diff --git a/src/Consolonia.Core/Drawing/DrawingContextImpl.cs b/src/Consolonia.Core/Drawing/DrawingContextImpl.cs
index 8eaa7097..5204feff 100644
--- a/src/Consolonia.Core/Drawing/DrawingContextImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Consolonia.Core/Drawing/DrawingContextImpl.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Avalonia;
@@ -582,14 +583,24 @@ private void DrawPixelAndMoveHead(ref Point head, Line line, LineStyle? lineStyl
                             {
                                 if (!GlyphMetrics.TryGetValue(glyph, out width))
                                 {
-                                    var (originalLeft, originalTop) = Console.GetCursorPosition();
-                                    Console.SetCursorPosition((int)characterPoint.X, (int)characterPoint.Y);
-                                    Console.Write(glyph);
-                                    var (left, top) = Console.GetCursorPosition();
-                                    width = (ushort)(left - (int)characterPoint.X);
-                                    Debug.WriteLine($"{glyph} {width}");
-                                    GlyphMetrics[glyph] = width;
-                                    Console.SetCursorPosition(originalLeft, originalTop);
+                                    try
+                                    {
+
+                                        var (originalLeft, originalTop) = Console.GetCursorPosition();
+                                        Console.SetCursorPosition((int)characterPoint.X, (int)characterPoint.Y);
+                                        Console.Write(glyph);
+                                        var (left, top) = Console.GetCursorPosition();
+                                        width = (ushort)(left - (int)characterPoint.X);
+                                        Debug.WriteLine($"{glyph} {width}");
+                                        GlyphMetrics[glyph] = width;
+                                        Console.SetCursorPosition(originalLeft, originalTop);
+                                    }
+                                    catch (IOException)
+                                    {
+                                        // IOException happens when running unit tests TODO: We should emulate this better
+                                        width = 1;
+                                        GlyphMetrics[glyph] = width;
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                             var symbol = new SimpleSymbol(glyph, width);
diff --git a/src/Tests/Consolonia.GalleryTests/TextBlockTests.cs b/src/Tests/Consolonia.GalleryTests/TextBlockTests.cs
index d1beb95e..51c8c3d9 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Consolonia.GalleryTests/TextBlockTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Consolonia.GalleryTests/TextBlockTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+using System.Drawing;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Media;
 using Consolonia.GalleryTests.Base;
 using Consolonia.TestsCore;
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -18,9 +21,12 @@ protected override Task PerformSingleTest()
                 "Right aligned text│",
 
                 // multiline
-                "│Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.│",
-                @"│Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a │",
-                @"│est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec│");
+                "│Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing",
+                "│elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet",
+                "│congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida.",
+                // special chars, emojis, etc.
+                "𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 𐒻𐓟", "𝄞","🎵", "“𝔉𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔶”","ff","fi","½");
+
         }
     }
 }
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