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Chrome extension that automatically formats quotes, apostrophes, dashes, and symbols with their typographically correct characters.

 TypeSmart (Beta)

Installation

  1. Download the latest release ⬇️.
  2. Go to 'Extensions' in Chrome (chrome://extensions).
  3. Enable 'Developer Mode' in the top right.
  4. Click 'Load Unpacked' and select the unzipped extension folder.

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Please be sure to provide feedback by filing an issue to report a bug ⛔️ or suggest a feature ❇️.

Usage

Click the icon to toggle the extension globally. When enabled, TypeSmart performs the following corrections as you type:

Formatting Mathematical Symbols Letters
Replace With
"Regular Quotes" Smart Quotes
Apostrophe's Apostrophes
(Two spaces) ␣ ␣ ␣ (One space)
(Two dashes) - - (Endash)
(Three dashes) - - - (Emdash)
(Three periods) . . . (Ellipsis)
* Bullet • Bullet
Replace With
*x ×
/=
~~
<=
>=
1/2 ½
1/3
1/4 ¼
2/3
^2 ²
^3 ³
^deg °
Replace With
->
<-
>> »
<< «
**
***
Replace With
numero
c/o
_a 𝑎
_b 𝑏
_c 𝑐
_x 𝑥
_y 𝑦
_z 𝑧
^tm
(r) ®
(r) ©

Demo

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Considerations

TypeSmart will not work in Google Docs, but it will work in GMail.