TLWG's renamed adaptation of TH Sarabun New, prepared for Linux desktops and released under the GPL. It looks almost the same as the national font, which makes it a drop-in for documents that expect Sarabun. Regular and bold with italics.
The zip holds the original 4 font files exactly as they were published, the licence text and a README with a checksum for each file. The source the GPL asks for is in the TLWG source package (8.2 MB).
Specimen
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Every letter in Laksaman
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
4 styles
The previews on this page use the original files unchanged, because the GPL 2.0+ with font exception attaches conditions to changing a font.
Licence: GNU General Public License 2.0 or later, with the font exception
Free to use, share and change. The font exception means a document or web page that embeds the font does not itself fall under the GPL. If you pass the font files on, or a changed version of them, the GPL applies to those files and the source must be available.
You may
Use the font in personal and commercial work.
Embed it in documents and web pages; the font exception keeps them outside the GPL.
Share and change the font files.
You may not
Pass the font files on without the licence and a way to get their source.
Release a changed font under a licence other than the GPL.
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 laksaman.zip and copy the font files into a fonts/laksaman/ folder
on your own site, next to this stylesheet. Keep COPYING and GPL with them. */
@font-face {
font-family: "Laksaman";
src: url("fonts/laksaman/Laksaman.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "Laksaman";
src: url("fonts/laksaman/Laksaman-Bold.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 700;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "Laksaman";
src: url("fonts/laksaman/Laksaman-Italic.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: italic;
font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
font-family: "Laksaman";
src: url("fonts/laksaman/Laksaman-BoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 700;
font-style: italic;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Laksaman", sans-serif;
}
Serving the files from your site passes them on to your visitors, so the GPL applies to them: keep the licence with them, and link the TLWG source package so their source is available. Your pages themselves stay outside the GPL.
Thai text needs a taller line than Latin to fit the vowels and tone marks above and below: a line height of 1.6 to 1.8 is a good start for paragraphs.
Related families
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.