diff --git a/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-1.2.0.ebuild b/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-1.2.0.ebuild
index 93147e6ec0014..df26ec95a4f47 100644
--- a/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-1.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="par2cmdline × ParPar: speed focused par2cmdline fork"
+DESCRIPTION="par2cmdline x ParPar: speed focused par2cmdline fork"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/animetosho/par2cmdline-turbo"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
diff --git a/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-9999.ebuild b/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-9999.ebuild
index 93147e6ec0014..df26ec95a4f47 100644
--- a/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/par2cmdline-turbo/par2cmdline-turbo-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="par2cmdline × ParPar: speed focused par2cmdline fork"
+DESCRIPTION="par2cmdline x ParPar: speed focused par2cmdline fork"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/animetosho/par2cmdline-turbo"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.10.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.10.0.ebuild
index a577178eee916..cf4b2c6b97ae5 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.10.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.11.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.11.1.ebuild
index b6e0adc64e851..0ca9e104b4295 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.1.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.1.0.ebuild
index b65adf0df968b..a32571c99b7dd 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0-r100.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
index ae6ed16d51ded..a9b9c7bcdc63f 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0.ebuild
index b71b536eef87a..4e55e1a807a76 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-9999.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-9999.ebuild
index 128d4deab7cd7..3812623952280 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-apache/certbot-apache-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Apache plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-apache/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-2.11.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-2.11.1.ebuild
index 0c645b737803a..a9df739019b2c 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-dnsimple/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0-r100.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
index cd26f4136d010..12bd45b72aadd 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-dnsimple/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0.ebuild
index 5dc15f86d7632..7445972064ae8 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-dnsimple/certbot-dns-dnsimple-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="DNSimple Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-dnsimple/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-2.11.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-2.11.1.ebuild
index f68152a882a1a..2892534f30d08 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-nsone/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0-r100.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
index bbafc7ba886f0..ab426736759ca 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-nsone/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0.ebuild
index aec7cd0fdb2a6..32614cf4cc75e 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-dns-nsone/certbot-dns-nsone-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt Client)"
+DESCRIPTION="NS1 DNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt Client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-dns-nsone/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.10.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.10.0.ebuild
index b60917d51d4f7..1de324b358383 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.10.0.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-nginx/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.11.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.11.1.ebuild
index 33f8fab3a9879..e9741462369c9 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-nginx/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.1.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.1.0.ebuild
index a5a1b4b7e4c20..45c3214bd3c6c 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://letsencrypt.org/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0-r100.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
index ee0df032b6c31..09683e7f9982d 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0-r100.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-nginx/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0.ebuild
index 534fdfa7c6187..59d84a21d8139 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-nginx/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-9999.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-9999.ebuild
index 4e32e5329c4d9..7122d475f1dbb 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot-nginx/certbot-nginx-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let’s Encrypt client)"
+DESCRIPTION="Nginx plugin for Certbot (Let's Encrypt client)"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot-nginx/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.10.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.10.0.ebuild
index c65c7e4bebff9..ff628349d6ae3 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.10.0.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0-r3.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0-r3.ebuild
index bdb4b0004286b..28d086894636d 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0.ebuild
index c65c7e4bebff9..ff628349d6ae3 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.0.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.1.ebuild
index 7409e1be4746f..644b200841d31 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.0.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.0.1.ebuild
index c075f01eda7d3..84a0e09baa9f2 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.0.1.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.1.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.1.0.ebuild
index ac59ba6b64e75..3263f96ced9f0 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot/
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0-r103.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0-r103.ebuild
index 8592ac477a567..11b031d2e4ad4 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0-r103.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0-r103.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0.ebuild
index 55f7d401c8412..ead0095016f37 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.3.0-r3.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.3.0-r3.ebuild
index 8592ac477a567..11b031d2e4ad4 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.3.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-3.3.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-4.0.0-r2.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-4.0.0-r2.ebuild
index 4630be7298c9f..1f419b10dece8 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-4.0.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-4.0.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-9999.ebuild b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-9999.ebuild
index 06a59d8718f1d..c993f4710d628 100644
--- a/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/certbot/certbot-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="Let’s Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
+DESCRIPTION="Let's Encrypt client to automate deployment of X.509 certificates"
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/certbot/certbot
 	https://pypi.org/project/certbot/
diff --git a/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-1.2.5_p20240407.ebuild b/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-1.2.5_p20240407.ebuild
index d5a4c9d65af16..8cd8dc0225451 100644
--- a/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-1.2.5_p20240407.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-1.2.5_p20240407.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 inherit qmake-utils desktop
 
-DESCRIPTION="Free and easy to use diagnostic and adjustment tool for SUBARU® vehicles"
+DESCRIPTION="Free and easy to use diagnostic and adjustment tool for SUBARU vehicles"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Comer352L/FreeSSM"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
diff --git a/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-9999.ebuild
index d5a4c9d65af16..8cd8dc0225451 100644
--- a/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/FreeSSM/FreeSSM-9999.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 inherit qmake-utils desktop
 
-DESCRIPTION="Free and easy to use diagnostic and adjustment tool for SUBARU® vehicles"
+DESCRIPTION="Free and easy to use diagnostic and adjustment tool for SUBARU vehicles"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Comer352L/FreeSSM"
 
 if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
diff --git a/dev-db/percona-server/percona-server-8.0.26.16-r2.ebuild b/dev-db/percona-server/percona-server-8.0.26.16-r2.ebuild
index 151c550ab7d72..82267bbb06833 100644
--- a/dev-db/percona-server/percona-server-8.0.26.16-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/percona-server/percona-server-8.0.26.16-r2.ebuild
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ pkg_config() {
 		local n_X
 		let n_X=${#template}-${#template_wo_X}
 		if [[ ${n_X} -lt 3 ]] ; then
-			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template ‘${template}’" >&2
+			echo "${FUNCNAME[0]}: too few X's in template '${template}'" >&2
 			return
 		fi
 
diff --git a/dev-haskell/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.4.ebuild b/dev-haskell/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.4.ebuild
index 1d47374670a24..12241dda490d8 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-haskell/lpeg/lpeg-1.0.4.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EAPI=8
 CABAL_FEATURES="lib profile haddock hoogle hscolour test-suite"
 inherit haskell-cabal
 
-DESCRIPTION="LPeg – Parsing Expression Grammars For Lua"
+DESCRIPTION="LPeg - Parsing Expression Grammars For Lua"
 HOMEPAGE="https://hslua.org/"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
diff --git a/dev-haskell/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal-1.1.3.ebuild b/dev-haskell/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal-1.1.3.ebuild
index c28dd6963b7c4..d94d14b5152e4 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal-1.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-haskell/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal/prettyprinter-ansi-terminal-1.1.3.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EAPI=8
 CABAL_FEATURES="lib profile haddock hoogle hscolour test-suite"
 inherit haskell-cabal
 
-DESCRIPTION="ANSI terminal backend for the »prettyprinter« package"
+DESCRIPTION="ANSI terminal backend for the 'prettyprinter' package"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/quchen/prettyprinter"
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
diff --git a/dev-util/nsight-compute/nsight-compute-2025.1.1.2.ebuild b/dev-util/nsight-compute/nsight-compute-2025.1.1.2.ebuild
index 40b25470751ab..aa3c6f2541429 100644
--- a/dev-util/nsight-compute/nsight-compute-2025.1.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/nsight-compute/nsight-compute-2025.1.1.2.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 inherit desktop edo unpacker
 
-DESCRIPTION="performance analysis tool designed to visualize an application’s algorithms"
+DESCRIPTION="performance analysis tool designed to visualize an application's algorithms"
 HOMEPAGE="https://developer.nvidia.com/nsight-systems"
 
 MY_PV="$(ver_rs 1-3 '_' "$(ver_cut 1-3)")"
diff --git a/dev-util/nsight-systems/nsight-systems-2025.2.1.ebuild b/dev-util/nsight-systems/nsight-systems-2025.2.1.ebuild
index 139300596fc42..987c6c649c23d 100644
--- a/dev-util/nsight-systems/nsight-systems-2025.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/nsight-systems/nsight-systems-2025.2.1.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 inherit edo unpacker
 
-DESCRIPTION="performance analysis tool designed to visualize an application’s algorithms"
+DESCRIPTION="performance analysis tool designed to visualize an application's algorithms"
 HOMEPAGE="https://developer.nvidia.com/nsight-systems"
 
 MY_PV="$(ver_rs 1-2 '_' "$(ver_cut 1-2)")"
diff --git a/games-simulation/simutrans/simutrans-124.2.1.ebuild b/games-simulation/simutrans/simutrans-124.2.1.ebuild
index 3775cbd70c543..0e8cd760d0f41 100644
--- a/games-simulation/simutrans/simutrans-124.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/games-simulation/simutrans/simutrans-124.2.1.ebuild
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ PATCHES=(
 
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack "simutrans-src-${MY_PV}.zip"
-	cd trunk/simutrans || die "could not cd to ‘simutrans’"
+	cd trunk/simutrans || die "could not cd to 'simutrans'"
 	use minimal || unpack "simutrans_${MY_PAK_64}"
 
 	# Bundled text files are incomplete, bug #580948
-	cd text || die "could not cd to ‘simutrans/text’"
+	cd text || die "could not cd to 'simutrans/text'"
 	unpack "simutrans_language_pack-Base+texts-${PV}.zip"
 }
 
diff --git a/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-1.1.1.ebuild b/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-1.1.1.ebuild
index 3c28d73d7b252..799e2b69dbd9a 100644
--- a/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-1.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-1.1.1.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inherit font
 
 MY_P="${PN}-v${PV}"
 
-DESCRIPTION="得意黑 Smiley Sans: an open-source italic sans-serif Chinese font"
+DESCRIPTION="Deyi Hei Smiley Sans: an open-source italic sans-serif Chinese font"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/atelier-anchor/smiley-sans"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/atelier-anchor/smiley-sans/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_P}.zip"
 S="${WORKDIR}"
diff --git a/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-2.0.1.ebuild b/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-2.0.1.ebuild
index 7a92666907b11..398801019c6a7 100644
--- a/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-2.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-fonts/smiley-sans/smiley-sans-2.0.1.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inherit font
 
 MY_P="${PN}-v${PV}"
 
-DESCRIPTION="得意黑 Smiley Sans: an open-source italic sans-serif Chinese font"
+DESCRIPTION="Deyi Hei Smiley Sans: an open-source italic sans-serif Chinese font"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/atelier-anchor/smiley-sans"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/atelier-anchor/smiley-sans/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_P}.zip"
 S="${WORKDIR}"
diff --git a/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.2-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.2-r1.ebuild
index a496d628d9d72..817dfab90a60a 100644
--- a/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ROCM_VERSION=6.3
 
 inherit cmake cuda python-any-r1 rocm
 
-DESCRIPTION="Intel® Open Image Denoise library"
+DESCRIPTION="Intel Open Image Denoise library"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.openimagedenoise.org https://github.com/RenderKit/oidn"
 
 if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
diff --git a/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.3.ebuild b/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.3.ebuild
index 2d2a7b05dcdf5..99190032032e4 100644
--- a/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/oidn/oidn-2.3.3.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CUDA_DEVICE_TARGETS=1
 
 inherit cmake cuda python-any-r1 rocm
 
-DESCRIPTION="Intel® Open Image Denoise library"
+DESCRIPTION="Intel Open Image Denoise library"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.openimagedenoise.org https://github.com/RenderKit/oidn"
 
 if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
diff --git a/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p2.ebuild b/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p2.ebuild
index c01174665e587..eca262aae4a8f 100644
--- a/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p2.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 MYP=pytorch-rls-v${PV/_p/-}
-DESCRIPTION="Intel® Optimization for Chainer"
+DESCRIPTION="Intel Optimization for Chainer"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/intel/ideep"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/intel/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${MYP}.tar.gz
 	-> ${P}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p3.ebuild b/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p3.ebuild
index c01174665e587..eca262aae4a8f 100644
--- a/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p3.ebuild
+++ b/sci-ml/ideep/ideep-3.5.3_p3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 MYP=pytorch-rls-v${PV/_p/-}
-DESCRIPTION="Intel® Optimization for Chainer"
+DESCRIPTION="Intel Optimization for Chainer"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/intel/ideep"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/intel/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${MYP}.tar.gz
 	-> ${P}.tar.gz"