Non unicode to Unicode conversion, for any font!

Question

I have a html file with text encoded in a non-unicode font. I need to convert that file to unicode. I searched for a convertor. But, most of the convertors work for only a list of fonts, not for all fonts.

My font is very specific, text is in Devanagari script. I have the file, I have the font, now, please suggest me a tool or technique. Thanks.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '11 at 19:03

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Unicode is not about fonts, it is about encoding. You need to find a converter that can convert your text to Unicode. What is the encoding of your text?

answered Mar 02 '11 at 19:03

Nemanja Trifunovic

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– user625118 Mar 02 '11 at 19:08
Yes I'm asking for a converter. That's what I wrote above. – user625118 Mar 02 '11 at 19:08
I found the encoding: It is Unicode 1.0 semantics, Macintosh: Roman, Microsoft: Unicode BMP only. – user625118 Mar 02 '11 at 20:39
I am facing the same issue. In my database content which is being saved is utf-8, which is unicode, but on the webpage the fonts I am suppose to use are not unicode. So looking for a way to convert the same font which can support unicode. – nim118 Jan 18 '18 at 10:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '11 at 19:08

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Apache Tika has the ability to pull text from PDF files via knowledge of font behavior. So if the file is in fact a PDF you have a chance. If you have a text file full of font indices in no particular encoding, you have a big programming job ahead of you.

answered Mar 02 '11 at 19:08

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I'm little bit surprised! I can easily convert my file to a pdf. Is it sufficient? Will Apache Tika can do with that? – user625118 Mar 02 '11 at 19:11
Maybe. Only if the font/pdf uses Adobe-specified glyph IDs. If it's just numbers, no, it won't. – bmargulies Mar 02 '11 at 19:57

Non unicode to Unicode conversion, for any font!

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