Drop Normalize (#2960)

* npm updates

* tests and readme

* node versions

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
       - name: publish npm
         run: npm publish

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
     steps:
       - name: Get npm cache directory
         id: npm-cache