diff --git a/src/reporters/fancy.ts b/src/reporters/fancy.ts
index 3c58b277..4ec3c274 100644
--- a/src/reporters/fancy.ts
+++ b/src/reporters/fancy.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import _stringWidth from "string-width";
 import isUnicodeSupported from "is-unicode-supported";
 import { colors } from "../utils/color";
 import { parseStack } from "../utils/error";
 import { FormatOptions, LogObject } from "../types";
 import { LogLevel, LogType } from "../constants";
 import { BoxOpts, box } from "../utils/box";
-import { stripAnsi } from "../utils";
+import { stripAnsi, stringWidth } from "../utils";
 import { BasicReporter } from "./basic";
 
 export const TYPE_COLOR_MAP: { [k in LogType]?: string } = {
@@ -37,15 +36,6 @@ const TYPE_ICONS: { [k in LogType]?: string } = {
   log: "",
 };
 
-function stringWidth(str: string) {
-  // https://github.com/unjs/consola/issues/204
-  const hasICU = typeof Intl === "object";
-  if (!hasICU || !Intl.Segmenter) {
-    return stripAnsi(str).length;
-  }
-  return _stringWidth(str);
-}
-
 export class FancyReporter extends BasicReporter {
   formatStack(stack: string, message: string, opts?: FormatOptions) {
     const indent = "  ".repeat((opts?.errorLevel || 0) + 1);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 1ddf92c5..a33e2800 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from "./utils/box";
 export * from "./utils/color";
 export {
   stripAnsi,
+  stringWidth,
   centerAlign,
   rightAlign,
   leftAlign,
diff --git a/src/utils/box.ts b/src/utils/box.ts
index e400a15a..2e45cf8f 100644
--- a/src/utils/box.ts
+++ b/src/utils/box.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getColor } from "./color";
-import { stripAnsi } from "./string";
+import { stringWidth } from "./string";
 
 export type BoxBorderStyle = {
   /**
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ export function box(text: string, _opts: BoxOpts = {}) {
   const height = textLines.length + paddingOffset;
   const width =
     Math.max(
-      ...textLines.map((line) => stripAnsi(line).length),
-      opts.title ? stripAnsi(opts.title).length : 0,
+      ...textLines.map((line) => stringWidth(line)),
+      opts.title ? stringWidth(opts.title) : 0,
     ) + paddingOffset;
   const widthOffset = width + paddingOffset;
 
@@ -273,13 +273,10 @@ export function box(text: string, _opts: BoxOpts = {}) {
   if (opts.title) {
     const title = _color ? _color(opts.title) : opts.title;
     const left = borderStyle.h.repeat(
-      Math.floor((width - stripAnsi(opts.title).length) / 2),
+      Math.floor((width - stringWidth(opts.title)) / 2),
     );
     const right = borderStyle.h.repeat(
-      width -
-        stripAnsi(opts.title).length -
-        stripAnsi(left).length +
-        paddingOffset,
+      width - stringWidth(opts.title) - stringWidth(left) + paddingOffset,
     );
     boxLines.push(
       `${leftSpace}${borderStyle.tl}${left}${title}${right}${borderStyle.tr}`,
@@ -312,7 +309,7 @@ export function box(text: string, _opts: BoxOpts = {}) {
       // Text line
       const line = textLines[i - valignOffset];
       const left = " ".repeat(paddingOffset);
-      const right = " ".repeat(width - stripAnsi(line).length);
+      const right = " ".repeat(width - stringWidth(line));
       boxLines.push(
         `${leftSpace}${borderStyle.v}${left}${line}${right}${borderStyle.v}`,
       );
diff --git a/src/utils/string.ts b/src/utils/string.ts
index 11498016..9dc4fdc9 100644
--- a/src/utils/string.ts
+++ b/src/utils/string.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import _stringWidth from "string-width";
+
 const ansiRegex = [
   String.raw`[\u001B\u009B][[\]()#;?]*(?:(?:(?:(?:;[-a-zA-Z\d\/#&.:=?%@~_]+)*|[a-zA-Z\d]+(?:;[-a-zA-Z\d\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?\u0007)`,
   String.raw`(?:(?:\d{1,4}(?:;\d{0,4})*)?[\dA-PR-TZcf-nq-uy=><~]))`,
@@ -15,6 +17,23 @@ export function stripAnsi(text: string) {
   return text.replace(new RegExp(ansiRegex, "g"), "");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Calculates the visual width of a string in terminal columns, correctly handling
+ * emoji, CJK characters, and ANSI escape codes. Falls back to stripped ANSI length
+ * when `Intl.Segmenter` is not available.
+ *
+ * @param {string} str - The string to measure.
+ * @returns {number} The visual width of the string in terminal columns.
+ */
+export function stringWidth(str: string) {
+  // https://github.com/unjs/consola/issues/204
+  const hasICU = typeof Intl === "object";
+  if (!hasICU || !Intl.Segmenter) {
+    return stripAnsi(str).length;
+  }
+  return _stringWidth(str);
+}
+
 /**
  * Centers a string within a specified total width, padding it with spaces or another specified character.
  * If the string is longer than the total width, it is returned as is.
diff --git a/test/box.test.ts b/test/box.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9553497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/box.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { describe, test, expect } from "vitest";
+import { stringWidth } from "../src/utils/string";
+import { box } from "../src/utils/box";
+
+function expectAlignedBox(result: string) {
+  const lines = result.split("\n").filter(Boolean);
+  const widths = lines.map((line) => stringWidth(line));
+  const uniqueWidths = [...new Set(widths)];
+  expect(uniqueWidths.length).toBe(1);
+}
+
+describe("box", () => {
+  test("renders a basic box", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Hello"));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with emoji content", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Hello 🌍 World"));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with CJK characters", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("こんにちは"));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with multiple emoji lines", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Line 1 🎉\nLine 2 🚀\nLine 3"));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with emoji in title", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Content", { title: "🎉 Title" }));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with CJK title", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Content", { title: "タイトル" }));
+  });
+
+  test("aligns box edges with ZWJ emoji sequences", () => {
+    expectAlignedBox(box("Hello 👨‍👩‍👧 World"));
+  });
+});