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Stylish Tamil fonts in photo and video apps: fix broken letters

Photo and video editing apps show the Tamil you type on your phone, because that is Unicode. Many stylish Tamil fonts are old fonts such as Suntommy or Bamini, which only show Tamil when the text is in their own codes. Convert your Tamil to that font below, paste it into the app and pick the same font.

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This helps when:

  • You picked a stylish Tamil font and the text turned into English letters or boxes
  • Vowel signs sit apart from the letter, so கொ or கை look split
  • The font works only with text someone else sent you

Unicode font or old font?

Tamil fonts come in two kinds. Unicode fonts read the Tamil you type on your phone, so you type and pick the font, and that is all. Old fonts, which include many stylish poster and title fonts, need text in their own codes.

To check, type a Tamil word, select it and pick the font in the app. If the Tamil changes style, the font is Unicode. If it turns into English letters, symbols or boxes, it is an old font and the steps below are for you.

Step by step on a phone

  • Type your title or caption in Tamil with your phone keyboard and copy it.
  • Open this page, keep Unicode to old font, and pick the stylish font's family, such as Suntommy, Bamini or Senthamizh.
  • Paste your Tamil. Press Copy on the right; the copied text looks like English letters.
  • In the editing app, add a text, paste it, and choose the same font. The Tamil appears in the new style.
  • Change size, colour and effects as usual. To fix a word later, convert it again and paste over it.

Tips for clean titles

  • Keep English words in their own text box with an English font.
  • If one or two letters look wrong, the font may belong to another family. Try a font with a similar name in the list.
  • Some apps cannot join Unicode Tamil letters, so கொ or ஸ்ரீ fall apart even in plain fonts. Old font text avoids that, because each shape is already one code.
  • Save the converted line in your notes so you can reuse it in the next video or post.
Direction
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A display font set on the same keys as Bamini, used for titles and posters.

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How to fix it

  1. Type your words in Tamil

    Type the title or caption with your phone's Tamil keyboard, or paste it in the box below.

  2. Pick the stylish font

    Choose the font you want to use in the app, such as Suntommy, Bamini or Senthamizh, and copy the result.

  3. Paste and set the font

    In the app, add a text, paste, and choose the same font. The English-looking letters turn into stylish Tamil.

Questions people ask

Why does my stylish Tamil font show English letters?

The font is an old Tamil font. It draws Tamil shapes on English letter codes, so it shows Tamil only for text in those codes. Convert your Unicode Tamil to that font here first.

How do I know if a Tamil font is Unicode or old?

Type Tamil with your phone keyboard and pick the font. If the Tamil changes style, it is a Unicode font and needs no converting. If it turns into English letters or boxes, it is an old font.

Can I keep English words in the same text?

Put English in its own text box with an English font. Old Tamil fonts use the English letter codes for Tamil, so English typed in them shows as Tamil shapes.

Is my text or file uploaded?

No. Everything is converted in your browser on this device. Nothing you paste or open is sent to a server.

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