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Unicode to Ravali Converter

Convert Telugu Unicode text to Ravali font format instantly and free. Runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you paste is ever uploaded. DTP-ready output.

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This page converts Telugu Unicode text into the legacy Ravali font layout, the format required by PageMaker, InDesign and other DTP software that cannot read Unicode directly. Paste your Telugu text above and copy the converted output straight into your layout. Everything below applies to the font selected on this page. Pick your exact font before converting — each legacy face has its own mapping, and the same text converted for a different weight will not render correctly.

About the Ravali font

The Ravali converter turns Telugu Unicode text into the Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) byte sequence that Ravali expects.

Paste Telugu text into the box above and the output is already keyed for Ravali: every consonant, vowel sign and conjunct is replaced with the ASCII characters that render as the correct glyph when the font is applied. There is no intermediate file to clean up and no retyping of matras by hand.

Ravali encoding and compatibility

Ravali ships as a single face, so there is no weight to choose before converting. Apply the font in Adobe PageMaker 7.0 and Adobe InDesign CS6 after pasting and the text will render as typed.

The font is an Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) typeface, which means it expects single-byte ASCII input rather than Unicode code points. That is the whole reason a conversion step is needed: Telugu Unicode text pasted directly into a layout using Ravali shows up as broken or unrelated characters.

How Telugu maps into Anu 7.0 (Anu Script)

Telugu legacy fonts stack consonant clusters and place the Ra vatthu (ra) to the right of the base letter, a layout Unicode stores in a different order than ASCII fonts expect.

Ravali is not a RAA font, so the Ra vatthu is drawn in its normal position. Leave the Alt Raa Vatthu option off when converting for this face; enabling it shifts Ra clusters to the right and breaks the output.

Character coverage is handled by the same engine used across the site: unmapped characters are reported rather than silently dropped, so you can see exactly which part of a manuscript needs manual attention before it reaches the press.

Using Ravali in Adobe PageMaker 7.0

Open the layout in Adobe PageMaker 7.0 and place a text frame. Convert the Telugu text above, then paste with the plain-text paste command — not paste-special, which can re-import Unicode formatting and undo the conversion.

With the text selected, apply Ravali from the font menu. Telugu clusters should form immediately; if a conjunct still looks wrong, check that the character was not typed with a different Unicode normalisation before conversion.

Getting Telugu text out of a PDF or photo

If the Telugu copy is already inside a PDF, a Word file or a photo, you do not need to retype it. The File to Text button reads PDF, DOCX, ODT, PPTX, XLSX, TXT and images, then puts the extracted Telugu text in the Unicode box above.

Scanned pages can be read with on-device text recognition in Telugu. Recognition and conversion both run in the browser, so the document is not uploaded. After extraction, choose Ravali and convert as usual.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Is Ravali the same as Anu 7.0 (Anu Script)?

Ravali is one face within the Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) family. Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) is the encoding scheme — the rule set that decides which ASCII byte draws which Telugu glyph. Ravali is a specific typeface built to that scheme. Text converted for Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) renders correctly in any font that follows it, but the letterforms differ between faces.

Does Ravali work in Adobe PageMaker 7.0 and Adobe InDesign CS6?

Yes. Ravali is a standard Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) font, so any application that can apply a TrueType font and accept ASCII input can use it — including Adobe PageMaker 7.0 and Adobe InDesign CS6. The only requirement is that the font file itself is installed on the machine doing the layout.

Why does my Telugu text look like random English letters after converting?

That is expected before the font is applied. Anu 7.0 (Anu Script) stores Telugu glyphs as ASCII bytes, so the converted text reads as Latin characters in any application that has not loaded Ravali. Apply the font in your layout software and the correct letterforms appear.

Should I enable Alt Raa Vatthu for Ravali?

No. Ravali is not a RAA font and draws the Ra vatthu in its normal position. Enabling Alt Raa Vatthu shifts Ra clusters to the right and produces incorrect output for this face.

Does converting to Ravali send my text anywhere?

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser. The text you paste is never uploaded, logged or stored on a server, which is why the tool is safe for unpublished manuscripts and confidential Telugu documents. The only local data kept is your own UI preferences and recent conversion history, stored in your browser.

What is unicode?

Unicode is the universal character encoding standard that allows computers, smartphones, and web browsers to consistently represent and exchange text in all world languages across different devices and platforms.

What is Unicode used for?

Unicode is used to ensure that text appears identical across all operating systems, web browsers, and devices, regardless of the language or region being used.

What is non-Unicode?

Non-Unicode refers to legacy 8-bit ASCII fonts (like Anu Script, Kruti Dev, or Bamini) created before a universal text standard existed. They map regional language characters to standard English keyboard keystrokes, requiring specific fonts to display correctly.

How do I write Unicode?

You can type Unicode text using standard system keyboards (like Windows Indic Input, iOS/Android language keypads, or Google Input Tools) or simply copy it from any website, WhatsApp, or standard document.

Can you convert Unicode to text?

Yes. While Unicode itself is standard digital text, our tool converts it into specific legacy non-Unicode font encodings (text mapped for traditional desktop publishing software) and vice versa.

How to convert Unicode to non-Unicode ?

Select your desired output font (such as Anu Script, Kruti Dev, or Bamini), paste your standard Unicode text into the input box, and the tool will instantly translate it into the corresponding legacy font keystrokes.