Akshar.

Overview

Akshar is a free, ad-free Hindi font converter built with print designers in mind. It converts text between legacy Hindi fonts and Unicode, addressing a need I encountered in my own newspaper and magazine design work.

Born from my print design experience

Before building this converter, I had experienced the problem from the designer’s side. My background in the print design industry includes designing newspapers and magazines, where I needed to convert Hindi text between different font formats.

That experience gave me a personal reason to build Akshar. I wanted to turn a recurring issue in my own work into a useful tool that other designers could use too.

Who it’s for

I made Akshar mainly for designers working on newspapers, magazines, catalogues, and other print publications who need to convert Hindi text for their layouts.

The converter is open to anyone who needs it. It is free to use and has no ads, keeping the focus on the conversion task.

The problem

In my print design work, Hindi text was not always in the font format I needed for a layout. Moving between legacy Hindi fonts and Unicode created a conversion step before I could use that text in my designs. I faced this issue myself while designing newspapers and magazines.

The solution

I built a web-based converter to make that step accessible to other designers as well as myself. Akshar brings Hindi font conversion into a free, ad-free utility that anyone can use when they need to work with text in a different supported format.

Features

• Conversion between legacy Hindi fonts and Unicode
• Free to use
• No advertisements
• Web-based access