Straight quotes to smart quotes
For design, publishing and slide copy that needs a typeset look, without hunting for every mark by hand.
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How to use it
- Enter text.
- The result appears straight away and updates as you edit.
- Copy the result, or copy a link that keeps the same values to share it.
How it is calculated
A mark is opening (“ or ‘) at the start of the text or after whitespace, ( [ { <, a dash or another opening quote; otherwise it is closing (” or ’). So an apostrophe inside a word becomes ’.
Example
Result: Result: She said “we’re open on Friday” and ‘see you’.; Marks converted: 5.
She said "we're open on Friday" and 'see you'.
She said “we’re open on Friday” and ‘see you’.
Limits and caveats
- Words starting with an apostrophe, like '90s, get ‘ instead of ’.
- Designed for English; Arabic usually uses « ».
- Do not run it on code, it breaks string literals.
Questions about this tool
How does it tell opening from closing quotes?
From the previous character: after a space or bracket it opens, after a letter, digit or punctuation it closes.
What happens to the apostrophe in don't?
It becomes ’ because it follows a letter, which is the typographically correct apostrophe.
Can I reverse it?
Yes, use the smart quotes to straight quotes tool.