Hindi Font Converters Hub
Free online converters for the most common legacy Hindi ASCII fonts — Kruti Dev, Chanakya, DevLys, Walkman-Chanakya, AGRA, Shusha, ShreeLipi, AKRUTI. All convert to clean Unicode (Mangal / Nirmala UI / Noto Sans Devanagari).
Pick your source font below. If you're not sure which font your document uses, try the Kruti Dev converter first — it covers the entire Remington-Gail family (5 of the 8 legacy fonts use the same mapping).
Start with Kruti Dev Converter →
Remington-Gail family (identical mapping, full converter support)
- Kruti Dev 010 — Primary
- Chanakya — Identical mapping
- DevLys 010 — Identical mapping
- Walkman-Chanakya — Identical mapping
- AGRA — Identical mapping
Other legacy Hindi fonts (beta conversion, dedicated engines coming)
Why multiple fonts, one converter?
Most 'different' Hindi fonts are just different glyph designs for the same underlying ASCII-to-Devanagari mapping. The Remington-Gail family — Kruti Dev 010, Chanakya, DevLys 010, Walkman-Chanakya, AGRA — all share character-identical encoding. One converter handles them all.
A minority of legacy fonts (Shusha, ShreeLipi, AKRUTI) use distinct proprietary mappings. Dedicated converters for those three are coming in the next quarterly update.
How to identify your font
- Open the file in MS Word or LibreOffice. Select some text. The font name appears in the font dropdown.
- If the text reads like "Hkkjr dk lafo/kku" — it's ASCII-based. Likely Kruti Dev / Chanakya / DevLys family.
- If the text shows Devanagari characters directly (भारत) — it's already Unicode, no conversion needed.
- Common tells: Kruti Dev 010 has "010" in filename; DevLys is typically more compressed; Chanakya/Walkman has heavier strokes.