Unicode → Nudi Converter

Unicode Kannada is the modern standard — each Kannada character has a dedicated code point that renders identically on any system. Nudi, by contrast, is an ASCII font — Kannada glyphs are layered on top of Latin and extended-Latin keys.

Many Karnataka government workflows still operate in Nudi. Converting Unicode back to Nudi lets you produce content for those pipelines.

The converter inverts the canonical Nudi mapping from aravindavk/ascii2unicode and applies longest-match-first substitution to disambiguate multi-character Nudi sequences.

Output looks like Latin and extended-Latin characters until you apply the Nudi font in your document — then it renders as Kannada.

• Convert in chunks. Up to 5,000 characters per pass works best. Long pastes from PDFs sometimes contain hidden formatting that confuses any converter — break the text into paragraphs.
• Proofread conjuncts. Kannada conjuncts (vattaksharagalu / ottakshara) like ಕ್ಷ, ಜ್ಞ, ತ್ರ are encoded as separate marker characters that attach to the preceding consonant. Skim the output for visibly broken stacks and fix manually.
• Watch for diacritics. Anuswar (ं), chandrabindu (ँ), and visarg (ः) are reliably converted, but if your source uses non-standard glyph mappings (older Nudi versions, Baraha (mostly compatible)), output may need touch-up.
• Numerals stay as-is. ASCII digits (0-9) and Devanagari digits (० १ २ ३) pass through unchanged. If you need to convert digit forms, do it manually.
• For exam answer scripts: never use a converter as a final layer. Practise typing in the actual format the exam ships (Kruti Dev for SSC CHSL Hindi, Mangal/InScript for DSSSB and most state govt). The TypeForExam practice pages cover both.