Unicode to DevLys Converter

Type or paste Unicode Hindi on the left and get DevLys 010 font text on the right, ready to paste into Word. Nothing is uploaded.

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DevLys

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Keep English words and numbers unchangedDates, numbers, URLs and email addresses are always left alone. English words are detected heuristically, and because a legacy font stores Hindi as plain ASCII, an unusual proper noun can still slip through.

Please review the output. Matra order and the common conjuncts (क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र) are handled, but rare characters in very old documents may still differ. Nothing you type is uploaded. This page converts entirely inside your browser.

Need the other direction? DevLys to Unicode Converter

How to use

Type or paste your Hindi into the Unicode / Hindi box.
Press Copy DevLys code for Word, or Copy as Hindi (Unicode) if you wanted the Unicode after all.
In Word, paste and apply the DevLys 010 font - or use Download .docx, which sets it for you.

Tip:The DevLys code looks like jumbled English until the DevLys 010 font is applied - that is expected.

Frequently asked questions

Why are there two copy buttons?

Because what you see is not one copyable string. The output box shows Hindi only because the DevLys font is drawing ASCII keys. Copy DevLys code gives you the raw keys to paste into Word with the DevLys font applied. Copy as Hindi (Unicode) gives you the Unicode, for WhatsApp, email or anything on the web. Picking the wrong one is the single most common mistake on this kind of page, so both are generated and labelled rather than left to chance.

The output looks like English letters. Is that broken?

No, that is exactly right. DevLys text is ASCII - the font is what turns Hkkjr into भारत. Use the Preview / Raw toggle above the output box to see it either way. The preview is purely visual and never changes what gets copied.

Do I need the DevLys font installed?

To use the output in Word, yes - install DevLys 010 and apply it to the pasted text, or use Download .docx, which writes the font name into the file for you. To see the preview on this page you need nothing, because the font is served by the site.

Can I type Hindi straight from my phone keypad?

Yes. Hindi typed on an Android or iPhone keypad, or with the Windows Hindi keyboard, is already Unicode. Paste it into the left panel and DevLys comes out on the right.

Is DevLys the same as Kruti Dev?

Different fonts, same keyboard layout. Every key this converter produces draws the same Hindi letter in both, which was confirmed by comparing the two font files glyph by glyph. If you need Kruti Dev specifically, use Unicode to Kruti Dev - the output is the same keystrokes, and the page names the font your recipient expects.

Does my text get uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and the page keeps working after you disconnect from the internet.

What this converter does

This is the direction you need when a document has to go back into a legacy workflow: a press file, a school register, a form that was laid out in DevLys years ago and still has to match. You type Hindi the modern way - phone keypad, Windows Hindi keyboard, or pasted from anywhere on the web - and get DevLys keystrokes out.

The output will look like nonsense Latin text, and that is correct. DevLys stores Hindi as ASCII and relies on the font to draw the letters. Paste it into Word, select it, apply DevLys 010, and it reads as Hindi.

The reordering, in reverse

Going this way the engine has to undo everything the forward direction does. Unicode keeps Hindi in logical order, while DevLys keeps it in visual order. So:

The short-i matra moves back in front of its consonant - कि becomes fd, not df.
The reph moves back after the cluster it crowns, so कर्म becomes deZ.
Composed vowel signs are split again: को becomes an aa-matra plus an e-matra, because that is how the font draws it.

Get any of those wrong and the text still looks like Hindi in the DevLys font while being subtly misspelt. Both directions are covered by the same test suite, and text converted to DevLys and back arrives unchanged.

Why this page is live now

DevLys 010 and Kruti Dev 010 share a keyboard layout, but "share" was checked rather than assumed. Every character code this converter can emit was read out of both font files and compared - advance width, contour count and bounding box - and all of them match. The two fonts do diverge in one block of character codes, and the conversion table deliberately never uses it.

For the other direction see DevLys to Unicode. If your source is Mangal, Mangal to DevLys is the same conversion under the name most government forms use.