diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 06deb520..0ec3504c 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -1340,23 +1340,14 @@ template <typename Char>
 struct is_contiguous<internal::basic_buffer<Char> >: std::true_type {};
 
 /** Formats a string and writes the output to ``out``. */
-template <typename Container>
+template <typename Container, typename S>
 typename std::enable_if<
   is_contiguous<Container>::value, std::back_insert_iterator<Container>>::type
     vformat_to(std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out,
-               string_view format_str, format_args args) {
+               const S &format_str,
+               basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(S)>::type> args) {
   internal::container_buffer<Container> buf(internal::get_container(out));
-  vformat_to(buf, format_str, args);
-  return out;
-}
-
-template <typename Container>
-typename std::enable_if<
-  is_contiguous<Container>::value, std::back_insert_iterator<Container>>::type
-    vformat_to(std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out,
-               wstring_view format_str, wformat_args args) {
-  internal::container_buffer<Container> buf(internal::get_container(out));
-  vformat_to(buf, format_str, args);
+  vformat_to(buf, internal::to_string_view(format_str), args);
   return out;
 }
 
@@ -1366,8 +1357,8 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<
   std::back_insert_iterator<Container>>::type
     format_to(std::back_insert_iterator<Container> out, const S &format_str,
               const Args &... args) {
-  return vformat_to(out, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
-                    internal::checked_args<S, Args...>(format_str, args...));
+  internal::checked_args<S, Args...> ca(format_str, args...);
+  return vformat_to(out, internal::to_string_view(format_str), *ca);
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename Char = FMT_CHAR(S)>
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 17d2a3da..b5089128 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3465,12 +3465,6 @@ inline typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(String)>::type::iterator vformat_to(
     buf, basic_string_view<Char>(format_str), args);
 }
 
-inline wformat_context::iterator vformat_to(
-    internal::wbuffer &buf, wstring_view format_str, wformat_args args) {
-  typedef back_insert_range<internal::wbuffer> range;
-  return vformat_to<arg_formatter<range>>(buf, format_str, args);
-}
-
 template <
     typename String, typename... Args,
     std::size_t SIZE = inline_buffer_size,
@@ -3534,23 +3528,23 @@ struct format_to_n_result {
   std::size_t size;
 };
 
-template <typename OutputIt>
+template <typename OutputIt, typename Char = typename OutputIt::value_type>
 using format_to_n_context = typename fmt::format_context_t<
-  fmt::internal::truncating_iterator<OutputIt>>::type;
+  fmt::internal::truncating_iterator<OutputIt>, Char>::type;
 
-template <typename OutputIt>
-using format_to_n_args = fmt::basic_format_args<format_to_n_context<OutputIt>>;
+template <typename OutputIt, typename Char = typename OutputIt::value_type>
+using format_to_n_args = fmt::basic_format_args<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>>;
 
-template <typename OutputIt, typename ...Args>
-inline format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt>, Args...>
+template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename ...Args>
+inline format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...>
     make_format_to_n_args(const Args &... args) {
-  return format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt>, Args...>(args...);
+  return format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...>(args...);
 }
 
-template <typename OutputIt, typename... Args>
+template <typename OutputIt, typename Char, typename... Args>
 inline format_to_n_result<OutputIt> vformat_to_n(
-    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, string_view format_str,
-    format_to_n_args<OutputIt> args) {
+    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, basic_string_view<Char> format_str,
+    format_to_n_args<OutputIt, Char> args) {
   typedef internal::truncating_iterator<OutputIt> It;
   auto it = vformat_to(It(out, n), format_str, args);
   return {it.base(), it.count()};
@@ -3563,20 +3557,16 @@ inline format_to_n_result<OutputIt> vformat_to_n(
  end of the output range.
  \endrst
  */
-template <typename OutputIt, typename... Args>
-inline format_to_n_result<OutputIt> format_to_n(
-    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, string_view format_str, const Args &... args) {
-  return vformat_to_n<OutputIt>(
-    out, n, format_str, make_format_to_n_args<OutputIt>(args...));
-}
-template <typename OutputIt, typename... Args>
-inline format_to_n_result<OutputIt> format_to_n(
-    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, wstring_view format_str,
-    const Args &... args) {
-  typedef internal::truncating_iterator<OutputIt> It;
-  auto it = vformat_to(It(out, n), format_str,
-      make_format_args<typename format_context_t<It, wchar_t>::type>(args...));
-  return {it.base(), it.count()};
+template <typename OutputIt, typename String, typename... Args>
+inline typename std::enable_if<
+  internal::is_format_string<String>::value,
+  format_to_n_result<OutputIt>>::type format_to_n(
+    OutputIt out, std::size_t n, const String &format_str, const Args &... args) {
+  internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
+  typedef FMT_CHAR(String) Char;
+  format_arg_store<format_to_n_context<OutputIt, Char>, Args...> as{ args... };
+  return vformat_to_n(out, n, internal::to_string_view(format_str),
+                      format_to_n_args<OutputIt, Char>(as));
 }
 
 template <typename Char>
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 18f8ad12..766befd2 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -2401,6 +2401,26 @@ TEST(FormatTest, FormatStringErrors) {
                "cannot switch from automatic to manual argument indexing",
                int, int);
 }
+
+TEST(FormatTest, VFormatTo) {
+  typedef fmt::format_context context;
+  fmt::basic_format_arg<context> arg = fmt::internal::make_arg<context>(42);
+  fmt::basic_format_args<context> args(&arg, 1);
+  std::string s;
+  fmt::vformat_to(std::back_inserter(s), "{}", args);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", s);
+  s.clear();
+  fmt::vformat_to(std::back_inserter(s), FMT_STRING("{}"), args);
+  EXPECT_EQ("42", s);
+
+  typedef fmt::wformat_context wcontext;
+  fmt::basic_format_arg<wcontext> warg = fmt::internal::make_arg<wcontext>(42);
+  fmt::basic_format_args<wcontext> wargs(&warg, 1);
+  std::wstring w;
+  fmt::vformat_to(std::back_inserter(w), L"{}", wargs);
+  EXPECT_EQ(L"42", w);
+}
+
 #endif  // FMT_USE_CONSTEXPR
 
 TEST(FormatTest, ConstructU8StringViewFromCString) {