NAME

       Text::Typography - Markup ASCII text with correct typography for HTML

SYNOPSIS

           use Text::Typography qw(typography);

           print typography($text);

DESCRIPTION

       This module is a thin wrapper for John Gruber's SmartyPants plugin for various CMSs.

       SmartyPants is a web publishing utility that translates plain ASCII punctuation characters
       into "smart" typographic punctuation HTML entities. SmartyPants can perform the following
       transformations:

       •   Straight quotes ( " and ' ) into "curly" quote HTML entities

       •   Backticks-style quotes (``like this'') into "curly" quote HTML entities

       •   Dashes ("--" and "---") into en- and em-dash entities

       •   Three consecutive dots ("...") into an ellipsis entity

       SmartyPants does not modify characters within "<pre>", "<code>", "<kbd>", "<script>", or
       "<math>" tag blocks.  Typically, these tags are used to display text where smart quotes
       and other "smart punctuation" would not be appropriate, such as source code or example
       markup.

   typography($text[, $attributes])
       Returns a string marked up with the proper HTML entities for proper typography.

       For fine grain control over what gets converted, use the $attributes option.  The default
       value is 3.

       The following numeric values set a group of options:

           0 : do nothing
           1 : set all
           2 : set all, using old school en- and em- dash shortcuts (-- and ---)
           3 : set all, using inverted old school en- and em- dash shortcuts (--- and --)

       For even finer control, specify a string of one or more of the following characters:

           q : quotes
           b : backtick quotes (``double'' only)
           B : backtick quotes (``double'' and `single')
           d : dashes
           D : old school dashes
           i : inverted old school dashes
           e : ellipses
           w : convert &quot; entities to " for Dreamweaver users

   Backslash Escapes
       If you need to use literal straight quotes (or plain hyphens and periods), SmartyPants
       accepts the following backslash escape sequences to force non-smart punctuation. It does
       so by transforming the escape sequence into a decimal-encoded HTML entity:

                     Escape  Value  Character
                     ------  -----  ---------
                       \\    &#92;    \
                       \"    &#34;    "
                       \'    &#39;    '
                       \.    &#46;    .
                       \-    &#45;    -
                       \`    &#96;    `

       This is useful, for example, when you want to use straight quotes as foot and inch marks:
       6'2" tall; a 17" iMac.

   Algorithmic Shortcomings
       One situation in which quotes will get curled the wrong way is when apostrophes are used
       at the start of leading contractions. For example:

           'Twas the night before Christmas.

       In the case above, SmartyPants will turn the apostrophe into an opening single-quote, when
       in fact it should be a closing one. I don't think this problem can be solved in the
       general case -- every word processor I've tried gets this wrong as well. In such cases,
       it's best to use the proper HTML entity for closing single-quotes ("&#8217;") by hand.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Sibley created this module using the code from the SmartyPants CMS plugin by John
       Gruber (<http://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/>).

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

           Copyright (c) 2003 John Gruber
           (http://daringfireball.net/)
           All rights reserved.

       Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
       permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

       *   Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
           notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

       *   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
           notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
           documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

       *   Neither the name "SmartyPants" nor the names of its contributors may
           be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
           without specific prior written permission.

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       merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the
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