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Nepali tools

5 free tools. Preeti, Unicode and date tools for Nepali.

What the Nepali tools do

PageYak's Nepali tools handle jobs that general tool sites don't: converting text typed in the old Preeti font to Unicode and back, converting dates between Bikram Sambat (BS) and AD, typing Nepali with an English keyboard, and making Nepali placeholder text for designs.

Preeti to Unicode (प्रीति देखि युनिकोड) fixes Nepali text that turns into strange English letters such as "g]kfn" when it is pasted into Facebook, Gmail or Google Docs: the converter turns it into Unicode नेपाल that shows correctly on every phone and website. It also converts whole Word files. Unicode to Preeti does the opposite, for designers and printers who still lay out pages in Preeti with Photoshop, Illustrator or CorelDRAW, and for text written in Unicode fonts such as Kalimati or Mukta.

The Nepali date converter (नेपाली मिति) changes dates between Bikram Sambat and AD for any day from 1970 to 2090 BS, shows today's Nepali date and the full month table for this year, and gives you a free widget for your own website. It helps with dates of birth, citizenship and passport forms, school records and visa applications that ask for the date in the other calendar.

Nepali typing (नेपाली टाइपिङ) turns words typed the way they sound in English letters into Nepali Unicode as you type: mero naam becomes मेरो नाम. Nepali lorem ipsum makes realistic Devanagari placeholder text for website, app and print designs, so you can test fonts and line breaks before the real text arrives.

Everything runs in your browser, so letters, documents and dates of birth stay on your device. The tools are free, need no signup and work on phones as well as computers.

Questions

What is the difference between Preeti and Unicode?

Preeti is an old font that draws Nepali letters in place of English ones, so the text only looks right where the font is installed. Unicode gives every Nepali letter its own code, so it shows correctly on every phone and website and can be searched.

Why does my Nepali text show as English letters?

It was typed in Preeti. Without the Preeti font, the computer shows the English letters underneath, for example "g]kfn" instead of नेपाल. Paste it into Preeti to Unicode to get text that works everywhere.

How do I convert a date from BS to AD?

Open the Nepali date converter, choose BS to AD and pick the year, month and day. The AD date and the day of the week appear straight away.

How can I type Nepali without a Nepali keyboard?

Use Nepali typing. Type words the way they sound in English letters, such as mero naam, and copy the Unicode Nepali it writes: मेरो नाम.

Is Kalimati a Unicode font?

Yes. Kalimati, Mangal, Mukta and Noto Sans Devanagari are Unicode fonts, so text in them is already Unicode. To use such text in Preeti, convert it with Unicode to Preeti.

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