diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index b18303b0..08a01914 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ void iterator_buffer<OutputIt, T, Traits>::flush() {
   out_ = copy_str<T>(data_, data_ + this->limit(this->size()), out_);
   this->clear();
 }
+
 }  // namespace detail
 
 // The number of characters to store in the basic_memory_buffer object itself
@@ -1518,6 +1519,34 @@ FMT_NOINLINE OutputIt fill(OutputIt it, size_t n, const fill_t<Char>& fill) {
   return it;
 }
 
+template <typename Char, typename OutputIt>
+OutputIt write(OutputIt out, monostate) {
+  FMT_ASSERT(false, "");
+  return out;
+}
+
+template <typename Char, typename OutputIt,
+          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!std::is_same<Char, char>::value)>
+OutputIt write(OutputIt out, string_view value) {
+  auto it = reserve(out, value.size());
+  it = copy_str<Char>(value.begin(), value.end(), it);
+  return base_iterator(out, it);
+}
+
+template <typename Char, typename OutputIt>
+OutputIt write(OutputIt out, basic_string_view<Char> value) {
+  auto it = reserve(out, value.size());
+  it = copy_str<Char>(value.begin(), value.end(), it);
+  return base_iterator(out, it);
+}
+
+template <typename Char>
+buffer_appender<Char> write(buffer_appender<Char> out,
+                            basic_string_view<Char> value) {
+  get_container(out).append(value.begin(), value.end());
+  return out;
+}
+
 // Writes the output of f, padded according to format specifications in specs.
 // size: output size in code units.
 // width: output display width in (terminal) column positions.
@@ -1607,7 +1636,7 @@ OutputIt write(OutputIt out, basic_string_view<StrChar> s,
                    : 0;
   using iterator = remove_reference_t<decltype(reserve(out, 0))>;
   return write_padded(out, specs, size, width, [=](iterator it) {
-    return copy_str<Char>(data, data + size, it);
+    return detail::write<Char>(it, basic_string_view<StrChar>(data, size));
   });
 }
 
@@ -2034,34 +2063,6 @@ template <typename T> struct is_integral : std::is_integral<T> {};
 template <> struct is_integral<int128_t> : std::true_type {};
 template <> struct is_integral<uint128_t> : std::true_type {};
 
-template <typename Char, typename OutputIt>
-OutputIt write(OutputIt out, monostate) {
-  FMT_ASSERT(false, "");
-  return out;
-}
-
-template <typename Char, typename OutputIt,
-          FMT_ENABLE_IF(!std::is_same<Char, char>::value)>
-OutputIt write(OutputIt out, string_view value) {
-  auto it = reserve(out, value.size());
-  it = copy_str<Char>(value.begin(), value.end(), it);
-  return base_iterator(out, it);
-}
-
-template <typename Char, typename OutputIt>
-OutputIt write(OutputIt out, basic_string_view<Char> value) {
-  auto it = reserve(out, value.size());
-  it = copy_str<Char>(value.begin(), value.end(), it);
-  return base_iterator(out, it);
-}
-
-template <typename Char>
-buffer_appender<Char> write(buffer_appender<Char> out,
-                            basic_string_view<Char> value) {
-  get_container(out).append(value.begin(), value.end());
-  return out;
-}
-
 template <typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename T,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(is_integral<T>::value &&
                         !std::is_same<T, bool>::value &&