Government documents

Converting Preeti government documents to Unicode

Nepal's government departments, ministries, and local bodies produced millions of documents in Preeti font from the 1990s through the mid-2010s. Gazette notices, office circulars, committee reports, land records — nearly all were typed in Preeti. Converting these to Unicode makes them searchable, shareable, and ready for digital archives.

What types of government documents can be converted?

The converter handles any Word (.docx) file that was typed in Preeti font. This covers:

• Ministry circulars and policy letters
• Gazette notices (राजपत्र)
• Office orders and committee decisions
• Land registration records and revenue documents
• Budget and financial reports
• Development project proposals and progress reports

Note: some government documents are scanned PDFs rather than typed .docx files. Scanned images cannot be converted — only documents that were originally typed in Preeti and saved as .doc or .docx.

How official seals and logos are handled

Government documents typically carry the Nepal government emblem or ministry logo in the header, and an official seal on the signature page. The converter uses an in-place OOXML transform — it opens the .docx and rewrites the character encoding inside each text run, leaving all other elements untouched.

Images, including the national emblem and ministry seals, are stored as separate picture containers in the .docx file. The conversion process reads only the text runs and does not touch image containers. The downloaded file looks exactly as it did in the original — same seal, same logo, same table layout.

Privacy: files never leave your device

Government documents are often confidential. The entire conversion process runs in your browser using a custom JavaScript engine — no file is transmitted to any server. The document opens in your browser's memory, the text is rewritten there, and the resulting .docx is generated locally and offered as a download. Nothing is stored or logged.

This makes it safe to use for classified circulars, personnel records, and other sensitive documents — provided your browser and device are secured by your own organization's policies.

Step-by-step conversion

1. Go to preeti.tounicode.com/editor.
2. Drag your .docx file onto the editor, or click Upload .docx.
3. Confirm the direction is set to Preeti → Unicode in the toolbar.
4. Click Convert. The spellchecker will highlight any words that look unusual.
5. Review the document in the editor. Tables and headers appear in-browser so you can verify the result before downloading.
6. Click Download. Sign in for a free account (100 credits on signup, 1 credit per page).

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