Typed your Hindi on a phone or in Google Docs, but the office, print shop or typing task wants Kruti Dev 010? Paste it below and get the Kruti Dev version. Old Kruti Dev files that show strange symbols can be turned back into readable Unicode with the switch button.
Try a short sentence first, check it in your own software, and then convert the full document.
Why does the output look like English? Kruti Dev output is made of ordinary Latin characters. It turns into Hindi only after you paste it into software and apply the Kruti Dev 010 font.
Before Unicode worked reliably on Windows and the web, Hindi in a computer meant a special font. Fonts like Kruti Dev, Chanakya, DevLys and Walkman Chanakya did not contain a separate code for each Devanagari letter. They borrowed the English keyboard codes and drew a Hindi shape in place of each one. Type ueLrs with Kruti Dev selected and the screen shows नमस्ते. Type the same keys in a normal font and you only see English letters.
Unicode fixed this by giving every Hindi letter its own permanent code. That is why Unicode Hindi can be searched, copied between apps, read on any phone and indexed by Google, with no special font installed.
Kruti Dev did not disappear, though. Many printing presses, court and government offices, newspaper layouts and typing institutes built their files, templates and habits around it, and the Remington-style keyboard that goes with it. If you receive Unicode text (from WhatsApp, a website, a client's email) and the final file has to be in Kruti Dev, you need to convert it. If you have an old Kruti Dev file and want to put it online or share it on a phone, you need to go the other way. This page handles both.
Pick the format the destination needs. Converting everything to Kruti Dev "just in case" usually creates problems later.
Never publish a web page in Kruti Dev. Search engines read the Latin letters, not the Hindi, so the page cannot be understood or found.
Confirm the exact font name first. DevLys, Chanakya and other Kruti Dev versions use different key maps.
Paste or type it in the left box. Text from WhatsApp, a website, Word or a phone keyboard all works. The right box updates as you type.
You will see a mix of English letters and symbols. That is expected. The Hindi shapes only appear once the font is applied.
Press Copy to put it on the clipboard, or Save to download a .txt file. A .txt file is safest for long text because it carries no formatting.
Paste into Word, Excel, CorelDRAW or similar, select the text and choose Kruti Dev 010 from the font list. The font has to be installed on that computer.
Compare a few lines against the original before printing or submitting. Pay special attention to names, numbers and rare conjuncts.
These are the key positions behind the tool, so you can sanity check any output yourself.
| Unicode | Kruti Dev key |
|---|---|
| क ख ग घ | d [k x ?k |
| च छ ज झ | p N t > |
| ट ठ ड ढ ण | V B M < .k |
| त थ द ध न | r Fk n /k u |
| प फ ब भ म | i Q c Hk e |
| य र ल व | ; j y o |
| श ष स ह | 'k "k l g |
| Unicode | Kruti Dev key |
|---|---|
| अ आ इ ई | v vk b bZ |
| उ ऊ ए ओ औ | m Å , vks vkS |
| ा ी ु ू | k h q w |
| े ै ो ौ | s S ks kS |
| ि (choti ee) | f (typed before the letter) |
| ं ः ँ | a % ¡ |
| । | A |
| Unicode word | Kruti Dev keys | What to notice |
|---|---|---|
| राम | jke | र = j, ा = k, म = e |
| भारत | Hkkjr | भ = Hk, then ा = k |
| हिन्दी | fgUnh | ि (f) moves before ह; half न = U |
| नमस्ते | ueLrs | half स = L, े = s |
| कर्म | deZ | reph is typed after म as Z |
| धर्म | /keZ | ध = /k, reph again as Z |
| ज्ञान | Kku | ज्ञ is a single key, K |
| श्रम | Je | श्र is a single key, J |
The sample sentence already loaded in the tool, नमस्ते दोस्तों, आपका स्वागत है, converts to ueLrs nksLrksa, vkidk Lokxr gS.
Press the switch button below the two boxes. The left box now expects Kruti Dev text and the right box shows Unicode. Paste the text exactly as it looks without the font, as in deZ, not as the Hindi you see after applying the font.
Convert two or three lines with matras, half letters, a name and some punctuation, and check them before doing the whole file.
Use Kruti Dev 010. If an office asks for another version, results can differ in a few glyphs.
Compare these against the source line by line. Automatic conversion cannot know when a name is spelled unusually.
Save the Unicode source before replacing anything, so you can reconvert if a mistake is found.
Hi, I’m Ali Hamza, the guy behind HindiFontGen. I got tired of switching between a dozen sites just to find a good Hindi font, so I built one place where you can see your text in every style. Got feedback or spotted a bug? Mail me at contact@hindifontgen.in.