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MalayalamUnicode → Legacy

Unicode to ML-TT Ambili Converter

Turn Unicode Malayalam into ML-TT Ambili keystrokes for Word and DTP software, and see exactly which characters the font can’t show.

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  • Runs on your device

    Nothing is uploaded. Works offline once loaded.

  • Both directions

    Swap to go ML-TT Ambili → Unicode in one click.

  • Loss report

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

  • 182 mappings

    Every one is listed in the chart below.

01 · About the font

ML-TT Ambili, in plain words.

ML-TT Ambili is a legacy Malayalam font that stores text as ordinary English letters and draws the real letters with the font itself.

ML-TT Ambili is a legacy (non-Unicode) font. Instead of storing real Malayalam characters, it draws Malayalam shapes on top of English keys, so a document typed in it looks like random Latin letters on any device that doesn’t have the font installed.

Converting to Unicode stores the real characters, which every phone, browser and search engine understands. This converter’s mapping is based on a published open-source table; the Sources list at the end of this page names it and its licence, and the chart below lists every mapping the converter uses.

Unicode (as typed)

ആന വായിലമ്പാഴങ്ങ?

ML-TT Ambili keystrokes (converted by this page)

B\ hmbneºmg§?

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

    Anyone with older Malayalam documents

    Files typed in ML-TT Ambili show as Latin letters on any device without the font. Converting them makes the text readable, searchable and editable anywhere.

02 · For print, DTP and typing

Get Unicode Malayalam into ML-TT Ambili for print and exams

Some printers, layout programs and typing-test environments still need text in ML-TT Ambili. This converter writes the exact keystrokes the font expects and lists any characters the font cannot show, so nothing is lost without you knowing.

  1. Paste your Unicode text

    Type or paste Malayalam text in Kartika, Google Docs, a website or WhatsApp. Real Unicode characters, not already-converted text.

  2. Read the loss report

    Characters ML-TT Ambili has no glyph for are highlighted. Replace them in the source before you send the file to print or submit it.

  3. Copy the result

    The output looks like English letters (“B\”). That is correct: the font turns them back into Malayalam shapes.

  4. Set the font to ML-TT Ambili

    Paste into Word, PageMaker, CorelDRAW or your exam software and apply the ML-TT Ambili font. If the font is not installed, the text keeps showing as English letters.

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 to ML-TT Ambili in MS Word

The converted text is ML-TT Ambili keystrokes, so it only looks like Malayalam when the ML-TT Ambili font is applied. It has to be installed on the computer that opens the file.

Microsoft Word

  1. 1Install ML-TT Ambili if you haven’t already (on Windows, right-click the font file → Install for all users; on Mac, use Font Book), then restart Word.
  2. 2Paste the converted text. Use Paste Special → Unformatted Text (Ctrl+Alt+V) so no formatting from the source comes along.
  3. 3Select the text and type “ML-TT Ambili” into the font box on the Home tab.
  4. 4Before sending the file to someone else, either embed fonts (File → Options → Save → Embed fonts) or export to PDF.

Google Docs

  1. 1Google Docs offers its own font list only, so ML-TT Ambili cannot be selected there.
  2. 2Use Word or LibreOffice for the final file, then share a PDF if others need to read it.
  3. 3If the text must live in Google Docs, keep it as Unicode and convert only the final copy.

Pasting ML-TT Ambili text into Google Docs shows English letters instead of Malayalam.

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.

182 mappings

Click a letter to copy the Unicode character. Click the key cap to copy the ML-TT Ambili key.

05 · Known limits

What to watch for.

  • Legacy fonts store letters in the order they are drawn, not the order they are read. The converter reorders vowel signs and conjuncts, but check the result against the original if accuracy matters.

Coverage in this converter

  • Conjuncts107
  • Consonants36
  • Signs13
  • Vowels13
  • Vowel signs13

Checked against Payyans, the open-source converter this mapping was taken from: 385 of 720 test conversions matched exactly. Of the 335 differences, 129 were errors in that converter and 206 were equivalent spellings. Because the mapping comes from that project, this checks how faithfully it was carried over, not whether the original table is right. See the accuracy page for every difference.

06 · FAQ

Questions about Unicode to ML-TT Ambili

Is my Malayalam text uploaded to a server?

No. The conversion runs in your browser, and nothing you paste is sent anywhere.

Can I turn ML-TT Ambili text back into Unicode later?

Yes. Paste it into the ML-TT Ambili to Unicode converter, or press the swap button above. Characters the loss report flagged were kept as Unicode, so they come back unchanged.

How accurate is the ML-TT Ambili converter?

It was checked against the converter its mapping came from: 385 of 720 test conversions matched Payyans exactly. Each of the other 335 was reviewed, and 129 turned out to be errors in that converter. No independent converter has confirmed the table itself yet. 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.