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One letter, twenty fonts

The poster sets the same characters in twenty Thai fonts, one family to a row, so you can read down a column and see how each designer draws one letter. Sheet A holds the 44 consonants in alphabet order. Sheet B holds the vowel forms, the tone and other marks (shown on อ, the silent carrier letter), the Thai numerals and the signs. Add or remove families to make your own, then print it: each sheet fits one A4 or A3 page in landscape, with the family names at both ends of every row.

Three things account for most of the differences you will see. The first is the loop: traditional faces begin letters such as บ, ด and ม with a small circle, and loopless faces leave it out, which is the biggest change in feel between a school book and a billboard. The second is the head and the ends of each stroke, which can be round, square, brush-like or flicked like a pen. The third is stroke contrast: some faces keep every line the same thickness, while serif and calligraphic faces swell and thin it as a broad pen would.

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Sheet A: The 44 consonants in 20 Thai fonts

Fontกko kaiขkho khaiฃkho khuatคkho khwaiฅkho khonฆkho rakhangงngo nguจcho chanฉcho chingชcho changซso soฌcho choeญyo yingฎdo chadaฏto patakฐtho thanฑtho monthoฒtho phuthaoณno nenดdo dekตto taoถtho thungทtho thahanธtho thongนno nuบbo baimaiปpo plaผpho phuengฝfo faพpho phanฟfo fanภpho samphaoมmo maยyo yakรro rueaลlo lingวwo waenศso salaษso ruesiสso sueaหho hipฬlo chulaอo angฮho nokhukFont
SarabunLooped sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
TH Sarabun NewLooped sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
Noto Sans ThaiLoopless sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
Noto Serif ThaiLooped serifกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
KanitLoopless sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
PromptLoopless sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
AnuphanLoopless sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
MitrLoopless sansกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
TavirajLooped serifกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
KinnariLooped serifกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
Chakra PetchLooped blockกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
MaliLooped scriptกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
ItimLooped scriptกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
CharmLooped scriptกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
CharmonmanLooped scriptกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
SrirachaLoopless scriptกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
ChonburiLoopless displayกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
PattayaLoopless displayกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
SrisakdiLooped displayกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ
Tlwg TypewriterLooped monoกขฃคฅฆงจฉชซฌญฎฏฐฑฒณดตถทธนบปผฝพฟภมยรลวศษสหฬอฮ

Each family in its regular style · memorablepress.com/thai-font-poster/

Sheet B: Vowels, marks, numerals and signs in 20 Thai fonts

Vowel formsMarksNumeralsSigns
Fontะsara aาsara aaอำsara amอิsara iอีsara iiอึsara ueอืsara ueeอุsara uอูsara uuเsara eแsara aeโsara oใsara ai mai muanไsara ai mai malaiอัmai han-akatอ็mai taikhuๅlakkhangyaoฤrueฦlueอ่mai ekอ้mai thoอ๊mai triอ๋mai chattawaอ์thanthakhatอํnikkhahit๐sun๑nueng๒song๓sam๔si๕ha๖hok๗chet๘paet๙kaoฯpaiyan noiๆmai yamok฿baht sign๏fong man๚angkhan khu๛khomutFont
SarabunLooped sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
TH Sarabun NewLooped sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
Noto Sans ThaiLoopless sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
Noto Serif ThaiLooped serifะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
KanitLoopless sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
PromptLoopless sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
AnuphanLoopless sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
MitrLoopless sansะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
TavirajLooped serifะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
KinnariLooped serifะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
Chakra PetchLooped blockะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
MaliLooped scriptะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
ItimLooped scriptะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
CharmLooped scriptะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
CharmonmanLooped scriptะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
SrirachaLoopless scriptะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
ChonburiLoopless displayะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
PattayaLoopless displayะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
SrisakdiLooped displayะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛
Tlwg TypewriterLooped monoะาอำอิอีอึอือุอูเแโใไอัอ็ๅฤฦอ่อ้อ๊อ๋อ์อํ๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙ฯๆ฿๏๚๛

Each family in its regular style · memorablepress.com/thai-font-poster/