Smart Quotes Converter
Convert straight quotes and dashes to curly typographic ones, or back again.
Polish your punctuation
Straight quotes are what keyboards produce, but curly “typographic” quotes are the professional standard in published writing. This converter switches text between the two, and also handles em dashes and ellipses.
It turns "hello" into “hello”, a double hyphen into an em dash, and three dots into a single ellipsis character. The reverse mode strips it all back to plain ASCII, which is what code and data files expect.
Context-aware and private
It picks opening or closing quotes based on the surrounding characters and runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you paste is uploaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it change?
Straight single and double quotes become curly opening and closing quotes, double hyphens become em dashes, and three dots become an ellipsis.
Why use curly quotes?
They look polished in published text and are the typographic standard, though code and data usually need plain straight quotes.
Can it go back to straight?
Yes — the reverse mode converts curly quotes, dashes, and ellipses back to plain ASCII for code or CSV.
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