Chakra Petch

A square-shouldered face that grew out of the national font TH Chakra Petch. Round strokes are flattened into near-rectangles in both scripts, and the small Thai loops become squarish too, so it reads as technical or sporty. Strong for headlines, game interfaces and data displays.

The zip holds the original 12 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 Chakra Petch

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

12 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 Chakra Petch
StyleWeightSlantSampleFile in the downloadSize
ExtraLight200Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-ExtraLight.ttf77 KB
Light300Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-Light.ttf77 KB
Regular400Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-Regular.ttf77 KB
Medium500Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-Medium.ttf77 KB
SemiBold600Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-SemiBold.ttf77 KB
Bold700Uprightกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-Bold.ttf77 KB
ExtraLight Italic200Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-ExtraLightItalic.ttf79 KB
Light Italic300Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-LightItalic.ttf79 KB
Italic400Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-Italic.ttf79 KB
Medium Italic500Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-MediumItalic.ttf79 KB
SemiBold Italic600Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-SemiBoldItalic.ttf79 KB
Bold Italic700Italicกขค ภาษาไทย AaChakraPetch-BoldItalic.ttf79 KB
All 12 files936 KB

Details

Designer
Cadson Demak
Foundry
Cadson Demak
First released
2018
Loop style
Looped
Category
Block
Scripts
Thai and Latin
Official source
fonts.google.com/specimen/Chakra+Petch
Google Fonts
Chakra Petch on Google Fonts
Our copy
Taken from github.com/google/fonts at bd8f81d
Listed in
LoopedSansOn Google FontsOFL 1.1 fontsCadson Demak 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.

From Google Fonts: in the <head> of your page
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Chakra+Petch:ital,wght@0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
Then in your CSS
body {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch", sans-serif;
}
Or host it yourself: CSS
/* Unzip chakra-petch.zip and copy the font files into a fonts/chakra-petch/ folder
   on your own site, next to this stylesheet. Keep OFL.txt with them. */

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-ExtraLight.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-Light.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 300;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-Medium.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 500;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-SemiBold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 600;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-Bold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-ExtraLightItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-LightItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 300;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-Italic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-MediumItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 500;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-SemiBoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 600;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chakra Petch";
  src: url("fonts/chakra-petch/ChakraPetch-BoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

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

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