The Thai extension of Playpen Sans, a casual handwriting family that suits learning material and friendly text. Letters are simple, rounded and clearly separated. A variable weight axis runs from thin to extra bold.
The zip holds the original 1 font file exactly as it was published, the licence text and a README with a checksum for each file.
Specimen
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Every letter in Playpen Sans Thai
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 signnot in this font
๏fong manopens a verse or section
๚angkhan khucloses a section
๛khomutcloses a text
1 style
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 Playpen Sans Thai
Style
Weight
Slant
Sample
File in the download
Size
Variable
100–800Variable: Weight 100–800
Upright
กขค ภาษาไทย Aa
PlaypenSansThai[wght].ttf
737 KB
Details
Designer
Sirin Gunkloy, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione
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.
body {
font-family: "Playpen Sans Thai", sans-serif;
}
Or host it yourself: CSS
/* Unzip playpen-sans-thai.zip and copy the font files into a fonts/playpen-sans-thai/ folder
on your own site, next to this stylesheet. Keep OFL.txt with them. */
@font-face {
font-family: "Playpen Sans Thai";
src: url("fonts/playpen-sans-thai/PlaypenSansThai[wght].ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 100 800;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Playpen Sans Thai", sans-serif;
}
The OFL allows converting or subsetting the files for the web, as long as the licence stays with them.
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
PairingA hand like this is best kept to headings, notes and short phrases, with a calm text face for the rest: Sarabun if the text should be looped, or Anuphan for a loopless one.