Find a Thai font you are free to use
Memorable Press lists 65 openly licensed Thai font families, from the national fonts used in government documents to brush scripts and modern loopless sans serifs. Each one is shown in its own letters, with its licence in plain words and the original files ready to download.
- font families listed
- 65
- styles to preview
- 371
- licences explained
- 6
- families to download
- 61
Start from the style you need
Six ways into the catalog, each with its own page, an introduction and every family that belongs to it.
A working reference for Thai type and script
The catalog, the font tester and the poster are open now, along with a guide to the Thai national and royal anthems, their words set in Sarabun. The alphabet reference and the keyboard are the next parts of the site to be built.
Every family, in its own letters
Each family is listed with what you need before you choose: looped or loopless, how many styles, whether it carries Latin letters, who made it and under which licence. The preview is the font itself, so you can judge it before you download anything.
- 61 families with their original files to download
- 6 licences, each summed up in plain words
- Fonts we cannot share are still listed, with a link to their official source
Browse the catalog → or see a family page, such as Sarabun →
Your words, in every font at once
Type a name, a headline or a line of Thai and see it set in all 61 downloadable families, with the size and line height you choose. Filter to looped or loopless, a category or a licence, then copy the link to share the comparison.
Twenty fonts, one sheet
A side-by-side sheet of the consonants, vowels, tone marks and numerals in twenty fonts, on screen and ready to print on A4 or A3. Swap in the families you are choosing between; it is the quickest way to see how different designers draw the same letter.
Every letter, with its name and class
A reference for all 44 consonants with their names, sounds and tone class, plus the vowel forms, tone marks and Thai numerals. Each letter will be shown across the fonts in the catalog, so you can see how one shape changes from a looped text face to a brush script.
Type Thai on any computer
An on-screen keyboard in the Kedmanee layout found on most Thai keyboards, so you can type Thai and copy it anywhere, with the Pattachote layout alongside for comparison. Short guides will cover switching to Thai input on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
Questions people ask
Are these fonts free to use in commercial work?
Most of them, yes. The SIL Open Font License, the GPL with the font exception and the DIP/SIPA licence all allow use in commercial design, print and websites. None of them lets you sell the font files on their own. Each card names its licence, and the licences page sums up what each one asks of you.
What is the difference between looped and loopless Thai fonts?
Looped fonts keep the small circles that begin many traditional Thai letters, as in บ, ด and ม. They are the usual choice for body text, school books and official documents. Loopless fonts drop those circles for a cleaner shape that sits closer to a Latin sans serif, and you see them in headlines, advertising and app interfaces. The catalog marks every family as one or the other.
Which fonts do Thai government documents use?
Government offices use the national fonts released by the Department of Intellectual Property and the Software Industry Promotion Agency, with TH Sarabun PSK and its update TH Sarabun New used for most letters and forms. Both are in the catalog, and the national fonts page shows the whole set. Sarabun on Google Fonts is the open-licence successor by the same designer.
Why can I not download some of the fonts listed?
We only offer files when the licence lets anyone pass them on. For a few families the licence gives that right only to named organisations, or the trademark terms do not suit a web preview, so we describe the font and link to its official source instead. Those cards say "Link only".
Why do some previews take longer to load?
For fonts under the Open Font License we serve a small web file that holds just the Thai and Latin letters. Other licences, such as the DIP/SIPA licence and the GPL, attach conditions to changing a font, and trimming it down counts as a change. For those families we serve the original file exactly as its makers published it, which is larger.
Can I use these fonts on my own website?
The Open Font License allows it, including hosting the files yourself. The GPL fonts carry an exception that keeps your pages outside the GPL. The DIP/SIPA licence allows use but asks you to tell DIP and SIPA in writing before you change a font, and converting it to a web format may count as a change. This is our plain reading, not legal advice; the full licence texts are on the licences page.
Looking for a Thai font for your next project?
Start with the catalog: filter to looped or loopless, check the licence, and download the original files.