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Nudi / Baraha shared ASCII ನುಡಿ
Nudi is Karnataka’s Kannada typing standard, and its legacy fonts still sit in offices, newspapers and press archives.
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Years of Karnataka office and press documents are in Nudi and Baraha ASCII fonts. Convert them to Unicode so the text can be searched and opened on any device.
01 · Start here
What people come here for in Kannada.
Open old Nudi or Baraha documents anywhere
Nudi and Baraha ASCII text only looks like Kannada with the font installed. Unicode Kannada can be searched and opened on any device.
Send Unicode text back to a Nudi file
For offices and layouts that still expect Nudi. Characters the font cannot show are flagged.
Type Kannada
The Nudi layout, the government-standard InScript layout, or phonetic typing in English letters.
Write an amount in words
Rupees and paise in Kannada words, with lakh and crore.
02 · Converters
One font, both directions.
03 · The Kannada font landscape
Which fonts are covered.
These are the legacy fonts people most often ask about for Kannada. Linked ones are live; the rest are planned and need a verified mapping first.
- NudiLive
- BarahaLive
- Shree-Lipi KannadaPlanned
04 · Type
Type Kannada on any keyboard.
05 · Files & scans
Whole documents, PDFs and photos.
- Kannada OCR Review ottakshara conjuncts and rounded characters.
- Office file converter Inspect and convert fonts in Word, Excel and PowerPoint on your device.
- Word file converter Legacy-font text in .docx to Unicode, keeping tables and styles.
- Excel file converter Legacy-font text in .xlsx cells to Unicode; formulas untouched.
- PowerPoint file converter Legacy-font text in .pptx slides and notes to Unicode.
- PDF to Unicode text Extract text and decode known legacy fonts. TXT and DOCX output.
- Image to text / OCR Recognise printed text from images and scanned PDFs on your device.
06 · Text, numbers & dates
Everyday Kannada text tools.
- Kannada number to words Numbers and rupee amounts in Kannada words, 1 to 100 table.
- Kannada font styles Kannada text in free Kannada fonts, as PNG.
- Kannada Unicode pad Every Kannada character with its code and HTML entity.
- Voice typing Speak in Tamil, Hindi and 9 more. Uses your browser’s online speech service.
- Font style preview Your text in every free Indian font, with PNG download.
- Fix broken text Repair à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ and भ back into Hindi.
- Script converter Hindi ⇄ Gujarati ⇄ Tamil… and IAST, ITRANS, Roman.
- Indic word counter Counts क्षि as one character, not four.
- Text to speech Read Indian-language text aloud with your device’s voices.
- Number to words Amounts and numbers in 12 Indian languages, with lakh and crore.
- Number converter English digits to Hindi, Bengali, Tamil numerals and back.
07 · Guides
Read before you convert.
08 · FAQ
Questions about Kannada text
Does changing the font convert my text?
No. Legacy text needs its encoding converted to Unicode. Changing its display font leaves the stored characters unchanged.
What if I don’t know the original font?
Check the font box in the original document, or try the font detector with a full sentence. Compare its previews before choosing a converter.