diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index ede3f7ac479ab..295d935dbfac0 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3569,19 +3569,31 @@ 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 String, typename... Args>
+inline typename std::enable_if<
+  internal::is_format_string<String>::value &&
+  std::is_same<FMT_CHAR(String), char>::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_t;
+  typedef format_to_n_context<OutputIt> context_t;
+  format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{ args... };
+  return vformat_to_n<OutputIt>(out, n, basic_string_view<char_t>(format_str), as);
 }
-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) {
+
+template <typename OutputIt, typename String, typename... Args>
+inline typename std::enable_if<
+  internal::is_format_string<String>::value &&
+  !std::is_same<FMT_CHAR(String), char>::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_t;
   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...));
+  typedef typename format_context_t<It, char_t>::type context_t;
+  format_arg_store<context_t, Args...> as{ args... };
+  auto it = vformat_to(It(out, n), basic_string_view<char_t>(format_str), as);
   return {it.base(), it.count()};
 }