Like most people learning to read Thai, I'm often completely thrown by some of the typefaces used. I've found plenty of free downloadable standard fonts, but have completely drawn a blank with the following types:

(1) the type without loops, where letters are radically simplified (I think of it as "sans serif")

(2) the type based upon Indian-style letters, very angular, and written as if with a broad-nibbed pen (often used for menus in restaurants)

(3) the script type, with big flourishes (often used for restaurant name signs)

Does anyone know where I can download (for free) these types of fonts (for PC)?

There are some here. Don't know how fancy they are though.

http://www.thaiphrasebook.com/books/040.php

There are some here. Don't know how fancy they are though.

http://www.thaiphrasebook.com/books/040.php

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Unfortunately, these are all "standard" fonts.

An example of a "modern" font is JS Thanaporn.

An "Indian-style" font is JS Chanok. (Some people call this a "craft style" font.)

JS Sirium is a "font with long tails".

So, does anyone knows where I can get similar fonts for free? Thanks.

Like most people learning to read Thai, I'm often completely thrown by some of the typefaces used.  I've found plenty of free downloadable standard fonts, but have completely drawn a blank with the following types:

(1) the type without loops, where letters are radically simplified (I think of it as "sans serif")

(2) the type based upon Indian-style letters, very angular, and written as if with a broad-nibbed pen (often used for menus in restaurants)

(3) the script type, with big flourishes (often used for restaurant name signs)

Does anyone know where I can download (for free) these types of fonts (for PC)?

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Yeah, that's for sure.

If not computer font, how about a link to some charts of cursive or handwriting varieties of font? I presume there must be some standard for handwriting, signpainting, etc... or the Thais wouldn't be able to read them.

Thank you,

Bryan

There's an excellent paper on the subject of Thai fonts by Doug Cooper available at http://seasrc.th.net/paper/tellthai.zip However, the file inside the zip file is in PostScript format, which is a real pain for PC users. However, it includes images of a range of fonts, with sound advice on how to interpret them.

There's an excellent paper on the subject of Thai fonts by Doug Cooper available at http://seasrc.th.net/paper/tellthai.zip  However, the file inside the zip file is in PostScript format, which is a real pain for PC users.  However, it includes images of a range of fonts, with sound advice on how to interpret them.

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It's also available as PDF.

Might browse through this listing.

http://jeff.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/thai.html

Thanks to a previous posting (now disappeared - but thanks, anyway) I've managed to track down a script with big flourishes font, JS Wansika. It's available here (opentle.org).

Just the Indian and the sans serif to track down now.

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