How to use it
- Keep “To Kruti Dev” selected, then type or paste your Unicode Hindi text in the first box.
- The Kruti Dev 010 version appears in the second box as you type.
- Tap “Copy Kruti Dev text”, paste it into MS Word or any editor, and set the font to Kruti Dev 010.
- Need the reverse? Tap “To Unicode” (or the swap button) to turn Kruti Dev text back into Unicode Hindi.
Unicode vs Kruti Dev: what’s the difference?
Unicode is the modern standard. Each Hindi letter has its own code, so text typed in Mangal, on Google Docs or on a phone shows correctly everywhere — in WhatsApp, on websites and in search. Kruti Dev 010 is an older font that draws Hindi shapes over ordinary English keys. The file actually stores letters like “Hkkjr”, and only the font makes them look like “भारत”. Without the font you see jumbled English.
Kruti Dev is still common in government offices, courts, DTP and printing shops and in Remington-layout typing practice, so text often has to move between the two systems.
How Kruti Dev typing works
| Unicode (Mangal) | Kruti Dev 010 keys | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| भारत | Hkkjr | Plain letters and matras |
| हिन्दी | fgUnh | “ि” typed before the whole cluster “न्द” |
| कर्म | deZ | Reph “र्” typed after the letter, as Z |
| प्रधानमंत्री | iz/kkuea=h | “्र” as z, “त्र” as = |
| विद्यालय | fo|ky; | “द्य” has its own key |
| राष्ट्र | jk"Vª | Half “ष्” plus the “ट्र” glyph |
| पढ़ना | i<+uk | Nukta typed as + |
Tricky cases this converter handles
- Short i matra (ि): in Kruti Dev it is typed before the consonant, and before the whole cluster in words like हिन्दी, शक्ति and स्थिति.
- Reph (र्): typed as Z after the letter and its matra — कीर्ति becomes dhfrZ, and र्ं combinations such as वर्षों use the combined ± glyph.
- Conjuncts: क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र, द्ध, द्य, द्व, क्र, प्र, द्र, ट्र, त्त, ह्म and others map to their own Kruti Dev glyphs.
- Nukta letters (ज़, फ़, ड़, ढ़), chandrabindu (ँ), visarga (ः), the danda (।) and Devanagari digits (१२३) are converted too. Ordinary digits 0–9 stay as they are.
Tips for clean results
- After pasting into Word, select all the text and choose the Kruti Dev 010 font — not a different Kruti Dev number.
- Turn off AutoCorrect or “capitalise first letter” in your editor; changing H to h changes the Hindi letter.
- English words, ॐ and symbols such as %, @, # or [ ] have no Kruti Dev 010 shapes. The converter lists any it finds — after pasting, set those parts in a Unicode font such as Mangal or Arial.
- Practising for a typing test? Paste your passage into the word counter to check its length, and work out your accuracy with the percentage calculator.