Boon

Thai name: บุญ

A looped Thai sans with a matching Latin, drawn by Sungsit Sawaiwan and developed in the open since 2013. Five weights from Light to Bold, each with a true italic, make it one of the fuller open families for running text. BoonJot and BoonTook come from the same maker.

The zip holds the original 10 font files exactly as they were published, the licence text and a README with a checksum for each file.

Specimen

Click the text and type your own.

Every letter in Boon

The 44 consonants with the name each one is called by, then the vowel forms, the marks, the numerals and the signs. Vowels and marks that sit above, below or beside a letter are shown on อ (o ang), the silent letter Thai writes them on when they stand alone.

Consonants 44

  • กko kaichicken
  • ขkho khaiegg
  • ฃkho khuatbottle (obsolete letter)
  • คkho khwaiwater buffalo
  • ฅkho khonperson (obsolete letter)
  • ฆkho rakhangbell
  • งngo ngusnake
  • จcho chanplate
  • ฉcho chingcymbals
  • ชcho changelephant
  • ซso sochain
  • ฌcho choetree
  • ญyo yingwoman
  • ฎdo chadaheaddress
  • ฏto patakgoad
  • ฐtho thanpedestal
  • ฑtho monthoMontho, a queen in the Ramakien
  • ฒtho phuthaoelder
  • ณno nennovice monk
  • ดdo dekchild
  • ตto taoturtle
  • ถtho thungsack
  • ทtho thahansoldier
  • ธtho thongflag
  • นno numouse
  • บbo baimaileaf
  • ปpo plafish
  • ผpho phuengbee
  • ฝfo falid
  • พpho phanoffering tray
  • ฟfo fanteeth
  • ภpho samphaojunk (sailing ship)
  • มmo mahorse
  • ยyo yakgiant
  • รro rueaboat
  • ลlo lingmonkey
  • วwo waenring
  • ศso salapavilion
  • ษso ruesihermit
  • สso sueatiger
  • หho hipchest
  • ฬlo chulakite
  • อo angbasin
  • ฮho nokhukowl

Vowel forms 19

  • ะsara a
  • าsara aa
  • อำsara am
  • อิsara i
  • อีsara ii
  • อึsara ue
  • อืsara uee
  • อุsara u
  • อูsara uu
  • เsara e
  • แsara ae
  • โsara o
  • ใsara ai mai muan
  • ไsara ai mai malai
  • อัmai han-akat
  • อ็mai taikhu
  • ๅlakkhangyao
  • ฤruevowel letter
  • ฦluevowel letter, rarely used

Tone marks and other marks 6

  • อ่mai ekfirst tone mark
  • อ้mai thosecond tone mark
  • อ๊mai trithird tone mark
  • อ๋mai chattawafourth tone mark
  • อ์thanthakhatsilences a letter
  • อํnikkhahitused in Pali and Sanskrit words

Thai numerals 10

  • ๐sun0
  • ๑nueng1
  • ๒song2
  • ๓sam3
  • ๔si4
  • ๕ha5
  • ๖hok6
  • ๗chet7
  • ๘paet8
  • ๙kao9

Punctuation and signs 6

  • ฯpaiyan noimarks a shortened word
  • ๆmai yamokrepeat the word before
  • ฿baht signcurrency
  • ๏fong manopens a verse or section
  • ๚angkhan khucloses a section
  • ๛khomutcloses a text

10 styles

The previews on this page use a reduced web copy of each file with the Thai, Latin and punctuation characters; the download holds the full originals listed here.

Styles of Boon
StyleWeightSlantSampleFile in the downloadSize
Light300Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-Light.ttf197 KB
Regular400Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-Regular.ttf198 KB
Medium500Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-Medium.ttf221 KB
SemiBold600Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-SemiBold.ttf220 KB
Bold700Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-Bold.ttf222 KB
Light Italic300Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-LightItalic.ttf226 KB
Italic400Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-Italic.ttf226 KB
Medium Italic500Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-MediumItalic.ttf253 KB
SemiBold Italic600Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-SemiBoldItalic.ttf249 KB
Bold Italic700Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaBoon-BoldItalic.ttf247 KB
All 10 files2.2 MB

Details

Designer
Sungsit Sawaiwan
Foundry
FontUni
First released
2013
Loop style
Looped
Category
Sans
Scripts
Thai and Latin
Official source
github.com/fontuni/boon
Our copy
Taken from github.com/fontuni/boon at v3.0
Listed in
LoopedSansOFL 1.1 fontsFontUni fonts
OFL 1.1

Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Free to use in any project, commercial or not, and free to share, embed and change. The one thing you cannot do is sell the font files on their own. A changed version must stay under the same licence and must not use any Reserved Font Name listed in the copyright line.

You may

  • Use the font in personal and commercial work: print, logos, apps, video and websites.
  • Embed it in documents and apps, and host the files on your own website.
  • Share the files with anyone, as long as the licence goes with them.
  • Change the font, as long as your version stays under the OFL.

You may not

  • Sell the font files on their own.
  • Give a changed version any Reserved Font Name the copyright line lists.

Read the full licence →Our plain reading, not legal advice. The licence text is what counts.

Use it on the web

Host the files from the download on your own site. Our copies serve the previews on this page; they are not a font service for other sites.

Or host it yourself: CSS
/* Unzip boon.zip and copy the font files into a fonts/boon/ folder
   on your own site, next to this stylesheet. Keep OFL.txt with them. */

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-Light.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 300;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-Medium.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 500;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-SemiBold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 600;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-Bold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-LightItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 300;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-Italic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-MediumItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 500;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-SemiBoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 600;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Boon";
  src: url("fonts/boon/Boon-BoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Boon", sans-serif;
}

PairingAnuphan is a loopless partner for headings or interface text, and Noto Serif Thai adds a looped serif if long text needs a second voice.