diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 0ec3504c..e3c152cb 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -1342,10 +1342,11 @@ struct is_contiguous<internal::basic_buffer<Char> >: std::true_type {};
 /** Formats a string and writes the output to ``out``. */
 template <typename Container, typename S>
 typename std::enable_if<
-  is_contiguous<Container>::value, std::back_insert_iterator<Container>>::type
-    vformat_to(std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out,
-               const S &format_str,
-               basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(S)>::type> args) {
+    is_contiguous<Container>::value, std::back_insert_iterator<Container>>::type
+  vformat_to(
+    std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out,
+    const S &format_str,
+    basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(S)>::type> args) {
   internal::container_buffer<Container> buf(internal::get_container(out));
   vformat_to(buf, internal::to_string_view(format_str), args);
   return out;
diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index 2703763e..51f4d2e8 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void report_error(FormatFunc func, int error_code,
 }
 }  // namespace
 
-FMT_FUNC size_t internal::count_code_points(u8string_view s) {
+FMT_FUNC size_t internal::count_code_points(basic_string_view<char8_t> s) {
   const char8_t *data = s.data();
   size_t num_code_points = 0;
   for (size_t i = 0, size = s.size(); i != size; ++i) {
@@ -845,7 +845,8 @@ FMT_FUNC void report_windows_error(
 
 FMT_FUNC void vprint(std::FILE *f, string_view format_str, format_args args) {
   memory_buffer buffer;
-  vformat_to(buffer, format_str, basic_format_args<buffer_context<char>::type>(args));
+  vformat_to(buffer, format_str,
+             basic_format_args<buffer_context<char>::type>(args));
   std::fwrite(buffer.data(), 1, buffer.size(), f);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index b5089128..0b774d33 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -922,8 +922,11 @@ inline unsigned count_digits(uint64_t n) {
 }
 #endif
 
+template <typename Char>
+inline size_t count_code_points(basic_string_view<Char> s) { return s.size(); }
+
 // Counts the number of code points in a UTF-8 string.
-FMT_API size_t count_code_points(u8string_view s);
+FMT_API size_t count_code_points(basic_string_view<char8_t> s);
 
 inline char8_t to_char8_t(char c) { return static_cast<char8_t>(c); }
 
@@ -1456,6 +1459,9 @@ class arg_formatter_base {
 
   struct char_writer {
     char_type value;
+
+    size_t size() const { return 1; }
+
     template <typename It>
     void operator()(It &&it) const { *it++ = value; }
   };
@@ -2457,11 +2463,14 @@ class basic_writer {
 
   template <typename F>
   struct padded_int_writer {
+    size_t size_;
     string_view prefix;
     char_type fill;
     std::size_t padding;
     F f;
 
+    size_t size() const { return size_; }
+
     template <typename It>
     void operator()(It &&it) const {
       if (prefix.size() != 0)
@@ -2493,7 +2502,7 @@ class basic_writer {
     align_spec as = spec;
     if (spec.align() == ALIGN_DEFAULT)
       as.align_ = ALIGN_RIGHT;
-    write_padded(size, as, padded_int_writer<F>{prefix, fill, padding, f});
+    write_padded(size, as, padded_int_writer<F>{size, prefix, fill, padding, f});
   }
 
   // Writes a decimal integer.
@@ -2659,6 +2668,8 @@ class basic_writer {
     char sign;
     const char *str;
 
+    size_t size() const { return static_cast<std::size_t>(INF_SIZE); }
+
     template <typename It>
     void operator()(It &&it) const {
       if (sign)
@@ -2673,6 +2684,8 @@ class basic_writer {
     char sign;
     internal::buffer &buffer;
 
+    size_t size() const { return buffer.size() + (sign ? 1 : 0); }
+
     template <typename It>
     void operator()(It &&it) {
       if (sign) {
@@ -2693,11 +2706,15 @@ class basic_writer {
   template <typename Char>
   struct str_writer {
     const Char *s;
-    std::size_t size;
+    size_t size_;
+
+    size_t size() const {
+      return internal::count_code_points(basic_string_view<Char>(s, size_));
+    }
 
     template <typename It>
     void operator()(It &&it) const {
-      it = internal::copy_str<char_type>(s, s + size, it);
+      it = internal::copy_str<char_type>(s, s + size_, it);
     }
   };
 
@@ -2796,11 +2813,12 @@ template <typename F>
 void basic_writer<Range>::write_padded(
     std::size_t size, const align_spec &spec, F &&f) {
   unsigned width = spec.width();
-  if (width <= size)
+  size_t num_code_points = width != 0 ? f.size() : size;
+  if (width <= num_code_points)
     return f(reserve(size));
-  auto &&it = reserve(width);
+  auto &&it = reserve(width + (size - num_code_points));
   char_type fill = static_cast<char_type>(spec.fill());
-  std::size_t padding = width - size;
+  std::size_t padding = width - num_code_points;
   if (spec.align() == ALIGN_RIGHT) {
     it = std::fill_n(it, padding, fill);
     f(it);
@@ -3533,12 +3551,14 @@ using format_to_n_context = typename fmt::format_context_t<
   fmt::internal::truncating_iterator<OutputIt>, Char>::type;
 
 template <typename OutputIt, typename Char = typename OutputIt::value_type>
-using format_to_n_args = fmt::basic_format_args<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>>;
+using format_to_n_args =
+  fmt::basic_format_args<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>>;
 
 template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename ...Args>
 inline format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...>
     make_format_to_n_args(const Args &... args) {
-  return format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...>(args...);
+  return format_arg_store<
+      format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...>(args...);
 }
 
 template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename... Args>
@@ -3561,7 +3581,8 @@ template <typename OutputIt, typename String, typename... Args>
 inline typename std::enable_if<
   internal::is_format_string<String>::value,
   format_to_n_result<OutputIt>>::type format_to_n(
-    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, const String &format_str, const Args &... args) {
+    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, const String &format_str,
+    const Args &... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
   typedef FMT_CHAR(String) Char;
   format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...> as{ args... };
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 766befd2..e48dedea 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -2448,6 +2448,7 @@ TEST(FormatTest, U8StringViewLiteral) {
   const fmt::char8_t *data = s.data();
   EXPECT_EQ(data[0], 'a');
   EXPECT_EQ(data[1], 'b');
+  EXPECT_EQ(format("{:*^5}"_u, "🤡"_u), "**🤡**"_u);
 }
 #endif