Is "Marutham" a Tamil Font Encoding?
If you searched for "Bamini to Marutham" or "Vanavil to Marutham" hoping to convert a document, here's the honest answer: Marutham is not one of the documented Tamil legacy font encodings — it isn't a recognised digital character-mapping standard like Bamini, TSCII, TAM, SenTamil, or Vanavil, and FontConvertor.in does not have it as a selectable source or target font.
Marutham (மருதம்) is actually one of the five classical thinai — the agricultural/riverine landscape — from Sangam-era Tamil poetry, alongside Kurinji, Mullai, Neithal, and Paalai. It's a common word used in font names, business names, and cultural publications, which is likely why it shows up paired with real font names like Bamini and Vanavil in searches — not because a font encoding called Marutham actually exists.
What You Probably Actually Need
If you have a document with garbled Tamil text and you're trying to fix it, the encoding is almost certainly one of the real, supported legacy fonts below — not Marutham. Here's how to find and fix it:
- Check the font name in the source file. Open the document in Microsoft Word, click on the Tamil text, and look at the font name in the toolbar. It will show a real font name — commonly Bamini, Vanavil, SenTamil, or TSCII.
- Open the Font Converter and select that exact font as the source.
- Set Unicode (UTF-8) as the target and paste your text — the correctly rendered Tamil appears instantly.
- If the output still looks wrong, try the other common encodings one by one — Bamini, Vanavil, or SenTamil — until the text reads correctly.
Converting Bamini or Vanavil to Unicode
Both Bamini and Vanavil are real, widely used legacy Tamil DTP encodings, and converting either to Unicode is a one-step process:
- Go to FontConvertor.in/font-converter.
- Select Bamini or Vanavil as the source font.
- Select Unicode (UTF-8) as the target.
- Paste your text — the Unicode output appears immediately, readable on every modern device without any special font installed.
Full guides: Bamini to Unicode and Vanavil to Unicode.
Looking for a Font Named "Marutham" for Design Work?
If you're not trying to fix garbled text but instead want a Tamil font with a traditional, literary feel for a design project — a poster, book cover, or cultural publication — browse the Font Library for hand-picked options like Meera Inimai (classical, calligraphic) or Tiro Tamil (traditional serif, built for long-form reading).
Have a Document in an Encoding We Don't Support?
FontConvertor.in supports 18+ real, documented Tamil legacy encodings. If your document uses a font we genuinely don't support yet, use the Feedback button in the site header and tell us the exact font name from your document — we prioritise adding fonts that real users are stuck on.
Open the Font Converter and check your text against the real Bamini and Vanavil encodings.