Simon Willison’s Weblog

21st May 2026

Tool Curly Quote and Em Dash Highlighter — Paste text to spot curly quotes, curly apostrophes, em dashes, and non-breaking spaces. The tool highlights each character type with color coding and displays real-time counts, helping identify typographic characters that may have been introduced through word processors or web copy.

Posted 21st May 2026 at 8:51 pm

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