Fontconverter.lk

Tamil and Sinhala font converter

Paste தமிழ் or සිංහල text and get it back in Bamini, STMZH or FM Abhaya, or the other way round. You can also copy text out of a photo or screenshot. It's free and there's nothing to sign up for.

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Unicode to Bamini

For Tamil text going to a printer or into an old design file. Also converts Bamini back to Unicode.

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Unicode to FM Abhaya

For Sinhala text that has to go into FM Abhaya or FM Malithi. Also converts FM back to Unicode.

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Unicode to STMZH

For Tamil text going into the STMZH fonts. Also converts STMZH back to Unicode.

Image to text

Copy the text out of a photo, scan or screenshot. Works with Sinhala, Tamil and English.

Back to home

If the Bamini or FM box shows English letters, that's normal. You just don't have that font on this computer. Paste it into Word, Photoshop or Illustrator, set the font, and it will show up properly.

Back to home

Image to text

Upload a photo, scan or screenshot and copy the text out of it. Works with Sinhala, Tamil and English.

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You can also drag one in, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V

Text

Read through the result before you use it, because it can get a few letters wrong, mostly with blurry or very small text. The first time you use it, it takes a little longer to start.

All guides
13 November 2026

Bamini, STMZH, FM Abhaya: the old fonts explained

Before Unicode became common, there was no standard way to store Tamil or Sinhala on a computer. Each font maker built their own system, and many of them are still used today.

The idea behind all of them

These fonts reuse the English keyboard. You press the key for j, and the font shows a Tamil letter. The file stores the English letter, and the font does the disguise.

The ones you will meet

Why they don't mix

Each system puts letters on different keys, so you can't read one with another's rules. The text only makes sense with its own font.

Why Unicode won

Unicode stores the real letters. It works on every phone and website, you can search it and sort it, and you don't have to send fonts around. For anything online, use Unicode, and keep the old fonts for printers and legacy files.

The converters on the home page take you between the two.