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Normalise typography

This tool harmonises typography to the Swiss convention: « » quotes, spaced en dash, straight apostrophe, and removal of stray thin or non-breaking spaces.

Normalised text
Why normalise em dashes?

The em dash glued to words is a common signature of writing tools; Swiss usage prefers a spaced en dash.

Is it suitable for English texts?

This tool applies the Swiss convention (French/German). In English, curly quotes and em dashes are legitimate.