diff --git a/applications/debug/example_custom_font/example_custom_font.c b/applications/debug/example_custom_font/example_custom_font.c
index 8d85f23c6..334aa8aa8 100644
--- a/applications/debug/example_custom_font/example_custom_font.c
+++ b/applications/debug/example_custom_font/example_custom_font.c
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ static void app_draw_callback(Canvas* canvas, void* ctx) {
 
     canvas_set_custom_u8g2_font(canvas, u8g2_font_4x6_t_cyrillic);
 
-    canvas_draw_str(canvas, 0, 6, "This is a tiny custom font");
-    canvas_draw_str(canvas, 0, 12, "012345.?! ,:;\"\'@#$%");
-    canvas_draw_str(canvas, 0, 18, "И немного юникода");
+    canvas_draw_utf8_str(canvas, 0, 6, "This is a tiny custom font");
+    canvas_draw_utf8_str(canvas, 0, 12, "012345.?! ,:;\"\'@#$%");
+    canvas_draw_utf8_str(canvas, 0, 18, "И немного юникода");
 }
 
 static void app_input_callback(InputEvent* input_event, void* ctx) {
diff --git a/applications/services/gui/canvas.c b/applications/services/gui/canvas.c
index f8f33da9b..3cd35e402 100644
--- a/applications/services/gui/canvas.c
+++ b/applications/services/gui/canvas.c
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ void canvas_set_custom_u8g2_font(Canvas* canvas, const uint8_t* font) {
 }
 
 void canvas_draw_str(Canvas* canvas, uint8_t x, uint8_t y, const char* str) {
+    furi_assert(canvas);
+    if(!str) return;
+    x += canvas->offset_x;
+    y += canvas->offset_y;
+    u8g2_DrawStr(&canvas->fb, x, y, str);
+}
+
+void canvas_draw_utf8_str(Canvas* canvas, uint8_t x, uint8_t y, const char* str) {
     furi_assert(canvas);
     if(!str) return;
     x += canvas->offset_x;
@@ -173,6 +181,49 @@ void canvas_draw_str_aligned(
     x += canvas->offset_x;
     y += canvas->offset_y;
 
+    switch(horizontal) {
+    case AlignLeft:
+        break;
+    case AlignRight:
+        x -= u8g2_GetStrWidth(&canvas->fb, str);
+        break;
+    case AlignCenter:
+        x -= (u8g2_GetStrWidth(&canvas->fb, str) / 2);
+        break;
+    default:
+        furi_crash();
+        break;
+    }
+
+    switch(vertical) {
+    case AlignTop:
+        y += u8g2_GetAscent(&canvas->fb);
+        break;
+    case AlignBottom:
+        break;
+    case AlignCenter:
+        y += (u8g2_GetAscent(&canvas->fb) / 2);
+        break;
+    default:
+        furi_crash();
+        break;
+    }
+
+    u8g2_DrawStr(&canvas->fb, x, y, str);
+}
+
+void canvas_draw_utf8_str_aligned(
+    Canvas* canvas,
+    uint8_t x,
+    uint8_t y,
+    Align horizontal,
+    Align vertical,
+    const char* str) {
+    furi_assert(canvas);
+    if(!str) return;
+    x += canvas->offset_x;
+    y += canvas->offset_y;
+
     switch(horizontal) {
     case AlignLeft:
         break;
@@ -205,6 +256,12 @@ void canvas_draw_str_aligned(
 }
 
 uint16_t canvas_string_width(Canvas* canvas, const char* str) {
+    furi_assert(canvas);
+    if(!str) return 0;
+    return u8g2_GetStrWidth(&canvas->fb, str);
+}
+
+uint16_t canvas_utf8_string_width(Canvas* canvas, const char* str) {
     furi_assert(canvas);
     if(!str) return 0;
     return u8g2_GetUTF8Width(&canvas->fb, str);
diff --git a/applications/services/gui/canvas.h b/applications/services/gui/canvas.h
index bda730ff2..afed58548 100644
--- a/applications/services/gui/canvas.h
+++ b/applications/services/gui/canvas.h
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ void canvas_set_custom_u8g2_font(Canvas* canvas, const uint8_t* font);
  */
 void canvas_draw_str(Canvas* canvas, uint8_t x, uint8_t y, const char* str);
 
+/** Draw UTF8 string at position of baseline defined by x, y.
+ *
+ * @param      canvas  Canvas instance
+ * @param      x       anchor point x coordinate
+ * @param      y       anchor point y coordinate
+ * @param      str     C-string
+ */
+void canvas_draw_utf8_str(Canvas* canvas, uint8_t x, uint8_t y, const char* str);
+
 /** Draw aligned string defined by x, y.
  *
  * Align calculated from position of baseline, string width and ascent (height
@@ -207,6 +216,26 @@ void canvas_draw_str_aligned(
     Align vertical,
     const char* str);
 
+/** Draw aligned UTF8 string defined by x, y.
+ *
+ * Align calculated from position of baseline, string width and ascent (height
+ * of the glyphs above the baseline)
+ *
+ * @param      canvas      Canvas instance
+ * @param      x           anchor point x coordinate
+ * @param      y           anchor point y coordinate
+ * @param      horizontal  horizontal alignment
+ * @param      vertical    vertical alignment
+ * @param      str         C-string
+ */
+void canvas_draw_utf8_str_aligned(
+    Canvas* canvas,
+    uint8_t x,
+    uint8_t y,
+    Align horizontal,
+    Align vertical,
+    const char* str);
+
 /** Get string width
  *
  * @param      canvas  Canvas instance
@@ -216,6 +245,15 @@ void canvas_draw_str_aligned(
  */
 uint16_t canvas_string_width(Canvas* canvas, const char* str);
 
+/** Get UTF8 string width
+ *
+ * @param      canvas  Canvas instance
+ * @param      str     C-string
+ *
+ * @return     width in pixels.
+ */
+uint16_t canvas_utf8_string_width(Canvas* canvas, const char* str);
+
 /** Get glyph width
  *
  * @param      canvas  Canvas instance
diff --git a/targets/f7/api_symbols.csv b/targets/f7/api_symbols.csv
index 3ab58f58d..afce83fe5 100644
--- a/targets/f7/api_symbols.csv
+++ b/targets/f7/api_symbols.csv
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ Function,+,canvas_draw_rframe,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t,
 Function,+,canvas_draw_str,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, const char*"
 Function,+,canvas_draw_str_aligned,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, Align, Align, const char*"
 Function,+,canvas_draw_triangle,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, CanvasDirection"
+Function,+,canvas_draw_utf8_str,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, const char*"
+Function,+,canvas_draw_utf8_str_aligned,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, Align, Align, const char*"
 Function,+,canvas_draw_xbm,void,"Canvas*, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, uint8_t, const uint8_t*"
 Function,+,canvas_get_font_params,const CanvasFontParameters*,"const Canvas*, Font"
 Function,+,canvas_glyph_width,uint8_t,"Canvas*, uint16_t"
@@ -747,6 +749,7 @@ Function,+,canvas_set_custom_u8g2_font,void,"Canvas*, const uint8_t*"
 Function,+,canvas_set_font,void,"Canvas*, Font"
 Function,+,canvas_set_font_direction,void,"Canvas*, CanvasDirection"
 Function,+,canvas_string_width,uint16_t,"Canvas*, const char*"
+Function,+,canvas_utf8_string_width,uint16_t,"Canvas*, const char*"
 Function,+,canvas_width,uint8_t,const Canvas*
 Function,-,cbrt,double,double
 Function,-,cbrtf,float,float