diff --git a/include/fmt/color.h b/include/fmt/color.h
index df912fe2..1d4ab19a 100644
--- a/include/fmt/color.h
+++ b/include/fmt/color.h
@@ -269,9 +269,8 @@ inline void reset_color<wchar_t>(FILE *stream) FMT_NOEXCEPT {
 } // namespace internal
 
 template <
-  typename String,
-  typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
-void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, const String &format,
+  typename S, typename Char = typename internal::char_t<S>::type>
+void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, const S &format,
                 basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
   internal::fputs<Char>(internal::make_foreground_color<Char>(fd), stdout);
   vprint(format, args);
@@ -279,9 +278,8 @@ void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, const String &format,
 }
 
 template <
-  typename String,
-  typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
-void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, rgb bg, const String &format,
+  typename S, typename Char = typename internal::char_t<S>::type>
+void vprint_rgb(rgb fd, rgb bg, const S &format,
                 basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args) {
   internal::fputs<Char>(internal::make_foreground_color<Char>(fd), stdout);
   internal::fputs<Char>(internal::make_background_color<Char>(bg), stdout);
@@ -299,7 +297,7 @@ template <typename String, typename... Args>
 typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<String>::value>::type
 print(rgb fd, const String &format_str, const Args & ... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
-  typedef typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type char_t;
+  typedef typename internal::char_t<String>::type char_t;
   typedef typename buffer_context<char_t>::type context_t;
   format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{args...};
   vprint_rgb(fd, format_str, basic_format_args<context_t>(as));
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ template <typename String, typename... Args>
 typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<String>::value>::type
 print(rgb fd, rgb bg, const String &format_str, const Args & ... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
-  typedef typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type char_t;
+  typedef typename internal::is_string<String>::char_type char_t;
   typedef typename buffer_context<char_t>::type context_t;
   format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{args...};
   vprint_rgb(fd, bg, format_str, basic_format_args<context_t>(as));
diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 1992c694..8180340b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -426,6 +426,32 @@ class basic_string_view {
 typedef basic_string_view<char> string_view;
 typedef basic_string_view<wchar_t> wstring_view;
 
+/**
+  \rst
+  The function ``to_string_view`` adapts non-intrusively any kind of string or
+  string-like type if the user provides a (possibly templated) overload of
+  ``to_string_view`` which takes an instance of the string class
+  ``StringType<Char>`` and returns a ``fmt::basic_string_view<Char>``.
+  The conversion function must live in the very same namespace as
+  ``StringType<Char>`` to be picked up by ADL. Non-templated string types
+  like f.e. QString must return a ``basic_string_view`` with a fixed matching
+  char type.
+
+  **Example**::
+
+    namespace my_ns {
+    inline string_view to_string_view(const my_string &s) {
+        return { s.data(), s.length() };
+    }
+    }
+
+    std::string message = fmt::format(my_string("The answer is {}"), 42);
+  \endrst
+ */
+template <typename Char>
+inline basic_string_view<Char>
+  to_string_view(basic_string_view<Char> s) { return s; }
+
 template <typename Char>
 inline basic_string_view<Char>
   to_string_view(const std::basic_string<Char> &s) { return s; }
@@ -476,29 +502,21 @@ struct convert_to_int: std::integral_constant<
 
 namespace internal {
 
-template <typename S>
-struct get_char_type {
-  typedef void char_type;
-};
-
-template <typename Char>
-struct get_char_type<basic_string_view<Char>> {
-  typedef Char char_type;
-};
-
+struct dummy_string_view { typedef void char_type; };
+dummy_string_view to_string_view(...);
 using fmt::v5::to_string_view;
 
-void to_string_view(...);
+// Specifies whether S is a string type convertible to fmt::basic_string_view.
+template <typename S>
+struct is_string : std::integral_constant<bool, !std::is_same<
+    dummy_string_view, decltype(to_string_view(declval<S>()))>::value> {};
 
 template <typename S>
-struct has_to_string_view {
-  typedef typename get_char_type<decltype(to_string_view(internal::declval<S>()))>::char_type char_type;
-  static const bool value = !std::is_same<void, decltype(to_string_view(internal::declval<S>()))>::value;
+struct char_t {
+  typedef decltype(to_string_view(declval<S>())) result;
+  typedef typename result::char_type type;
 };
 
-template <typename S>
-struct is_string : internal::has_to_string_view<S> {};
-
 template <typename Char>
 struct named_arg_base;
 
@@ -708,7 +726,7 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<
 template <typename C, typename T, typename Char = typename C::char_type>
 inline typename std::enable_if<
     internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value &&
-    !internal::has_to_string_view<T>::value,
+    !internal::is_string<T>::value,
     init<C, basic_string_view<Char>, string_type>>::type
   make_value(const T &val) { return basic_string_view<Char>(val); }
 
@@ -717,7 +735,7 @@ inline typename std::enable_if<
     !convert_to_int<T, Char>::value && !std::is_same<T, Char>::value &&
     !std::is_convertible<T, basic_string_view<Char>>::value &&
     !internal::is_constructible<basic_string_view<Char>, T>::value &&
-    !internal::has_to_string_view<T>::value,
+    !internal::is_string<T>::value,
     // Implicit conversion to std::string is not handled here because it's
     // unsafe: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/729
     init<C, const T &, custom_type>>::type
@@ -733,13 +751,12 @@ init<C, const void*, named_arg_type>
 
 template <typename C, typename S>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR11 typename std::enable_if<
-  internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
+  internal::is_string<S>::value,
   init<C, basic_string_view<typename C::char_type>, string_type>>::type
     make_value(const S &val) {
   // Handle adapted strings.
   static_assert(std::is_same<
-    typename C::char_type,
-    typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type>::value,
+    typename C::char_type, typename internal::char_t<S>::type>::value,
     "mismatch between char-types of context and argument");
   return to_string_view(val);
 }
@@ -1264,9 +1281,9 @@ struct wformat_args : basic_format_args<wformat_context> {
 #if FMT_USE_ALIAS_TEMPLATES
 /** String's character type. */
 template <typename S>
-using char_t = typename std::enable_if<internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
-  typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type>::type;
-#define FMT_CHAR(S) char_t<S>
+using char_t = typename std::enable_if<internal::is_string<S>::value,
+  typename internal::char_t<S>::type>::type;
+#define FMT_CHAR(S) fmt::char_t<S>
 
 template <typename S, typename T>
 using enable_if_string_t =
@@ -1275,8 +1292,7 @@ using enable_if_string_t =
 #else
 template <typename S>
 struct char_t : std::enable_if<
-    internal::has_to_string_view<S>::value,
-    typename internal::has_to_string_view<S>::char_type> {};
+    internal::is_string<S>::value, typename internal::char_t<S>::type> {};
 #define FMT_CHAR(S) typename char_t<S>::type
 
 #define FMT_ENABLE_IF_STRING(S, T) \
@@ -1336,33 +1352,6 @@ std::basic_string<Char> vformat(
   basic_format_args<typename buffer_context<Char>::type> args);
 }
 
-/**
-  \rst
-  The function ``to_string_view`` adapts non-intrusively any kind of string or
-  string-like type if the user provides a (possibly templated) overload of
-  ``to_string_view`` which takes an instance of the string class
-  ``StringType<Char>`` and returns a ``fmt::basic_string_view<Char>``.
-  The conversion function must live in the very same namespace as
-  ``StringType<Char>`` to be picked up by ADL. Non-templated string types
-  like f.e. QString must return a ``basic_string_view`` with a fixed matching
-  char type.
-
-  **Example**::
-
-    namespace my_ns {
-    inline string_view to_string_view(const my_string &s) {
-        return { s.data(), s.length() };
-    }
-    }
-
-    std::string message = fmt::format(my_string("The answer is {}"), 42);
-  \endrst
- */
-template <typename Char>
-inline basic_string_view<Char> to_string_view(basic_string_view<Char> s) {
-  return s;
-}
-
 /**
   \rst
   Returns a named argument to be used in a formatting function.
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 031436d3..bbe4926c 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class truncating_iterator_base {
   typedef void difference_type;
   typedef void pointer;
   typedef void reference;
-  typedef truncating_iterator_base _Unchecked_type;  // Mark iterator as checked.
+  typedef truncating_iterator_base _Unchecked_type; // Mark iterator as checked.
 
   OutputIt base() const { return out_; }
   std::size_t count() const { return count_; }
@@ -811,9 +811,7 @@ class truncating_iterator<OutputIt, std::true_type>:
   }
 
   truncating_iterator& operator++() { return *this; }
-
   truncating_iterator& operator++(int) { return *this; }
-
   truncating_iterator& operator*() { return *this; }
 };
 
@@ -3377,11 +3375,11 @@ inline typename buffer_context<FMT_CHAR(String)>::type::iterator vformat_to(
 }
 
 template <
-    typename String, typename... Args,
+    typename S, typename... Args,
     std::size_t SIZE = inline_buffer_size,
-    typename Char = typename internal::has_to_string_view<String>::char_type>
+    typename Char = typename internal::char_t<S>::type>
 inline typename buffer_context<Char>::type::iterator format_to(
-    basic_memory_buffer<Char, SIZE> &buf, const String &format_str,
+    basic_memory_buffer<Char, SIZE> &buf, const S &format_str,
     const Args &... args) {
   internal::check_format_string<Args...>(format_str);
   typedef typename buffer_context<Char>::type context;