preeti-to-unicode

A lightweight Nepali Unicode converter for modern web apps and Node.js tools.

Convert legacy Nepali fonts like Preeti, Kantipur, PCS Nepali, and Romanized Nepali into standard Unicode Devanagari text.

Installation

npm install preeti-to-unicode

Demo

Use PreetiUnicodeUI to quickly embed a complete Preeti-to-Unicode converter interface in your React app.

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Features

• Converts legacy Nepali fonts into Unicode Devanagari
• Supports:
  • Preeti
  • Kantipur
  • PCS Nepali
  • Romanized Nepali
• Works with:
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • React
• Includes a ready-made React UI component: PreetiUnicodeUI
• Live conversion with copy-to-clipboard support
• Lightweight package with a simple API

Basic Usage

JavaScript (Node.js / Browser)

import { convertFont, listFonts } from 'preeti-to-unicode';

const input = 'g]kfn';
const output = convertFont(input, 'preeti');

console.log(output); // नेपाल

console.log(listFonts());
// [ 'preeti', 'kantipur', 'pcs nepali', 'romanize' ]

TypeScript

import {
  convertFont,
  getFontMeta,
  type BuiltInFontKey,
} from 'preeti-to-unicode';

const font: BuiltInFontKey = 'romanize';
const text = 'Phuldev';

const unicode = convertFont(text, font);
const meta = getFontMeta(font);

console.log(unicode); // फुलदेव
console.log(meta?.name); // Romanize

React

import { PreetiUnicodeUI } from 'preeti-to-unicode';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <PreetiUnicodeUI
      initialFont="preeti"
      initialText="g]kfn"
      theme={{
        primary: '#0f766e',
        accent: '#dc2626',
        background: '#f8fafc',
      }}
    />
  );
}

API

convertFont(text, font)

Convert legacy Nepali font text into Unicode.

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | text | string | Input text to convert | | font | BuiltInFontKey | Source font name |

Example

import { convertFont } from 'preeti-to-unicode';

const unicode = convertFont('g]kfn', 'preeti');

console.log(unicode); // नेपाल

listFonts()

Returns all supported font names.

Example

import { listFonts } from 'preeti-to-unicode';

console.log(listFonts());

// [ 'preeti', 'kantipur', 'pcs nepali', 'romanize' ]

getFontMeta(font)

Returns metadata for a supported font.

Example

import { getFontMeta } from 'preeti-to-unicode';

console.log(getFontMeta('kantipur'));

PreetiUnicodeUI Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | initialFont | 'preeti' \| 'kantipur' \| 'pcs nepali' \| 'romanize' | 'preeti' | Source font used for conversion | | initialText | string | '' | Initial text shown in the input textarea | | theme | Partial<ThemePalette> | {} | Theme overrides for colors and surfaces |

Notes

1. Best results are achieved with clean text copied directly from legacy font documents.
2. This package converts text encoding patterns, not image or PDF glyphs.
3. React peer dependency: react >= 17
4. Minimum supported Node.js version: 18+

Keywords

• preeti to unicode
• preeti unicode converter
• nepali unicode converter
• kantipur to unicode
• pcs nepali to unicode
• romanized nepali to unicode
• nepali typing converter
• devanagari unicode converter
• javascript nepali converter
• react preeti unicode

License

MIT