Can Estrangela be converted?

[Paul Younan]

Doing a PERL, PHP, Python, or even a Node.js script to simply extract the text and convert it greatly simplifies the problem, but I was assuming that the formatting was something needed intact. :-)

I'm not suggesting using anything to extract the text. You simply save the file as a text file. It's only ASCII characters. You can open it in notepad, not a big deal.

You then read the text file into a Perl script, and using a regular expression along with a translation table, you can convert them to Japanese double-byte encoding if you'd like. It's a simple process.

I converted the original files by using a quick Perl script to translate whatever encoding it was in by the UBS to my preferred windows font. You can then reimport back into word, or whatever you want.

There's no need to look for a tool to do this. Just a programmer. Again, I would volunteer if I had the free time and a good reason why it was necessary.