A tall, tightly condensed display face with fine hairlines and narrow loopless letters, for Thai and Latin. It is free for personal and commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, which asks you to credit the designer. One style, without a baht sign.
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 Samphan Condensed
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 mannot in this font
๚angkhan khunot in this font
๛khomutnot in this font
1 style
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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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/* Unzip samphan-condensed.zip and copy the font files into a fonts/samphan-condensed/ folder
on your own site, next to this stylesheet. Keep LICENSE-CC-BY-4.0.txt with them. */
@font-face {
font-family: "Samphan Condensed";
src: url("fonts/samphan-condensed/SamphanCondensed.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Samphan Condensed", sans-serif;
}
Credit the designer and link to the licence wherever you use or pass on the font, and say so if you change the files.
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
PairingDisplay faces are best kept to a few large words, with a quieter face underneath: Noto Serif Thai for looped text, or Anuphan for loopless text.