Free Hindi Font Converter

Krutidev to Chanakya Converter

Convert Krutidev Hindi font text to Chanakya (Walkman Chanakya 901) instantly. Free, private, no sign up needed.

Input Kruti Dev 010 Output Walkman Chanakya 901
Krutidev → Chanakya
Krutidev Input
0 characters
Chanakya Output
0 characters
The output is in Chanakya encoding. It will look like symbols until you paste it into Word, PageMaker or CorelDraw and apply Walkman Chanakya 901 font. Make sure you download chanakya font and install it on your system first.
Step by Step

How to convert Krutidev to Chanakya?

Here are four simple steps on how to convert Krutidev to Chanakya:

Open your Krutidev document and copy the text

Open your file in Word, Notepad or any text editor where Krutidev is applied. Select all the text (Ctrl+A) and copy it (Ctrl+C). The text will look like random English letters, which is normal. It is Krutidev's ASCII encoding, not actual English.

Example input: ueLrs Hkkjr

Paste it into the input box above

Click the Paste button on the tool or press Ctrl+V inside the input area. You will see the same ASCII characters appear, which is correct. The tool reads Krutidev encoding, not what the text looks like on screen.

Click Convert to Chanakya

Hit the blue Convert button. The tool maps each Krutidev character to its Chanakya equivalent. The key difference it handles is that Krutidev uses t for ज while Chanakya uses T. All conjuncts, matras, reph and ikar are remapped correctly.

Krutidev: ueLrs → Chanakya: ueLrs
Krutidev ज: t → Chanakya ज: T

Copy the output and apply Chanakya font

Click Copy or download as .DOC. Paste the output into Word, PageMaker or CorelDraw. Select all the pasted text and change the font to Walkman Chanakya 901. The Hindi text will render correctly for print.

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions

You need this converter when:

  • Your content was typed in Krutidev but the press or publication you are sending it to uses Chanakya for their layout software
  • You received a file in Krutidev and need to place it in a CorelDraw or PageMaker template that was built with Chanakya
  • You are switching from one press to another and need to migrate your archive of Krutidev content to Chanakya format

Yes, for standard Hindi text. Krutidev 010 and Chanakya 901 share almost the same character map. The only real difference is ज (t in Krutidev, T in Chanakya) and its related forms. This tool correctly remaps all of them. If your Krutidev document uses non-standard characters or custom glyphs added by specific software, those may not convert perfectly, but for normal Hindi press content the accuracy is complete.

Both are legacy Hindi fonts that encode Devanagari as ASCII characters, but they use slightly different character maps. The key differences are:

  • ज: Krutidev uses t (ASCII 116), Chanakya uses T (ASCII 84)
  • Usage: Krutidev was widely adopted in North India for government and general DTP work. Chanakya became the standard for major Hindi newspaper printing presses
  • Appearance: Both fonts render the same Hindi text, but the glyph design (the actual shape of the letters) differs slightly between the two

Beyond the ज difference, most other characters (क, ख, ग, त, न, म, matras, conjuncts) are identical in both fonts.

If the output looks broken after applying Chanakya font, check these things in order:

  • Font applied correctly? Select all the pasted text first, then change the font to Walkman Chanakya 901. If you change the font before pasting, it may revert to the default
  • Correct Chanakya variant? Make sure you are applying Walkman Chanakya 901 specifically. Other variants like 905 use the same encoding but different glyph styling
  • Input was actually Krutidev 010? If the original document used a different Krutidev variant (like 055 or 040), the character map may differ slightly. Try Krutidev 010 as the base first
  • Font installed properly? Restart PageMaker or CorelDraw after installing the Chanakya font to make sure it is recognized

No limit at all. Paste a single word or an entire newspaper edition. Since the conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript, with no file upload to any server, it handles any amount of text at the same speed.

Completely. The conversion runs in JavaScript inside your own browser. Nothing you type or paste is ever sent to our servers, stored in a database or logged anywhere. Once you close the browser tab, the text is gone entirely.