The Various Graphisms Of Thai Characters

[manarak]

does a table exist that shows most of the different graphisms a Thai alphabet character can have?

I mean handwriting, printed, bold printed, modern stylized, etc. ? I sometimes have a difficult time recognizing the characters

[doggie888888]

You mean different fonts? Something like this?

http://www.thai-language.com/ref/typographical-styles

[manarak]

You mean different fonts? Something like this?

http://www.thai-language.com/ref/typographical-styles

yes, that's a good help, thank you!

some of the letters in the diffent fonts appear very different from their original!

Edited March 29, 2013 by manarak

[eric67]

Here's a link to a more indepth analysis of what clues Thais look for to tell letters apart in unusual fonts:

http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/cooper1996how.pdf

[AyG]

The book AUA Thai Course Reading (http://www.amazon.com/A-U-A-Language-Center-Thai-Course/dp/0877275114) has an excellent appendix which covers various handwriting styles from khǐan tua bancoŋ through khǐan wàt and variants of each letter.

[AyG]

Here's a link to a more indepth analysis of what clues Thais look for to tell letters apart in unusual fonts:

http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/cooper1996how.pdf

There's a rather better copy of what is virtually the same document available at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.wordingham/thai/tellthai_preface.htm

[thpitsch]

Try this: http://www.clickthai.net/index.php?lang=EN&cs=dcons

For every consonant there are a few samples.