Convert Limon to Khmer Unicode

Many older Khmer documents were typed in legacy fonts such as Limon, ABC, Truth or Baidok. These fonts draw Khmer letters on top of ordinary Latin keyboard characters, so the text only looks Khmer on a computer that has that exact font installed. Anywhere else it shows up as gibberish like rkSasiTi§.

eBook readers, phones, search engines and stores like Google Play Books don't have these fonts. Before Limon text goes into an EPUB, it has to become Khmer Unicode, the standard that works on every device.

Convert a whole Word document

1. Open the converter and drop in your .docx file. If it's an old .doc file, save it as .docx in Word or LibreOffice first so the fonts can be recognized.
2. Docx2EPUB detects Limon and ABC fonts and converts them to Unicode automatically. A banner shows how many words were converted.
3. Check your chapters. If some passages were missed, open Tools → Limon ⇄ Unicode font tool, choose the original font and click Convert All Chapters to Unicode.
4. Limon typists often put spaces between words, which Unicode Khmer doesn't need. Click Clean Limon Word Spaces to remove them.
5. Download your EPUB, or use Download as Word (.docx) in the final step if you want a Unicode Word file back.

Convert a short piece of text

Open Tools → Limon ⇄ Unicode font tool and choose the Quick Text Converter tab. Paste your Limon text, then click Copy Unicode Text to use the result anywhere. No file is needed.

Tips

• The automatic conversion only changes text it recognizes as Limon, so Khmer Unicode and English text in the same document stay as they are.
• Convert All Chapters to Unicode treats every Latin letter as Limon, so English words in the book are converted too. Use it for books written in Khmer, or check English passages afterwards.
• The conversion follows fixed rules, so a few unusual letter combinations may need fixing by hand. Read the book through once before you publish it.
• Your document is converted inside your browser and is never uploaded anywhere.