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HindidevanagariLegacy → Unicode

DevLys to Unicode Converter

Turn DevLys 010 text that looks like “Hkkjr” into real Hindi: “भारत”. Unicode text reads correctly on any phone, browser or search engine.

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  • Runs on your device

    Nothing is uploaded. Works offline once loaded.

  • Both directions

    Swap to go Unicode → DevLys in one click.

  • Loss report

    Characters a font can’t show are flagged, not dropped.

  • 164 mappings

    Every one is listed in the chart below.

01 · About the font

DevLys 010, in plain words.

A Hindi legacy font that sits right next to Kruti Dev in offices and exam halls, and looks almost the same until one wrong letter gives it away.

DevLys 010 is another Devanagari ASCII font from the DTP era. Like Kruti Dev, it is typed on a Remington-style Hindi layout and stores Devanagari as English letters, so a DevLys document looks like gibberish (“fgUnh”) on any device without the font.

It is easy to mistake DevLys for Kruti Dev: the common letters and many keys line up. But several conjuncts, punctuation marks and special glyphs sit on different keys, which is why swapping the font name on a document often leaves a handful of wrong characters instead of fixing it.

A few glyph mappings were corrected after an entry-by-entry check against IIT Delhi’s InDesignFontConverters and KrutiExtract, two open-source converters. That check covered selected glyphs only, not the whole IIT table.

DevLys 010 (as stored)

Hkkjr esa èkeZ vkSj çse gSA

Unicode (converted by this page)

भारत में धर्म और प्रेम है।

This sample is converted with the same engine as the tool above, when this page was built, and matches the expected text exactly.

Who still uses it

  • 01

    Government and legal typing

    DevLys 010 turns up alongside Kruti Dev in departmental typing and court work, depending on which software the office standardised on.

  • 02

    Typing-test candidates

    Some notifications name DevLys 010 or Kruti Dev 010 as the permitted font. The permitted font and layout are set by each exam, so check yours.

  • 03

    Print and DTP

    Older print layouts that were built in DevLys still need DevLys text when they are edited.

02 · How to

How to convert DevLys to Unicode (3 steps)

Legacy text only looks like Hindi on a computer that has DevLys 010 installed. Everywhere else (phones, WhatsApp, websites, search results) it appears as English letters like “Hkkjr”. Converting to Unicode fixes that for good.

  1. Paste your DevLys text

    Check that “From” says DevLys 010, then paste your text. DevLys text such as “Hkkjr esa èkeZ vkSj …” looks like a jumble of English letters and symbols until it is converted.
    DevLys to Unicode converter with “From” set to DevLys 010 and the DevLys sample “Hkkjr esa èkeZ vkSj …” pasted into the input box

  2. Check the Unicode Hindi

    The Unicode Hindi appears as you paste: “भारत में धर्म और …”. Nothing in this DevLys sample was flagged. When something is, a “notes” button lists it.
    Output box showing the DevLys sample converted to Unicode Hindi: “भारत में धर्म और …”

  3. Copy it or save a Word file

    Copy puts “भारत में धर्म और …” on your clipboard, ready for WhatsApp, Gmail or Google Docs. The Word button saves a .docx already set in Mangal, so you don’t need DevLys 010 to read it.
    DevLys to Unicode converter after Copy, with the green “Copied” button, the message “Copied — paste it anywhere.” and the Download Word (.docx) button labelled

Pick a Unicode font. Nirmala UI or Mangal on Windows, Noto Sans Devanagari in Google Docs and on the web.

Have a whole document instead of a paragraph? The Word file converter keeps tables, bold text and layout.

03 · Output font

Set the output font in MS Word or Google Docs

Unicode text is real Hindi, so any Hindi-capable font will display it. Pick one that looks good for your document.

Microsoft Word

  1. 1Paste the converted text, then press Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on Mac) to select everything.
  2. 2On the Home tab, click the font box, type “Mangal” and press Enter.
  3. 3Optional: Review → Language → Set Proofing Language → Hindi, so spell-check does not underline everything.
  4. 4If the text still shows boxes, install a Unicode font that covers the script, such as Noto Sans Devanagari.

Google Docs

  1. 1Paste the converted text and select it with Ctrl+A.
  2. 2Open the font menu → More fonts, search for “Noto Sans Devanagari” (or Noto Serif Devanagari) and add it.
  3. 3Apply the font. Because the text is Unicode, it also copies cleanly into Gmail, Sheets and Slides.

04 · Mapping chart

Every key, and the letter it makes.

This is the actual table the converter uses, generated from the engine. Search for a key you see in garbled text, or for a letter you want to type.

164 mappings

Click a letter to copy the Unicode character. Click the key cap to copy the DevLys 010 key.

05 · Known limits

What to watch for.

  • The core keyboard is shared with Kruti Dev, but extended characters and preferred forms differ (for example ä, ç, ¨ and ©). Use the converter that matches the actual font name in the document.
  • The short-i matra and the reph are positioned visually, exactly as in Kruti Dev, and are reordered during conversion.
  • A document that mixes both fonts must be converted section by section, or through the Word file converter which reads the font of each run.

Coverage in this converter

  • Conjuncts38
  • Consonants35
  • Half forms29
  • Punctuation17
  • Vowels13
  • Vowel signs13
  • Digits10
  • Signs8
  • Nukta1

Compared with HinLegacy on 720 conversions, 658 matched exactly. All 62 differences were equivalent spellings. Round trip: we converted 50,757 Devanagari test strings (word-list words, sentences, and every consonant, vowel sign, conjunct, reph and nukta combination) to DevLys 010 and back. 50,753 came back exactly; the other 4 contain a character DevLys 010 has no glyph for, which the converter flags. See the accuracy page for every difference.

06 · FAQ

Questions about DevLys to Unicode

How do I tell DevLys from Kruti Dev?

Check the font name in Word (select the text and look at the font box). If you only have raw text, the font detector ranks candidates, but plain text that uses only the keys both fonts share cannot be told apart by any tool, so the font name in the original file is the reliable clue.

Why are a few characters wrong after I converted with the Kruti Dev converter?

The two fonts agree on most keys but not all. Convert DevLys text with the DevLys converter so the differing conjuncts and punctuation marks map correctly.

Is DevLys to Mangal the same as DevLys to Unicode?

Yes. Mangal is a Unicode font, so text converted to Unicode is ready for Mangal: select it and choose Mangal. The same text also displays in Nirmala UI, Kokila or Noto Sans Devanagari without converting again.

Is my DevLys 010 text uploaded to a server?

No. The conversion runs as JavaScript in your browser, so your text never leaves your device. Once the page has loaded, it works offline too.

Which font should I use after converting DevLys 010 to Unicode?

Nirmala UI or Mangal on Windows, Noto Sans Devanagari in Google Docs and on the web. Unicode text is not tied to one font, so you can switch typeface later without converting again.

How accurate is the DevLys 010 converter?

In our tests it agreed exactly with HinLegacy on 658 of 720 conversions. Each of the other 62 was reviewed. The sample on this page converts exactly as expected. No fluent-speaker review has been done, so read important text before you print or submit it.