();
+    let x = |utf16: usize, cx: &mut VisualTestContext| {
+        editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+            let bounds = editor.bounds_for_range(utf16..utf16, Bounds::default(), window, cx);
+            bounds.expect("a drawn line").origin.x
+        })
+    };
+    let (start, wide, narrow) = (x(0, cx), x(2, cx), x(3, cx));
+    let off = (wide - start) - (narrow - wide) * 2.0;
+    assert!(off.abs() < gpui::px(0.01), "{start:?} {wide:?} {narrow:?}");
+    let at = editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        let left = editor.metrics.left;
+        editor.offset_in(0, left + (wide - start) * 0.9, window, cx)
+    });
+    assert_eq!(at, Some("😄".len()), "a press near its end lands after it");
+}
diff --git a/src/editor/view.rs b/src/editor/view.rs
index bc3fb6d..6af61dd 100644
--- a/src/editor/view.rs
+++ b/src/editor/view.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ impl Render for CodeEditor {
         };
         self.metrics.advance = advance;
         self.metrics.line = line;
+        self.metrics.size = pixels;
         // Typewriter: the caret's row centers as it moves.
         let centered = (self.primary_row(), self.metrics.height, line);
         if self.options.typewriter && self.centered != Some(centered) {