Typography · Free · In your browser
Turn straight quotes into correct curly quotes and apostrophes, and hyphens into proper en/em dashes - the typography publishing expects.
A curly-quotes converter replaces typewriter quotes with directional typographic quotes and fixes dash and apostrophe usage.
Paste text with straight quotes - or try an example:
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🔒 Your text never leaves your browser - open DevTools → Network and you'll see zero requests. Works offline. ↔ Need the reverse? Curly → straight cleaner
The short version
There is no server and no upload. Everything runs with plain JavaScript on your device, so you can safely work with confidential or unpublished text. Open your browser's DevTools Network tab while you use it and you'll see zero requests - and it keeps working with your connection turned off.
In the margin
Straight quotes are the typewriter marks that point straight down. Curly (“smart”) quotes curve toward the text they enclose and are the correct form for published prose. This converter picks the right opening or closing mark for each position.
Yes - contractions and possessives get a proper curly apostrophe (’), including tricky leading apostrophes like ‘97.
No. Everything runs in your browser with plain JavaScript - your text is never uploaded, stored, or logged. Open your browser’s DevTools Network tab while you use it and you’ll see zero requests. The tool also works offline.
Margin note
Every tool here runs 100% in your browser. Open DevTools → Network while you use one and you'll see zero requests - your text never leaves your device. Prefer the deep dives? Read the writing on Penluma.