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Kruti Dev PDF to Unicode — PDF Hindi text to Unicode
Extract PDF Hindi text to Unicode, decode recognised Kruti Dev font runs, and download editable TXT or Word text. No edited PDF output.
Source
Choose a PDF
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Result
Editable Unicode text
01 · How it works
Read the text layer first
PDF.js reads text and font names per page. Font names are matched after removing six-letter subset prefixes such as ABCDEF+ and style suffixes such as ,Bold or -Bold, so KrutiDev010 and Kruti Dev 010 are both recognised. Text on one line is joined before decoding, so a PageMaker or CorelDRAW export that places every glyph separately still decodes as whole words. Already-Unicode runs are kept. Generic or missing font names are not guessed.
Lines are ordered top to bottom. When several lines share a clear empty gutter, the page is read column by column; headings that span both columns stay in place. Tables may still come out row by row or column by column. Wrong ToUnicode mappings, subset glyph order, or text turned into outlines defeat font conversion. A PDF can mix scanned and text pages. Review the page report and use OCR for missing or garbled text.
Reference
| Input | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Known legacy font | Decode with the matching engine profile |
| Unicode text | Keep the extracted text |
| No text layer | Offer image OCR |
| Output | TXT or DOCX, paragraphs by line |
02 · FAQ
Questions about reading text from files
Can it edit my PDF?
No. This tool extracts text to TXT or DOCX. It never produces an edited PDF.
Why is extracted text garbled?
Wrong ToUnicode maps, arbitrary subset glyph order and unavailable font names can prevent reliable conversion. Try OCR on the rendered pages instead.
Can it read scanned pages?
A scan has no text layer. Use the linked OCR tool to recognise rendered PDF page images.