Vanavil to Unicode Converter
Paste Vanavil-Avvaiyar text and get Unicode Tamil that displays correctly everywhere, without installing the original font.
Need the reverse? Unicode to Vanavil. For Bamini text, start at Bamini to Unicode.
How to Convert Vanavil to Unicode
- Copy the Vanavil text Select the encoded text in the source document and copy it. Leave the font alone — the accented characters are the data.
- Paste it on the left The Unicode result appears on the right. Use the example chips above to see a known word converted.
- Check one word Confirm a word you can read in the original, for example jäœ for தமிழ்.
- Paste anywhere The Unicode output needs no special font: it displays in every browser, phone and modern editor.
Why Vanavil Text Breaks Outside Its Own Font
A Vanavil document does not contain Tamil letters. It contains a private arrangement of
Latin characters that the Vanavil-Avvaiyar font draws as Tamil. Open the same file on a
phone, paste it into a website, or send it to somebody without the font, and the arrangement
becomes visible: jäœ, tz¡f«, ò¤jf«.
Converting to Unicode fixes the text at the storage level. After conversion the Tamil letters themselves are in the file, so the document stays readable when fonts change, when it is indexed by a search engine, or when it is copied into a modern application.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I recognise Vanavil text?
It looks like Latin letters with heavy accents, tildes and symbols: jäœ is தமிழ், tz¡f« is வணக்கம். If the document displays as Tamil but turns into this when you change the font or copy it elsewhere, it is Vanavil.
The output is Tamil, but some words are wrong. Why?
Either the source used a different Vanavil build — the family has several variants with small differences — or the text mixes English with Vanavil codes, which are ambiguous because both use Latin characters. Convert the Tamil passage on its own and compare with the original.
Can I convert a scanned page?
No. A scan contains no characters at all, only pixels. The converter needs the underlying text, so use the original file or retype the passage.
Is the text sent anywhere?
No. Conversion is done by JavaScript inside the page, which means the text stays on your device, works offline after the first load, and is never stored.
Unicode to Vanavil Converter
Convert Unicode Tamil back into Vanavil-Avvaiyar codes for an existing template or print workflow.