Bhashamoli

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.

அ

Unicode to Bamini

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

අ

Unicode to FM Abhaya

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

ழ

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.

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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.

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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.

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5 November 2026

Sinhala text showing as English letters? It's FM Abhaya

Lots of Sinhala newspapers, past papers and designs were typed in FM fonts like FM Abhaya and FM Malithi. Like Bamini for Tamil, the file only holds keyboard letters and the font turns them into Sinhala. Without the font, සිංහල shows up as isxy,.

To convert it

  1. Copy the text.
  2. Paste it into FM Abhaya to Unicode.
  3. Copy the Sinhala from the right box.

If you need to go the other way, for a printer or an old design file, use Unicode to FM Abhaya.

You can't fix this with find and replace in Word. In FM text, signs like ෙ and ො come before the letter instead of after it, so they have to be moved around. The converter does that for you.