Convert Anmol Lipi Text to Unicode Gurmukhi
If Punjabi text turns into English letters such as “pMjwbI” when you copy it or open it on another computer, it was typed in an old font. Paste it here to turn it into real Unicode Gurmukhi. Nothing is uploaded: the conversion happens in your browser.
Converted in your browser — the text is not sent anywhere.
Which fonts this converts
Fonts that use the Anmol Lipi keyboard layout: Anmol Lipi, GurbaniAkhar, Gurbani Lipi and Gurmukhi Lys-style fonts that put the same letters on the same keys. Choose the direction yourself — old font → Unicode, or Unicode → old font. Asees, DrChatrik, Joy and other fonts place letters on different keys and are not supported; converting their text here would give wrong letters, so please do not use it for them.
How to tell that a text is in an old font
Change the font of a sentence to Arial or Calibri. Unicode Gurmukhi stays Gurmukhi. Old-font text turns into English letters and symbols such as “sq sRI Akwl” — that is the text this tool converts.
Converting a Word document
Open the document, select all (Ctrl+A), copy and paste here. Copy the Unicode result back into a new document and choose a Unicode font such as Noto Sans Gurmukhi or Raavi. Bold, tables and pictures are not carried over by copy and paste, so convert long documents in parts and check each part.
Check the result
The letter table was checked against an independent reference on 700 different Punjabi words, in both directions. Old documents sometimes contain extra symbols or personal typing habits that no table can know, so read the converted text once before you rely on it — especially names and numbers.
Unicode → old font
Some older software still expects Anmol Lipi text. Choose “Unicode → Anmol Lipi”, paste Unicode Gurmukhi and copy the result into that software with the Anmol Lipi (or GurbaniAkhar) font selected. Without that font installed, the result shows as English letters.