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Smart Typography

by Jacob "kurtextrem" Groß · Communication
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses and dashes with their typographically correct counterparts as you type.

Users
75
+10 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#93K
#78K among extensions
Version
7.1.4
updated 13 Jan 2026

Users

monthly, 10 months
03875Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 75 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 10 months
012Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Smart Typography

Replace typewriter quotes, apostrophes, ellipses, dashes, and special symbols with their typographically correct counterparts as you type in text input or textarea fields. Smart Typography is the last extension you will need to write beautiful typographically correct texts. Configuration: - Quick Controls: Enable/disable and change language from toolbar. You can blacklist domains and URLs, or DOM element classes where you don't want the extension to run on. - Options Page: Configure default language, sentence break dash style, and enable/disable right-click menu (right-click extension icon → Options) - Right-Click Menu (optional): Format existing text in fields via context menu All settings saved per page and synced across devices. Features: - Smart Quotes: Language-specific curly quotes for over 50 languages - Advanced Apostrophe Handling: Proper apostrophes for contractions (don't, I'll, '90s) and possessives (James's) - Special Symbols: Copyright (©), trademark (™), and registered (®) from (c), (tm), (r), H20, CO2 to H₂O and CO₂, arrow symbols: -> to → and <- to ← - Ellipses (…) from three dots - Code-Aware: Text in backticks and code blocks ignored. By default, the extension does not run in Monaco-editor based inputs (which usually contains only code), and also not on Google search / Bing. - Foot (′) and inch (″) symbols for measurements (5'10" → 5′10″) Double-comma fix (,, → „) - Multiple spaces reduced to single space, unless those at the beginning of a line. Trailing whitespaces at line ends are trimmed. Dash Intelligence: Configurable sentence break dashes: choose em dash (—), en dash (–), or keep hyphen (-) for spaced hyphens (-) - to avoid looking like AI slop 🤖 - Em dashes (—) from three hyphens; does not replace them in lists (- text) - En dashes (–) from two hyphens, number ranges (1-5 → 1–5), or date ranges (Mon-Fri) Depending on which language you have set, the following chars will be replaced for language-specific replacements: ', ", >>, <<. ---- This extension is open-source on GitHub: https://github.com/kurtextrem/Smart-Typography. ---- Changelog: v7.1.4: - Add support for CSS selectors in ignore list This release disables the extension for the github search input field by default (as you might want to use the regular quotes to mark full text). By default, the extension is now disabled for: - [role=combobox] - github search input - [name=q] - bing / google search input - monaco - code editor --- v7.1.0: - performance improvements - `-->` is kept as-is (e.g. for markdown) - fix a bug where - was replaced with — in e.g. links - disables smart typography in search inputs (like on google search or bing)

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−1.3%00.00
30 days+10+15.4%00.00
6 months+37+97.4%+2+5.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
7.1.413 Jan 2026
7.1.031 Dec 2025
7.0.011 Dec 2025

Details

Category
Communication
First seen
11 Dec 2025
Size
27 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
kurtextrem.de
Support
github.com
Extension ID
pobpggodelakhgpaaahdlipllekfckcc

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storageactiveTabcontextMenus

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