diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 08f857f..8e85647 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ Handle project workflows in a unified way:
 
 ### Shell
 
+* banner with constants for characters
 * comment
-* fit banner to text
 * review repositories handling for systems
   * opensuse
     * codecs repository
diff --git a/spcd/main.sh b/spcd/main.sh
index 1e7f9d2..4042412 100644
--- a/spcd/main.sh
+++ b/spcd/main.sh
@@ -828,10 +828,38 @@ ${SPCD_PYTHON_ALIAS} / ${spcd_stp__name}"
 # functions
 
 spcd_banner() {
-    echo "\
-${SPCD_DOWN}
-${SPCD_VERT} ${*}
-${SPCD___UP}"
+    unset SPCD_BANNER_1 SPCD_BANNER_2 SPCD_BANNER_3
+    spcd_banner_add_123 "${SPCD_DOWN}" "${SPCD_VERT}" "${SPCD___UP}"
+    #
+    spcd_banner__index="${SPCD_STEP}"
+    [ -n "${SPCD_SUBSTEP}" ] &&
+        spcd_banner__index="${spcd_banner__index}.${SPCD_SUBSTEP}"
+    spcd_banner_add "${spcd_banner__index}"
+    #
+    for spcd_banner__item in "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}" "${SPCD_SUBSTEP_TEXT}"; do
+        spcd_banner_add_123 "┬" "${SPCD_VERT}" "┴"
+        spcd_banner_add "${spcd_banner__item}"
+    done
+    #
+    spcd_banner_add_123 "╮" "${SPCD_VERT}" "╯"
+}
+
+spcd_banner_add() {
+    if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
+        spcd_ba__text=" ${1} "
+        spcd_ba__length=${#spcd_ba__text}
+        spcd_ba__filler="$(spcd_fill "${spcd_ba__length}" ─)"
+        spcd_banner_add_123 \
+            "${spcd_ba__filler}" "${spcd_ba__text}" "${spcd_ba__filler}"
+    fi
+}
+
+spcd_banner_add_123() {
+    if [ -n "${3}" ]; then
+        SPCD_BANNER_1="${SPCD_BANNER_1}${1}"
+        SPCD_BANNER_2="${SPCD_BANNER_2}${2}"
+        SPCD_BANNER_3="${SPCD_BANNER_3}${3}"
+    fi
 }
 
 spcd_cat() {
@@ -865,14 +893,20 @@ spcd_error_os() {
     exit "${SPCD_ERROR_OS}"
 }
 
+spcd_fill() {
+    spcd_fill__index=${1}
+    while [ "${spcd_fill__index}" -gt 0 ]; do
+        printf "%s" "${2}"
+        spcd_fill__index=$((spcd_fill__index - 1))
+    done
+}
+
 spcd_git_clone() {
     if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
         spcd_gc__name="$(basename "${1}")"
         spcd_gc__path="${SPCD_DL}/${spcd_gc__name}"
         spcd_gc__url="$(spcd_git_url "${1}")"
-        git clone \
-            "${spcd_gc__url}" \
-            "${spcd_gc__path}"
+        git clone "${spcd_gc__url}" "${spcd_gc__path}"
         echo "${spcd_gc__path}"
     fi
 }
@@ -985,18 +1019,14 @@ spcd_split() {
 spcd_step() {
     SPCD_STEP=$((SPCD_STEP + 1))
     SPCD_STEP_TEXT="${*}"
-    unset SPCD_SUBSTEP
-    spcd_banner "${SPCD_STEP}" "${SPCD_VERT}" "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}"
+    unset SPCD_SUBSTEP SPCD_SUBSTEP_TEXT
+    spcd_banner
 }
 
 spcd_substep() {
     SPCD_SUBSTEP=$((SPCD_SUBSTEP + 1))
-    spcd_banner \
-        "${SPCD_STEP}.${SPCD_SUBSTEP}" \
-        "${SPCD_VERT}" \
-        "${SPCD_STEP_TEXT}" \
-        "${SPCD_VERT}" \
-        "${*}"
+    SPCD_SUBSTEP_TEXT="${*}"
+    spcd_banner
 }
 
 spcd_write() {