Dinamani to Anjal Converter
Convert Tamil text from Dinamani encoding to Anjal format instantly and for free.
About Dinamani to Anjal Conversion
This free online tool converts Tamil text from Dinamani encoding to Anjal encoding instantly. Simply paste your Dinamani text in the left panel and see the converted Anjal output on the right.
What is Dinamani?
Dinamani encoding was created for Dinamani, one of India's oldest Tamil newspapers, for their digital typesetting system.
History
Dinamani, established in 1934, transitioned to digital publishing in the 1980s and developed their own encoding to maintain their distinctive typographic style.
Usage
Dinamani encoding is found in the newspaper's digital archives spanning decades of publication. Converting these archives to Unicode preserves this historical content.
Characteristics
Dinamani encoding was designed to support the specific font designs and typographic conventions used by the newspaper.
What is Anjal?
Anjal is a Tamil font encoding developed for the Anjal word processor, one of the pioneering Tamil computing applications for personal computers.
History
Anjal was created in the late 1980s as part of the Anjal word processing software, which was one of the first comprehensive Tamil typing solutions for DOS and early Windows systems. It enabled many users to begin computing in Tamil.
Usage
Anjal encoding is found in documents created with the Anjal software suite. While less common today, many historical documents and personal archives contain Anjal-encoded Tamil text.
Why Convert from Dinamani to Anjal?
Converting between Dinamani and Anjal allows you to work with documents across different systems and applications that use these encodings.
For best results, we recommend converting legacy encodings to Unicode first, which provides universal compatibility and can then be converted to any other format as needed.
How to Use This Converter
- Paste or type your Dinamani text in the left text area.
- The converted Anjal text will appear automatically in the right panel.
- Click "Copy to clipboard" to copy the converted text.
- Use the swap button (↔) to reverse the conversion direction.
- Click on the encoding dropdowns to select different source or target encodings.