Convert Kruti Dev 010 Hindi text to Unicode Devanagari and back, in your browser
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Updated on 25 Oct 2026.Kruti Dev 010 text (also typed Krutidev, Kurti Dev or Kurtidev 10) such as Hkkjr becomes Unicode Hindi भारत here, and Unicode converts back to Kruti Dev keys, with the i-matra, reph, half letters and conjuncts handled. Up to 500,000 characters are converted in your browser, so the text is never uploaded.
Make sure the Kruti Dev → Unicode chip is selected at the top.
Paste your Kruti Dev text into the Kruti Dev text box; Latin letters are normal here.
Read the Unicode Hindi in the output box.
Press Copy, or Download .txt; nothing you paste is uploaded.
Kruti Dev 010 is a legacy Hindi font. It does not store Hindi letters at all: it stores ordinary Latin keys and draws Devanagari shapes on them, so a file that shows भारत in Kruti Dev really contains "Hkkjr". Remove the font, or open the file on a phone, and the Hindi turns into gibberish. Unicode stores the letters themselves, so Unicode Hindi shows correctly in any modern font, can be searched, and survives email and WhatsApp.
What the converter changes. Besides swapping each key for its letter, three things move. The short i-matra ि is typed before its letter in Kruti Dev (f + d gives कि) but comes after it in Unicode, and before a whole conjunct it jumps the entire cluster, as in स्थिति. The reph, the small र् drawn on top of a letter, is typed after the syllable in Kruti Dev (/keZ for धर्म) but sits before the letter in Unicode. And many letters are a half form plus the ा bar: H + k is भ.
Where the table comes from. Every character of the Kruti Dev 010 font was drawn and read one by one to build the table, then checked against an MIT-licensed open-source converter. Sentences are tested in both directions and round-tripped, so converting to Kruti Dev and back returns the same Hindi.
For typing tests and offices. Many typists learned Hindi on the Remington layout that Kruti Dev follows, and many offices still keep letters and forms in it. Check your own exam notice for the layout and font it allows. Use the Unicode to Kruti Dev direction to get practice passages or letters into Kruti Dev, then set the font to Kruti Dev 010 in Word.
What the converter does not do. It does not ship or install the Kruti Dev font, and it cannot read a scanned page or a PDF image: copy the text out first. Chanakya, DevLys and other legacy fonts use different tables and will not convert correctly here. English words inside Kruti Dev text come out as they are.
Kruti Dev 010 stores Latin keys and only draws Hindi shapes on them while the font is applied. Without the font installed, भारत appears as Hkkjr. Converting to Unicode stores the real Hindi letters, which display correctly on any phone, browser or computer without a special font.
Copy the Kruti Dev keys, paste them into Word, select the text and choose Kruti Dev 010 in the font box. The Latin letters then turn into Hindi. The font must be installed on that computer; the converter produces text only and does not supply the font file.
Kruti Dev 010 is the version this converter's character table follows. Krutidev 010, Kurti Dev 10 and Kurtidev10 are the same font name spelled the way people type it, so text in that font converts here. Text typed in a different legacy Hindi font puts letters on other keys; check a line of the result against the original before converting a whole document.
Mangal is one Unicode Hindi font that ships with Windows, so converting Kruti Dev to Unicode is what people mean by Kruti Dev to Mangal. Once converted, the same text also shows in Nirmala UI, Noto Sans Devanagari or any other Unicode Devanagari font.
Yes. Half letters joined to the ा bar become full letters, the i-matra moves after its whole consonant cluster, and the reph moves before the letter it sits on. Common conjunct glyphs such as क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, श्र, द्ध, द्य, द्व, क्र and त्त convert in both directions.
No. Chanakya, DevLys, Shusha and other legacy Hindi fonts put letters on different keys, so their text would come out wrong here. Only Kruti Dev 010, and the Kruti Dev fonts that share its layout, convert correctly with this table.
No. The conversion runs in your browser with a fixed character table, so official letters and draft documents never leave your device. The page keeps your last text in this browser only, so it is still there if you reload, and Clear removes it.
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