Chanakya to Krutidev Converter
Convert Walkman Chanakya 901 font to Krutidev 010 instantly. Free, private, no sign up needed.
How to convert Chanakya to Krutidev?
Here are four simple steps on how to convert Chanakya to Krutidev:.
Open your Chanakya document and copy the text
Open your file in Word, PageMaker or any application where Chanakya font is applied. Select all the text (Ctrl+A) and copy it (Ctrl+C). Without the Chanakya font active, the text appears as random ASCII characters, which is expected and completely normal.
ÖæÚUÌ çßçßÏPaste it into the input box above
Click the Paste button on the tool or press Ctrl+V directly in the input area. The text will look the same as what you copied, a mix of letters and symbols. This is the Chanakya encoding the converter will now process.
Click Convert to Krutidev
Hit the blue Convert button. The tool maps each Chanakya character to its Krutidev equivalent through a two-step process: Chanakya to Unicode, then Unicode to Krutidev, ensuring every character is handled correctly. The most critical remapping is ज: Chanakya stores it as T, Krutidev stores it as t.
ÖæÚUÌ çßçßÏ → Krutidev: ueLrs HkkjrT → Krutidev ज: tCopy the output and apply Krutidev 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 Kruti Dev 010. The Hindi text will render correctly for your DTP layout or print workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Common situations where this conversion is needed:
- You received a file from a press or publication that uses Chanakya, but your own DTP system is set up for Krutidev
- You are migrating archived Chanakya content into a Krutidev-based publishing workflow
- A client or colleague typed content in Chanakya, but your template, layout or government system expects Krutidev 010
- Your older printing press machine or government office computer only has Krutidev installed, not Chanakya
If pasting the output and applying Kruti Dev 010 font still shows incorrect text, check these things:
- Apply font after pasting, not before. Paste the converted text first, select it all, then change the font to Kruti Dev 010
- Kruti Dev 010 specifically. Other Krutidev variants like 055 or 040 use slightly different maps. Make sure you are selecting Kruti Dev 010 from the font list
- Was the input actually Chanakya? If the source document used a different font such as Chanakya 905 or a custom Chanakya variant with non-standard glyphs, a small number of characters may not map correctly
- Restart Word after font installation. If you installed Kruti Dev 010 recently, Word may not have loaded it yet
Yes. Walkman Chanakya 901, 902 and 905 all use the same underlying keyboard and character encoding. The variants differ only in glyph design (the shape of the letters), not in how characters are stored as ASCII. So text from any of these three variants will convert to Krutidev correctly using this tool.
Yes it's possible. There is no character limit. For very long documents, such as a full newspaper edition, the conversion still runs instantly because it is all processed locally in your browser without any server involved.
Both are legacy Hindi fonts that encode Devanagari script using ASCII characters. The differences between them are minimal:
- ज character: Chanakya uses
T(ASCII 84), Krutidev usest(ASCII 116). This is the only significant encoding difference - Glyph design: The visual appearance of characters differs slightly. Chanakya has a more compact design preferred by newspaper presses, while Krutidev has a slightly wider glyph style
- Adoption: Chanakya became the standard in large Hindi newspaper presses. Krutidev was more widely adopted in government offices, courts and general DTP work across North India
Because 99% of the character map is identical, converting between the two is straightforward and fully reliable for standard Hindi text.
Yes. Nothing is stored or transmitted. The conversion runs entirely in JavaScript inside your browser tab. No text reaches our servers at any point. When you close the browser tab, the text is gone completely.