How do I know if my PDF uses Kruti Dev?

Copy a line of Hindi from the PDF and paste it into a text editor. If you see something like "Hkkjr ljdkj" or "dk;kZy;" instead of Hindi letters, the PDF uses Kruti Dev or DevLys. Most PDF viewers also list the fonts in the document properties.

What happens to the English text in the same PDF?

Nothing. Only text set in Kruti Dev or DevLys fonts is converted, so English, numbers and dates in other fonts come out exactly as they were.

Which font should I use to view the Word file?

Any Unicode Hindi font — Mangal, Nirmala UI, Kokila or Noto Sans Devanagari. The text no longer depends on Kruti Dev being installed, which is the point of converting.

Does it convert Chanakya or Walkman-Chanakya?

Not yet. Those fonts use different encodings, and we would rather say so than return wrong Hindi. Kruti Dev 010, the common one, and DevLys 010 are converted; other Kruti Dev designs usually share the same keyboard layout and are converted the same way.

Is my document uploaded?

No. The PDF is read and the Word file is built inside your browser, so official documents never leave your computer.

My PDF was made with "Microsoft Print to PDF" and the Hindi still comes out as Latin letters. Why?

That printer renames the fonts in the PDF (to names like "CIDFont+F1"), so there is no way to tell which text was typed in Kruti Dev. Save the document from Word with File → Save As → PDF instead, which keeps the font names, and convert that file.

Kruti Dev PDF to Unicode Word — Also DevLys, Free, No Upload

Turn a PDF typed in Kruti Dev or DevLys into a Word file in Unicode Hindi in one step — no copy-paste through a separate converter. English text stays as it is. Free, in your browser.

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ℹ️ Honest scope: text, headings, bold/italic, images (at their original resolution), page size and page breaks are rebuilt into an editable document. Tables and multi-column layouts come out as plain paragraphs, and charts drawn as vector shapes are not carried over yet — no converter rebuilds those perfectly, and the ones that claim to are guessing.

Kruti Dev and DevLys were the standard Hindi fonts in Indian offices for decades, and a huge number of PDFs — notices, circulars, calendars, results, applications — are still produced with them. They are not Unicode: the file stores Latin letters and the font draws Devanagari over them, so "भारत सरकार" is stored as "Hkkjr ljdkj". Copy text from such a PDF, or convert it with a normal PDF to Word tool, and that is exactly what you get.

The usual fix is two tools and a lot of copy-paste: convert the PDF to Word, then push the text through a separate Kruti Dev to Unicode converter, then repair the English that the second tool mangled. This page does it in one step. Text set in Kruti Dev or DevLys is recognised by its font and converted to Unicode Hindi while the Word file is built — the short i (ि) and the reph (र्) are moved to their correct place in each syllable — and text in any other font, such as English in Times New Roman, dates and numbers, is left untouched. Headings that Word made bold by printing the same letters several times on top of each other come out once, not four times.

Everything runs in your browser; the PDF is not uploaded. What is not covered yet: other legacy encodings (Chanakya, Walkman-Chanakya, Shusha, Agra, Shivaji); PDFs made with "Microsoft Print to PDF", which renames the fonts (to names like "CIDFont+F1"), so the Kruti Dev text cannot be recognised and comes out as Latin letters; and scanned PDFs, which contain pictures of text rather than text. Rare ligatures can occasionally need a manual touch, as with every Kruti Dev converter.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I know if my PDF uses Kruti Dev?: Copy a line of Hindi from the PDF and paste it into a text editor. If you see something like "Hkkjr ljdkj" or "dk;kZy;" instead of Hindi letters, the PDF uses Kruti Dev or DevLys. Most PDF viewers also list the fonts in the document properties.
What happens to the English text in the same PDF?: Nothing. Only text set in Kruti Dev or DevLys fonts is converted, so English, numbers and dates in other fonts come out exactly as they were.
Which font should I use to view the Word file?: Any Unicode Hindi font — Mangal, Nirmala UI, Kokila or Noto Sans Devanagari. The text no longer depends on Kruti Dev being installed, which is the point of converting.
Does it convert Chanakya or Walkman-Chanakya?: Not yet. Those fonts use different encodings, and we would rather say so than return wrong Hindi. Kruti Dev 010, the common one, and DevLys 010 are converted; other Kruti Dev designs usually share the same keyboard layout and are converted the same way.
Is my document uploaded?: No. The PDF is read and the Word file is built inside your browser, so official documents never leave your computer.
My PDF was made with "Microsoft Print to PDF" and the Hindi still comes out as Latin letters. Why?: That printer renames the fonts in the PDF (to names like "CIDFont+F1"), so there is no way to tell which text was typed in Kruti Dev. Save the document from Word with File → Save As → PDF instead, which keeps the font names, and convert that file.

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PDF to Word without uploading: what converts well, what does not, and how to check Converting a contract or a report to Word should not mean sending it to a stranger's server. What an in-browser PDF to Word conversion keeps (text, headings, bold, images), what it flattens (tables), what it cannot read (scans), and a checklist for the result.

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