Unicode → Shusha Converter

Unicode Devanagari is the modern standard — each Hindi/Marathi character has a dedicated code point that renders identically on any system. Shusha, by contrast, is a legacy ASCII font — Devanagari glyphs are layered on top of Latin keys.

Some Maharashtra govt workflows and older Hindi publishing still operate in Shusha. Converting Unicode back to Shusha lets you produce content for those workflows without retyping in the legacy layout.

The converter takes your Unicode input, walks through each character, and emits the equivalent Shusha ASCII sequence. Output looks like Latin characters until you apply the Shusha font in your document — then it renders as Devanagari.

Mapping table sourced verbatim from the canonical hargup/unicode_to_shusha open-source converter (~57 entries).

• 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. Hindi/Marathi conjuncts (sanyukt akshar / jodakshar) like क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ may have variant representations in Shusha. 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 Shusha variants, alternate ASCII Devanagari fonts), 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.