Convert boring, straight quotes (" and ') to beautiful, typographically correct curly quotes — also known as smart quotes.
- Converts straight single/double quotes to curly quotes.
- Converts straight quotes used as primes to prime symbols.
- Handles contractions, possessives and abbreviated years.
- Lightweight, zero dependencies, modern, and tree-shakeable.
Install with a package manager such as npm, pnpm or yarn.
npm install quote-quoteimport { convert } from 'quote-quote';
const text = `"That's a 'magic' shoe."`;
convert(text); // “That’s a ‘magic’ shoe.”const { convert } = require('quote-quote');
const text = `"That's a 'magic' shoe."`;
convert(text); // “That’s a ‘magic’ shoe.”convert() |
Convert straight quotes to curly quotes. |
convertMarkdown() |
Convert straight quotes to curly quotes in Markdown. |
Convert straight quotes to curly quotes.
text |
String – the text that may contain straight quotes |
[options] |
Object – optional options |
[options.ellipsis] |
Boolean – whether to also convert "..." to an ellipsis |
| Returns | String |
| Throws | TypeError – if text is not a String or options not an Object |
Example:
import { convert } from 'quote-quote';
const text = `"That's a 'magic' shoe."`;
convert(text); // “That’s a ‘magic’ shoe.”Example using options:
import { convert } from 'quote-quote';
const text = `"That's a 'magic' shoe..."`;
convert(text, { ellipsis: true }); // “That’s a ‘magic’ shoe…”Convert straight quotes to curly quotes in text formatted as Markdown. This means that quotes inside code are not converted.
text |
String – the text that may contain straight quotes |
[options] |
Object – optional options |
[options.ellipsis] |
Boolean – whether to also convert "..." to an ellipsis |
| Returns | String |
| Throws | TypeError – if text is not a String or options not an Object |
Example:
import { convertMarkdown } from 'quote-quote';
const text = '"Hello `"world"`" they said.';
convertMarkdown(text); // “Hello `"world"`” they said.Example using options:
import { convertMarkdown } from 'quote-quote';
const text = '"Hello `"world"`" they said...';
convertMarkdown(text, { ellipsis: true }); // “Hello `"world"`” they said…This project follows SemVer (Semantic Versioning).