Typographe reviews Joomla text for punctuation before saving

Typography problems arise because Joomla stores and publishes the text editors enter, but its core editing tools do not generally enforce smart quotes, non-breaking spaces, ellipses, unit spacing or Unicode normalization. A template override can change how output is displayed, but it is not a good way to correct the saved article text and would not normally cover administrator editing. Joomla's language and editor settings provide useful formatting context, but automatic proofreading of this kind usually means adding an extension.

According to the listing, Typographe goes beyond those core features by offering a review panel that compares rendered HTML or source before saving, with selectable corrections and an automatic-on-save option. It targets articles, category descriptions and custom HTML modules, with optional title correction. The listing also says that frontend article form saves are supported, while public page display is left untouched.

This is aimed at multilingual editorial teams, publishers and organisations that want consistent typographic conventions in stored content, particularly where editors work in more than one language. A small site with occasional content edits, or one that only needs visual styling rather than corrected source text, is unlikely to need it.

Before installing, check the operational boundaries:

• The listing gives a requirement of Joomla 6, PHP 8.3 or later, plus DOM and mbstring; custom fields, metadata descriptions and third-party component fields are not integrated.
• No price or free/paid status is stated. The listed licence is GNU GPL v3 or later.
• The directory shows zero reviews for Yann Gomiero's listing, so its track record and production history are not established there. Test handling of complex markup, especially quotes crossing HTML tags, before enabling automatic saves.

Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.