diff --git a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
index 8b0fc2b..727e00b 100644
--- a/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
+++ b/camelot/parsers/lattice.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .base import BaseParser
 from ..core import Table
 from ..utils import (scale_image, scale_pdf, segments_in_bbox, text_in_bbox,
                      merge_close_values, get_table_index, compute_accuracy,
-                     count_empty, encode_, setup_logging)
+                     count_empty_strings, encode_, setup_logging)
 from ..image_processing import (adaptive_threshold, find_lines,
                                 find_table_contours, find_table_joints)
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class Lattice(BaseParser):
         table.df = pd.DataFrame(data)
         table.shape = table.df.shape
 
-        whitespace, __, __ = count_empty(data)
+        whitespace, __, __ = count_empty_strings(data)
         table.accuracy = accuracy
         table.whitespace = whitespace
         table.order = table_idx + 1
diff --git a/camelot/parsers/stream.py b/camelot/parsers/stream.py
index 37e9bcf..9d12384 100644
--- a/camelot/parsers/stream.py
+++ b/camelot/parsers/stream.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import pandas as pd
 from .base import BaseParser
 from ..core import Table
 from ..utils import (text_in_bbox, get_table_index, compute_accuracy,
-                     count_empty, encode_)
+                     count_empty_strings, encode_)
 
 
 logger = setup_logging(__name__)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Stream(BaseParser):
         table.df = pd.DataFrame(data)
         table.shape = table.df.shape
 
-        whitespace, __, __ = count_empty(data)
+        whitespace, __, __ = count_empty_strings(data)
         table.accuracy = accuracy
         table.whitespace = whitespace
         table.order = table_idx + 1
diff --git a/camelot/utils.py b/camelot/utils.py
index 7eaad84..c957a4e 100644
--- a/camelot/utils.py
+++ b/camelot/utils.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def merge_close_values(ar, mtol=2):
     return ret
 
 
-def flag_on_size(textline, direction):
+def flag_font_size(textline, direction):
     """
 
     Parameters
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def split_textline(table, textline, direction, flag_size=True):
     grouped_chars = []
     for key, chars in groupby(cut_text, itemgetter(0, 1)):
         if flag_size:
-            grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], flag_on_size([t[2] for t in chars], direction)))
+            grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], flag_font_size([t[2] for t in chars], direction)))
         else:
             gchars = [t[2].get_text() for t in chars]
             grouped_chars.append((key[0], key[1], ''.join(gchars).strip('\n')))
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def get_table_index(table, t, direction, split_text=False, flag_size=True):
         return split_textline(table, t, direction, flag_size=flag_size), error
     else:
         if flag_size:
-            return [(r_idx, c_idx, flag_on_size(t._objs, direction))], error
+            return [(r_idx, c_idx, flag_font_size(t._objs, direction))], error
         else:
             return [(r_idx, c_idx, t.get_text().strip('\n'))], error
 
@@ -474,27 +474,7 @@ def compute_accuracy(error_weights):
     return score
 
 
-def remove_empty(d):
-    """
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    d
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-
-    """
-    for i, row in enumerate(d):
-        if row == [''] * len(row):
-            d.pop(i)
-    d = zip(*d)
-    d = [list(row) for row in d if any(row)]
-    d = zip(*d)
-    return d
-
-
-def count_empty(d):
+def count_empty_strings(d):
     """
 
     Parameters
@@ -529,6 +509,26 @@ def count_empty(d):
     return empty_p, r_nempty_cells, c_nempty_cells
 
 
+def remove_empty_strings(d):
+    """
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    d
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    for i, row in enumerate(d):
+        if row == [''] * len(row):
+            d.pop(i)
+    d = zip(*d)
+    d = [list(row) for row in d if any(row)]
+    d = zip(*d)
+    return d
+
+
 def encode_(ar):
     """