diff --git a/include/utils.hpp b/include/utils.hpp
index e24bb5e10..c36d8f961 100644
--- a/include/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/utils.hpp
@@ -123,6 +123,46 @@ namespace hex {
             throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid value size!");
     }
 
+    inline std::string makePrintable(char c) {
+        switch (c) {
+            case 0:   return "NUL";
+            case 1:   return "SOH";
+            case 2:   return "STX";
+            case 3:   return "ETX";
+            case 4:   return "EOT";
+            case 5:   return "ENQ";
+            case 6:   return "ACK";
+            case 7:   return "BEL";
+            case 8:   return "BS";
+            case 9:   return "TAB";
+            case 10:  return "LF";
+            case 11:  return "VT";
+            case 12:  return "FF";
+            case 13:  return "CR";
+            case 14:  return "SO";
+            case 15:  return "SI";
+            case 16:  return "DLE";
+            case 17:  return "DC1";
+            case 18:  return "DC2";
+            case 19:  return "DC3";
+            case 20:  return "DC4";
+            case 21:  return "NAK";
+            case 22:  return "SYN";
+            case 23:  return "ETB";
+            case 24:  return "CAN";
+            case 25:  return "EM";
+            case 26:  return "SUB";
+            case 27:  return "ESC";
+            case 28:  return "FS";
+            case 29:  return "GS";
+            case 30:  return "RS";
+            case 31:  return "US";
+            case 32:  return "Space";
+            case 127: return "DEL";
+            default:  return std::string() + c;
+        }
+    }
+
 
     class ScopeExit {
     public:
diff --git a/source/views/view_data_inspector.cpp b/source/views/view_data_inspector.cpp
index 0e5803bf3..fec0f6b53 100644
--- a/source/views/view_data_inspector.cpp
+++ b/source/views/view_data_inspector.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ namespace hex {
             this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("uint64_t", hex::format("%llu", hex::changeEndianess(this->m_previewData.unsigned64, this->m_endianess)));
             this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("int64_t",  hex::format("%lld", hex::changeEndianess(this->m_previewData.signed64, this->m_endianess)));
 
-            this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("ANSI Character / char8_t",  hex::format("%c", hex::changeEndianess(this->m_previewData.ansiChar, this->m_endianess)));
-            this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("Wide Character / char16_t",  hex::format("%lc", hex::changeEndianess(this->m_previewData.wideChar, this->m_endianess)));
+            this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("ASCII Character",  hex::format("'%s'", makePrintable(this->m_previewData.ansiChar).c_str()));
+            this->m_cachedData.emplace_back("Wide Character",  hex::format("'%lc'", this->m_previewData.wideChar == 0 ? '\x01' : hex::changeEndianess(this->m_previewData.wideChar, this->m_endianess)));
             {
                 char buffer[5] = { 0 };
                 char codepointString[5] = { 0 };
diff --git a/source/views/view_tools.cpp b/source/views/view_tools.cpp
index 013d2663f..91e3975d5 100644
--- a/source/views/view_tools.cpp
+++ b/source/views/view_tools.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <regex>
 
+#include "utils.hpp"
+
 namespace hex {
 
     ViewTools::ViewTools() {
@@ -29,46 +31,6 @@ namespace hex {
         delete[] this->m_regexPattern;
     }
 
-    static std::string toASCIITableString(char c) {
-        switch (c) {
-            case 0:   return "NUL";
-            case 1:   return "SOH";
-            case 2:   return "STX";
-            case 3:   return "ETX";
-            case 4:   return "EOT";
-            case 5:   return "ENQ";
-            case 6:   return "ACK";
-            case 7:   return "BEL";
-            case 8:   return "BS";
-            case 9:   return "TAB";
-            case 10:  return "LF";
-            case 11:  return "VT";
-            case 12:  return "FF";
-            case 13:  return "CR";
-            case 14:  return "SO";
-            case 15:  return "SI";
-            case 16:  return "DLE";
-            case 17:  return "DC1";
-            case 18:  return "DC2";
-            case 19:  return "DC3";
-            case 20:  return "DC4";
-            case 21:  return "NAK";
-            case 22:  return "SYN";
-            case 23:  return "ETB";
-            case 24:  return "CAN";
-            case 25:  return "EM";
-            case 26:  return "SUB";
-            case 27:  return "ESC";
-            case 28:  return "FS";
-            case 29:  return "GS";
-            case 30:  return "RS";
-            case 31:  return "US";
-            case 32:  return "Space";
-            case 127: return "DEL";
-            default:  return std::string() + c;
-        }
-    }
-
     void ViewTools::drawDemangler() {
         if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader("Itanium demangler")) {
             if (ImGui::InputText("Mangled name", this->m_mangledBuffer, 0xF'FFFF)) {
@@ -127,7 +89,7 @@ namespace hex {
                     ImGui::Text("0x%02x", i + 32 * tablePart);
 
                     ImGui::TableNextColumn();
-                    ImGui::Text("%s", toASCIITableString(i + 32 * tablePart).c_str());
+                    ImGui::Text("%s", makePrintable(i + 32 * tablePart).c_str());
 
                     ImGui::TableSetBgColor(ImGuiTableBgTarget_RowBg0, ((rowCount % 2) == 0) ? 0xFF101010 : 0xFF303030);