What are the letters?  I cannot find them on my alphabet or vowel sheet.

 

 

อ. อ่าง

ร.  เรือ

ด. เด็ก

ช. ช้าง

There are 2 different ways to write the thai letters

 

Is the first one not a ว?

 

22 minutes ago, HampiK said:

There are 2 different ways to write the thai letters

 

Is the first one not a ว?

 

It could be, there is no loop at the beginning so its hard to tell.

Stylized versions of ว รู้ ด ซ

I think the last one should be ซอ โซ่ and not ชอ ช้าง. Easily confused!

I don't get the second one.

 

If they're going to write with Roman letters, however, they should keep going until the whole "abugida" is replaced.

Get used to it. Graphic artists are a bane to people learning a new alphabet as any eight year old will testify.

You will find outrageous examples of artistic expression on advertising signs as you go on. 

The 'S' is the usual street sign version of ร. 

I must admit I have come across far more difficult fonts than these. In time you will realise how clear and easy Thai printed fonts are.

 

They are ว รู้ ด ซ (the last one clearly being so soh)

 

Just wait till you get going on handwriting. There's a whole world of discovery waiting for you there.

The problems disappear the more you know, even with print.   Looking for a ‘ซ’word in the dictionary you discover that you are looking in ‘ช’ when you see word that you are familiar with. 

Thank you all for the detailed replies.

The one on the right (ซ) looks pretty standard to me. As for the rest, see http://font.cadsondemak.com/foundry/sukhumvit-สุขุมวิท-2/ and http://font.cadsondemak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sukhumvit.pdf (particularly page 11). It's a pretty common style, and the type samples will show you how to distinguish between ว and อ, ร and ธ, ผ and พ, etc.