diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 260fd3f7caf5..3542e489b687 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ functions in their ``formatter`` specializations.
 
 .. _udt:
 
+To force the use of compile-time checks, define the preprocessor variable
+``FMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING``. When set, functions accepting ``FMT_STRING``
+will fail to compile with regular strings. Runtime-checked
+formatting is still possible using ``fmt::vformat``, ``fmt::vprint``, etc.
+
 Formatting User-defined Types
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/chrono.h b/include/fmt/chrono.h
index d68d8c9a0dce..87f3a46f7c66 100644
--- a/include/fmt/chrono.h
+++ b/include/fmt/chrono.h
@@ -768,19 +768,16 @@ inline std::chrono::duration<Rep, std::milli> get_milliseconds(
 template <typename Char, typename Rep, typename OutputIt,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_integral<Rep>::value)>
 OutputIt format_duration_value(OutputIt out, Rep val, int) {
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const Char format[] = {'{', '}', 0};
-  return format_to(out, compile_string_to_view(format), val);
+  return write<Char>(out, val);
 }
 
 template <typename Char, typename Rep, typename OutputIt,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_floating_point<Rep>::value)>
 OutputIt format_duration_value(OutputIt out, Rep val, int precision) {
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const Char pr_f[] = {'{', ':', '.', '{',
-                                                 '}', 'f', '}', 0};
-  if (precision >= 0)
-    return format_to(out, compile_string_to_view(pr_f), val, precision);
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const Char fp_f[] = {'{', ':', 'g', '}', 0};
-  return format_to(out, compile_string_to_view(fp_f), val);
+  basic_format_specs<Char> specs;
+  specs.precision = precision;
+  specs.type = precision > 0 ? 'f' : 'g';
+  return write<Char>(out, val, specs);
 }
 
 template <typename Char, typename OutputIt>
@@ -800,13 +797,18 @@ template <typename Char, typename Period, typename OutputIt>
 OutputIt format_duration_unit(OutputIt out) {
   if (const char* unit = get_units<Period>())
     return copy_unit(string_view(unit), out, Char());
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const Char num_f[] = {'[', '{', '}', ']', 's', 0};
-  if (const_check(Period::den == 1))
-    return format_to(out, compile_string_to_view(num_f), Period::num);
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const Char num_def_f[] = {'[', '{', '}', '/', '{',
-                                                      '}', ']', 's', 0};
-  return format_to(out, compile_string_to_view(num_def_f), Period::num,
-                   Period::den);
+
+  *out++ = '[';
+  out = write<Char>(out, Period::num);
+
+  if (const_check(Period::den != 1)) {
+    *out++ = '/';
+    out = write<Char>(out, Period::den);
+  }
+
+  *out++ = ']';
+  *out++ = 's';
+  return out;
 }
 
 template <typename FormatContext, typename OutputIt, typename Rep,
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index ceef2ef18d93..ddf24503051e 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3828,7 +3828,7 @@ inline std::string to_string(T value) {
   Converts *value* to ``std::wstring`` using the default format for type *T*.
  */
 template <typename T> inline std::wstring to_wstring(const T& value) {
-  return format(L"{}", value);
+  return format(FMT_STRING(L"{}"), value);
 }
 
 template <typename Char, size_t SIZE>
diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index 732d32094701..91f55e0b31e6 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -37,19 +37,13 @@ struct formatting_range : formatting_base<Char> {
       FMT_RANGE_OUTPUT_LENGTH_LIMIT;  // output only up to N items from the
                                       // range.
   Char prefix = '{';
-  Char delimiter = ',';
   Char postfix = '}';
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const bool add_delimiter_spaces = true;
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const bool add_prepostfix_space = false;
 };
 
 template <typename Char, typename Enable = void>
 struct formatting_tuple : formatting_base<Char> {
   Char prefix = '(';
-  Char delimiter = ',';
   Char postfix = ')';
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const bool add_delimiter_spaces = true;
-  static FMT_CONSTEXPR_DECL const bool add_prepostfix_space = false;
 };
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -247,31 +241,39 @@ template <typename Range>
 using value_type =
     remove_cvref_t<decltype(*detail::range_begin(std::declval<Range>()))>;
 
-template <typename Arg, FMT_ENABLE_IF(!is_like_std_string<
-                                      typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value)>
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const Arg&) {
-  return add_space ? " {}" : "{}";
+template <typename OutputIt> OutputIt write_delimiter(OutputIt out) {
+  *out++ = ',';
+  *out++ = ' ';
+  return out;
 }
 
-template <typename Arg, FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_like_std_string<
-                                      typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value)>
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const Arg&) {
-  return add_space ? " \"{}\"" : "\"{}\"";
+template <
+    typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename Arg,
+    FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_like_std_string<typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value)>
+OutputIt write_range_entry(OutputIt out, const Arg& v) {
+  *out++ = '"';
+  out = write<Char>(out, v);
+  *out++ = '"';
+  return out;
 }
 
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const char*) {
-  return add_space ? " \"{}\"" : "\"{}\"";
-}
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const wchar_t* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const wchar_t*) {
-  return add_space ? L" \"{}\"" : L"\"{}\"";
+template <typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename Arg,
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_same<Arg, Char>::value)>
+OutputIt write_range_entry(OutputIt out, const Arg v) {
+  *out++ = '\'';
+  *out++ = v;
+  *out++ = '\'';
+  return out;
 }
 
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const char* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const char) {
-  return add_space ? " '{}'" : "'{}'";
-}
-FMT_CONSTEXPR const wchar_t* format_str_quoted(bool add_space, const wchar_t) {
-  return add_space ? L" '{}'" : L"'{}'";
+template <
+    typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename Arg,
+    FMT_ENABLE_IF(!is_like_std_string<typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value &&
+                  !std::is_same<Arg, Char>::value)>
+OutputIt write_range_entry(OutputIt out, const Arg& v) {
+  return write<Char>(out, v);
 }
+
 }  // namespace detail
 
 template <typename T> struct is_tuple_like {
@@ -286,15 +288,10 @@ struct formatter<TupleT, Char, enable_if_t<fmt::is_tuple_like<TupleT>::value>> {
   template <typename FormatContext> struct format_each {
     template <typename T> void operator()(const T& v) {
       if (i > 0) {
-        if (formatting.add_prepostfix_space) {
-          *out++ = ' ';
-        }
-        out = detail::copy(formatting.delimiter, out);
+        out = write_delimiter(out);
       }
-      out = format_to(out,
-                      detail::format_str_quoted(
-                          (formatting.add_delimiter_spaces && i > 0), v),
-                      v);
+
+      out = detail::write_range_entry<Char>(out, v);
       ++i;
     }
 
@@ -316,12 +313,9 @@ struct formatter<TupleT, Char, enable_if_t<fmt::is_tuple_like<TupleT>::value>> {
   auto format(const TupleT& values, FormatContext& ctx) -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
     auto out = ctx.out();
     size_t i = 0;
-    detail::copy(formatting.prefix, out);
 
+    detail::copy(formatting.prefix, out);
     detail::for_each(values, format_each<FormatContext>{formatting, i, out});
-    if (formatting.add_prepostfix_space) {
-      *out++ = ' ';
-    }
     detail::copy(formatting.postfix, out);
 
     return ctx.out();
@@ -363,19 +357,16 @@ struct formatter<
     auto end = view.end();
     for (; it != end; ++it) {
       if (i > 0) {
-        if (formatting.add_prepostfix_space) *out++ = ' ';
-        out = detail::copy(formatting.delimiter, out);
+        out = detail::write_delimiter(out);
       }
-      out = format_to(out,
-                      detail::format_str_quoted(
-                          (formatting.add_delimiter_spaces && i > 0), *it),
-                      *it);
+
+      out = detail::write_range_entry<Char>(out, *it);
+
       if (++i > formatting.range_length_limit) {
-        out = format_to(out, " ... <other elements>");
+        out = format_to(out, FMT_STRING("{}"), " ... <other elements>");
         break;
       }
     }
-    if (formatting.add_prepostfix_space) *out++ = ' ';
     return detail::copy(formatting.postfix, out);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 45721a6d8408..78798d8719e0 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ add_fmt_test(printf-test)
 add_fmt_test(ranges-test)
 add_fmt_test(scan-test)
 
+if (NOT MSVC)
+  # FMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING not supported under MSVC
+  # See https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/1277597/internal-compiler-c0001-error-on-complex-nested-la.html
+  add_fmt_test(enforce-compile-string-test)
+  target_compile_definitions(enforce-compile-string-test PRIVATE
+    "-DFMT_ENFORCE_COMPILE_STRING")
+endif()
+
 if (NOT DEFINED MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME AND MSVC)
   foreach (flag_var
 			 CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
diff --git a/test/enforce-compile-string-test.cc b/test/enforce-compile-string-test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..146e8d5ea721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/enforce-compile-string-test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Formatting library for C++ - formatting library tests
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 - present, Victor Zverovich
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// For the license information refer to format.h.
+
+#include <array>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <list>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "fmt/chrono.h"
+#include "fmt/color.h"
+#include "fmt/format.h"
+#include "fmt/locale.h"
+#include "fmt/ostream.h"
+#include "fmt/ranges.h"
+
+// Exercise the API to verify that everything we expect to can compile.
+void test_format_api() {
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{}"), 42);
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING(L"{}"), 42);
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING("noop"));
+
+  fmt::to_string(42);
+  fmt::to_wstring(42);
+
+  std::list<char> out;
+  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(out), FMT_STRING("{}"), 42);
+
+  char buffer[4];
+  fmt::format_to_n(buffer, 3, FMT_STRING("{}"), 12345);
+
+  wchar_t wbuffer[4];
+  fmt::format_to_n(wbuffer, 3, FMT_STRING(L"{}"), 12345);
+}
+
+void test_literals_api() {
+#if FMT_USE_UDL_TEMPLATE
+  using namespace fmt::literals;
+  "{}c{}"_format("ab", 1);
+  L"{}c{}"_format(L"ab", 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+void test_chrono() {
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{}"), std::chrono::seconds(42));
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING(L"{}"), std::chrono::seconds(42));
+}
+
+void test_text_style() {
+  fmt::print(fg(fmt::rgb(255, 20, 30)), FMT_STRING("{}"), "rgb(255,20,30)");
+  fmt::format(fg(fmt::rgb(255, 20, 30)), FMT_STRING("{}"), "rgb(255,20,30)");
+
+  fmt::text_style ts = fg(fmt::rgb(255, 20, 30));
+  std::string out;
+  fmt::format_to(std::back_inserter(out), ts,
+                 FMT_STRING("rgb(255,20,30){}{}{}"), 1, 2, 3);
+}
+
+void test_range() {
+  std::array<char, 5> hello = {'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};
+  fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{}"), hello);
+}
+
+int main() {
+  test_format_api();
+  test_literals_api();
+  test_chrono();
+  test_text_style();
+  test_range();
+}
diff --git a/test/ranges-test.cc b/test/ranges-test.cc
index c05e5fcb26e5..802f4ab201f7 100644
--- a/test/ranges-test.cc
+++ b/test/ranges-test.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ TEST(RangesTest, FormatMap) {
   EXPECT_EQ("{(\"one\", 1), (\"two\", 2)}", fmt::format("{}", simap));
 }
 
+TEST(RangesTest, FormatArrayOfLiterals) {
+  const char* aol[] = {"1234", "abcd"};
+  EXPECT_EQ("{\"1234\", \"abcd\"}", fmt::format("{}", aol));
+}
+
 TEST(RangesTest, FormatPair) {
   std::pair<int64_t, float> pa1{42, 1.5f};
   EXPECT_EQ("(42, 1.5)", fmt::format("{}", pa1));