diff --git a/src/wizcmds.c b/src/wizcmds.c
index fd0568120..41b49da8d 100644
--- a/src/wizcmds.c
+++ b/src/wizcmds.c
@@ -1952,9 +1952,11 @@ wiz_custom(void)
 
         win = create_nhwindow(NHW_MENU);
         start_menu(win, MENU_BEHAVE_STANDARD);
-        add_menu_heading(win,
-                         "    glyph  glyph identifier                        "
-                         "     sym   clr customcolor unicode utf8");
+        const char *heading = iflags.menu_tab_sep
+                        ? "glyph\tglyph identifier\tsym\tclr\tcustomcolor\tunicode\tutf8"
+                        : "    glyph  glyph identifier                        "
+                          "     sym   clr customcolor unicode utf8";
+        add_menu_heading(win, heading);
         Sprintf(bufa, "%s: colorcount=%ld %s", wizcustom,
                 (long) iflags.colorcount,
                 gs.symset[PRIMARYSET].name ? gs.symset[PRIMARYSET].name
@@ -2001,26 +2003,35 @@ wizcustom_callback(winid win, int glyphnum, char *id)
             cgm->u ||
 #endif
             cgm->customcolor != 0) {
-            Sprintf(bufa, "[%04d] %-44s", glyphnum, id);
-            Sprintf(bufb, "'\\%03d' %02d",
-                    gs.showsyms[cgm->sym.symidx], cgm->sym.color);
-            Sprintf(bufc, "%011lx", (unsigned long) cgm->customcolor);
+            if (iflags.menu_tab_sep) {
+                Sprintf(bufa, "[%04d]\t%s\t", glyphnum, id);
+                Sprintf(bufb, "'\\%03d'\t%02d\t",
+                        gs.showsyms[cgm->sym.symidx], cgm->sym.color);
+                Sprintf(bufc, "%011lx\t", (unsigned long) cgm->customcolor);
+            } else {
+                Sprintf(bufa, "[%04d] %-45s", glyphnum, id);
+                Sprintf(bufb, "'\\%03d' %02d ",
+                        gs.showsyms[cgm->sym.symidx], cgm->sym.color);
+                Sprintf(bufc, "%011lx ", (unsigned long) cgm->customcolor);
+            }
             bufu[0] = '\0';
 #ifdef ENHANCED_SYMBOLS
             if (cgm->u && cgm->u->utf8str) {
                 uint8 *cp;
+                char sep = iflags.menu_tab_sep ? '\t' : ' ';
                 Sprintf(bufu, "U+%04lx", (unsigned long) cgm->u->utf32ch);
                 cp = cgm->u->utf8str;
                 while (*cp) {
                     char bufd[BUFSZ];
-                    Sprintf(bufd, " <%d>", (int) *cp);
+                    Sprintf(bufd, "%c<%d>", sep, (int) *cp);
                     Strcat(bufu, bufd);
                     cp++;
+                    sep = ' ';
                 }
             }
 #endif
             any.a_int = glyphnum + 1; /* avoid 0 */
-            Snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s %s %s %s", bufa, bufb, bufc, bufu);
+            Snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s%s%s%s", bufa, bufb, bufc, bufu);
             add_menu(win, &nul_glyphinfo, &any, 0, 0, ATR_NONE, clr, buf,
                      MENU_ITEMFLAGS_NONE);
         }