Typogrify

Typogrify.module brings the typographic refinements of Typogrify to Drupal. (Thanks to the Internet archive's Wayback machine for preserving that blog post.)

• Wraps ampersands (the “&” character) with <span class="amp"></span>.
• Prevents single words from wrapping onto their own line using Shaun Inman's Widont technique.
• Converts straight quotation marks "" to typographer's quotation marks “”, „“ or «» using SmartyPants language dependent.
• Converts multiple hyphens to en dashes and em dashes (according to your preferences), using SmartyPants.
• Wraps multiple capital letters with <span class="caps"></span>.
• Wraps initial quotation marks with <span class="quo"></span> or <span class="dquo"></span>.
• Adds a css style sheet that uses the <span> tags to substitute a showy ampersand in headlines, switch caps to small caps, and hang initial quotation marks.
• Inserts ligatures (if supported by platform and browser).
• Replaces ascii arrows with unicode arrows (if supported by platform and browser).
• Inserts thin-space in abbreviations.
• Groups digits in large numbers.
• Replaces = in words with a soft hyphen (­), to allow hyphenated line-breaks.

Learn more about Typogrify

The original Typogrify is Python code by Christian Metts. Typogrify.module uses Hamish Macpherson's PHP port of that code, php-typogrify.

• Original Typogrify project page
• Typogrify.module uses PHP SmartyPants
• Typogrify.module implements Widont

Learn more about setting type for the web

• The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
• Five simple steps to better typography
• Thinking With Type
• And if you're going to buy one book, make it Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style.

Hints

• After updates: open all filter using typogrify, check the new features and save.
• To avoid conflicts with other filter, typogrify should be the last in the filter-queue.

Drupal 8

The 8.x-1.0 release is compatible with Drupal 8 and Drupal 9.