Unicode to Himalaya Converter (Nepali)Beta
For documents that will be set in the Himalaya font.
Type or paste Nepali on the left and get Himalaya font code on the right, ready to paste into Word and set in Himalaya.
Some characters have no Himalaya equivalent and were left as-is.
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Convert a document
Upload a Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx, .csv) or text (.txt) file in Unicode / Nepali. Only its text is converted. Bold, colours, tables, numbers, formulas and the rest of the formatting stay exactly as they are.
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How to use
- Type or paste the Nepali that has to go into a Himalaya document.
- Press Copy Himalaya code.
- Paste into Word and set the font to HIMALAYA TT FONT, or use Download .docx, which sets it for you.
Tip:Before you paste a whole page, check a line with २०८१ in the preview. Himalaya types it as 2081 and Preeti as @)*!, so it shows at once that the right font was picked.
Worked examples
Real phrases run through this converter, so you can compare them with your own text and see what the page does before you paste anything.
A short phrase
- Unicode / Nepali
- नेपाल सरकार
- Himalaya
g]kfn ;/sf/
The short i sign is typed before its letter in the old font
- Unicode / Nepali
- शिक्षा मन्त्रालय
- Himalaya
lzIff dGqfno
A single word
- Unicode / Nepali
- काठमाडौं
- Himalaya
sf&df*f}+
Letters that join into one shape
- Unicode / Nepali
- विद्यार्थी र शिक्षक
- Himalaya
ljBfyL{ / lzIfs
A whole sentence with its full stop
- Unicode / Nepali
- म नेपाली हुँ।
- Himalaya
d g]kfnL x"¤.
Each example comes from this converter's own rules and is checked in both directions every time the site is built. A phrase that fails the check is left out.
Good to know
- This font has no key for these letters and signs: ऌ ऽ ॥ ़. They are left unchanged and flagged under the output box, and Word draws them in another font.
How Himalaya compares with Preeti
Himalaya types 134 of the 190 keys of Preeti the same way. Keys with a different letter: 25. Keys only Himalaya has: 10. That is why many documents convert alike in both, and why the keys below are worth knowing. All of it is read from the same key maps the converter uses.
Keys that type something different
| Key | Preeti | Himalaya |
|---|---|---|
! | १ | ज्ञ |
" | ◌ू | ◌ु |
# | ३ | घ |
$ | ४ | द्ध |
% | ५ | छ |
& | ७ | ठ |
' | ◌ु | ◌ू |
( | ९ | ढ |
) | ० | ण् |
* | ८ | ड |
0 | ण् | ० |
1 | ज्ञ | १ |
2 | द्द | २ |
3 | घ | ३ |
4 | द्ध | ४ |
5 | छ | ५ |
6 | ट | ६ |
7 | ठ | ७ |
8 | ड | ८ |
9 | ढ | ९ |
@ | २ | द्द |
F | ◌ँ | ◌ा |
X | ह् | हृ |
^ | ६ | ट |
Ù | ; | ह |
Keys only Himalaya has
#|घ्र&«ठ्र(«ढ्र)fण*«ड्र^«ट्र¤◌ँÔक्षíषñङ
Keys of Preeti missing from the map of Himalaya: 31. They stay as they were typed.
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Frequently asked questions
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The output looks like English letters. Is that right?
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When you need Himalaya
Nepali typed on a phone or copied from a website is Unicode. Pasted into a document set in Himalaya, it shows the wrong letters. This page writes it out again as the keys Himalaya expects, in the order the font draws them: नेपाल becomes g]kfn.
The Himalaya keys it uses
- The number keys are digits.
2081is २०८१, where Preeti types@)*!. The letters Preeti keeps on 0 to 9 move to the shifted row:!is ज्ञ. - The quote keys are swapped.
'and"are ू and ु, the other way round from Preeti. - ँ on
¤, and ा on bothfandF.
To go back, use Himalaya to Unicode. For a document set in Preeti, use Unicode to Preeti instead.