string-unfancy

Replace all n/m dashes, curly quotes with their simpler equivalents

Install

This package is pure ESM. If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 4.1.0 (npm i string-unfancy@4.1.0).

npm i string-unfancy

Quick Take

import { strict as assert } from "assert";

import { unfancy } from "string-unfancy";

// U+2019
// https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2019/index.htm
// https://mothereff.in/js-escapes
const rightSingleQuote = "\u2019";

assert.equal(unfancy(`someone${rightSingleQuote}s`), "someone's");

// works with encoded HTML:
assert.equal(unfancy("someone’s"), "someone's");

Documentation

Please visit codsen.com for a full description of the API.

Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, raise an issue on GitHub.

Licence

MIT License.

Copyright © 2010-2025 Roy Revelt and other contributors.