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Kruti Dev to Unicode Converter

कृतिदेव से यूनिकोड हिंदी कनवर्टर

Convert legacy Hindi font text to standard Unicode instantly. Free, no signup, works entirely offline in your browser. Supports Kruti Dev 010 — the government & court standard.

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Built specifically for Hindi typists, government staff, lawyers, and developers.

  • Instant conversion

    Results appear as you type — zero delay, no button to click. Debounced at 150 ms so it stays smooth even on slow devices.

  • 100 % browser-only

    Your text never leaves your device. The conversion engine runs entirely in JavaScript — no server, no upload, no logs.

  • Works offline

    Once the page loads, disconnect the internet and keep converting. Ideal for government offices and courtrooms with restricted connectivity.

  • Full Kruti Dev 010 support

    Covers all 180+ character mappings including conjuncts (क्ष ज्ञ त्र श्र), matras, anusvara, visarga, halant, and Hindi numerals ०–९.

  • Bidirectional

    Auto-detects whether your input is Kruti Dev or Unicode and converts in the right direction automatically. Manual swap in one click.

  • File upload & download

    Upload a .txt file (up to 2 MB), convert it, and download the output instantly. No ZIP, no email — clean single-file workflow.

How to use the converter

Three steps. No account. Works entirely in your browser.

  1. Paste your Kruti Dev text

    Type or paste Kruti Dev encoded text into the left panel. You can also drag and drop a .txt file — the script is detected automatically.

  2. Conversion happens automatically

    As you type, the engine maps every character against the complete Kruti Dev 010 table and produces Unicode Devanagari in real time.

  3. Copy or download the output

    Click "Copy to clipboard" to paste into Word, WhatsApp, or any app — or download a .txt file. Both directions (Kruti Dev ↔ Unicode) work.

Who uses this tool?

Anywhere legacy Kruti Dev text needs to reach the modern web.

  • Government documents & court filings

    Lakhs of official documents, FIRs, and court orders are stored in Kruti Dev. Convert them to Unicode for permanent archiving, searchability, and digital workflows.

  • Newspaper & print archives to digital

    Hindi newspapers set content in Kruti Dev for decades. Convert historical articles and editorials to Unicode for web publishing and full-text search.

  • Old SMS & email archives

    Messages sent in the feature-phone era or via early Hindi email clients often used Kruti Dev encoding. Recover and migrate this content to readable Unicode.

  • School & university assignments

    Students and teachers who typed assignments in Kruti Dev can now convert them to Unicode for submission via digital portals, email, or learning management systems.

  • Software & website migration

    Legacy Hindi CMS databases, desktop software, and static sites built with Kruti Dev fonts can be migrated to Unicode to support modern browsers and mobile devices.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Kruti Dev and Unicode Hindi.

What is Kruti Dev font?
Kruti Dev is a legacy ASCII-based Hindi font family developed in the early 1990s and widely used in Indian government offices, courts, newspapers, and DTP software. Unlike Unicode, it encodes Devanagari characters as ASCII values — so text only appears correctly when the Kruti Dev font is installed. The most common variant is Kruti Dev 010.
How do I convert Kruti Dev to Unicode in MS Word?
Paste your Kruti Dev text into the Input panel of this tool. The converted Unicode text appears instantly in the Output panel. Copy it, then paste it into MS Word. In Word, you can set the font to any Unicode Devanagari font such as Mangal, Nirmala UI, or Kohinoor Devanagari and the text will render correctly.
Is Kruti Dev the same as Mangal font?
No. Kruti Dev is an ASCII-encoded legacy font — it stores characters as ASCII bytes that only look like Hindi when the Kruti Dev typeface is active. Mangal is a Unicode-compliant OpenType font that renders standard Unicode Devanagari codepoints (U+0900–U+097F). Text in Mangal can be read by any application without installing a special font.
What is the difference between Kruti Dev and Unicode Hindi?
Kruti Dev stores Hindi text as ASCII characters, making it font-dependent and incompatible with modern software, search engines, and mobile devices. Unicode Hindi uses the Devanagari Unicode block (U+0900–U+097F), making text universally readable across devices, apps, and the web without any special font installation.
Can I convert multiple files at once?
Currently the tool converts one .txt file at a time via the file upload zone. For batch conversion of many files, you can convert them one by one — the converted output is downloaded as a .txt file instantly after each upload. Batch mode is on our roadmap.

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