HindiLegacy → Legacy
Chanakya to Kruti Dev Converter
Paste text typed in Walkman Chanakya 905. Get the keystrokes that show the same words in Kruti Dev 010. It converts through Unicode, on your device.
or drop a .txt file anywhere on this card
Runs on your device
Nothing is uploaded. Works offline once loaded.
134 of 146 the same
Letters and signs typed identically in both fonts.
12 typed differently
Listed below. These are what a plain font change breaks.
Loss report
Anything Kruti Dev 010 can’t show is flagged, not dropped.
01 · What changes
Why changing the font isn’t enough.
Both fonts store Hindi as English keystrokes, and most keys agree. These 12 don’t. If you only switch the font in Word, every one of them turns into a different letter. This table is generated from the converter itself.
| Letter | Walkman Chanakya 905 keys | Kruti Dev 010 keys |
|---|---|---|
| ऊ | mQ | Å |
| ऋ | ½ | _ |
| क्त | ä | Dr |
| त्र | =k | = |
| द्ध | ¼ | ) |
| ध | / | /k |
| ध् | è | / |
| न्न | é | Uu |
| न्न् | ™ | UU |
| फ | iQ | Q |
| फ़ | Q | Q+ |
| ह्र | ß | ºz |
Compared: 146 letters, signs and conjuncts that both fonts can show. Where a font has two ways to type something, the table shows the one this converter writes.
½f"k iQy [kkrs gSaA
_f"k Qy [kkrs gSaA
Both read: ऋषि फल खाते हैं।
Converted by the same engine as the tool above when this page was built, and checked to read back to the same Unicode text.
02 · Who needs this
When Chanakya text meets a Kruti Dev layout.
- 01
Office text going to print
Matter typed in government and business offices is very often Kruti Dev 010, while many newspaper and magazine DTP layouts are set in Walkman Chanakya. Pasting Kruti Dev keystrokes into a Chanakya text box produces wrong letters wherever the two layouts differ.
- 02
Press copy coming back to the office
The reverse also happens: text from a DTP file set in Chanakya needs to be edited by staff who only have, or only type in, Kruti Dev.
- 03
Old files with mixed fonts
Archives often contain both fonts. Converting everything to one of them (or better, to Unicode) makes the files consistent and searchable.
03 · Using it in Word
Getting the result into your document.
Convert and download
Paste the Chanakya text above, then use “Download Word (.docx)”. The file is already set in Kruti Dev 010.
Or copy and paste
Copy the output, paste it into your document, select it and set the font to Kruti Dev 010.
Install the font first
Kruti Dev 010 must be installed on the computer that opens the file. Without it, the text shows as English letters.
Check the flagged characters
If the loss report shows anything, fix those few spots by hand in the final layout.
Converting a whole Word file? The Word file converter keeps tables, bold text and layout, and leaves English untouched.
04 · FAQ
Questions about Chanakya and Kruti Dev
Can I just change the font from Kruti Dev to Chanakya in Word?
Only for the letters that sit on the same keys in both fonts. The rest come out as different letters, because each font stores Devanagari as its own set of English keystrokes. Converting rewrites the keystrokes so the text reads the same in the new font.
How does this converter work?
It decodes the source font into Unicode Devanagari, then encodes that Unicode into the target font’s keystrokes. Anything the target font cannot show is flagged in the loss report instead of being dropped silently.
Which version of Chanakya is this?
Walkman Chanakya 905, the version most DTP files use. Other numbered Chanakya fonts may place some characters differently, so check a short sample first.
Should I convert to Unicode instead?
If the text will be emailed, put on a website, searched or read on a phone, yes. Unicode works everywhere without a special font. Use font-to-font conversion only when a print layout or template specifically needs the legacy font.