Thai look-alike font AW_Siam

THAI simulation font = THAI looking English alphabet

THAILAND-Style font. SIAMESE look-alike free faux THAI FONT with English (Latin Alphabet) characters: "AW_Siam English not Thai"

English not Thai

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 äöüß ÄÖÜ €

WHY?

I saw a sign in the movie street fighter (van Damme) that looked like written with a typical THAI FONT (แบบอักษรไทย) but when I had a closer look, the signs were written in English (Latin) alphabet characters. That was exactly what I needed for my Thai ladies personals website: A font that seems to be written in THAI but everybody can read it (apart from Thais ;-) No one had it, so I made it.
And this is it. I guess I'd have to class this as an unfinished version as some characters should have a lot more attention but for now I was more interested in some of the other stuff.

Thanks to Jos Flachs in Bangkok for his expert suggestions. Without him, the font would be half as good.
Cheers to Aleksey Kuritsin for designing the Russian letters and the numbers.

Enjoy!

Andreas Weygandt

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EXAMPLES

April/May 2009 issue of Jetstar Asia Magazine Burning Man camp logo: Mellow Mountain Finnish Thailand Guidebook Khorat Schaffhausen Kay Masters Digital Design

BEISPIELE

FAQ

May I install "AW_Siam English not Thai" on my system and use it in any editor?
⇛ Yes.
May I make and print a poster with "AW_Siam English not Thai"?
⇛ Yes.
May I use "AW_Siam English not Thai" in my logotype?
⇛ Yes.
May I use "AW_Siam English not Thai" on my website?
⇛ Yes.
May I use "AW_Siam English not Thai" in my applications?
⇛ Yes.
May I design my own font based on "AW_Siam English not Thai"?
⇛ Yes. In this case, you need to indicate that it is based on "AW_Siam English not Thai" and send me a link / example.

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INSTALLATION

Windows: To install, simply download and copy the AW_Siam.ttf ( TrueType) file to the windows fonts folder C:\WINDOWS\FONTS
Make sure that the kerning is on - in MS Word default is off.
Postscript Font : When you use postscript fonts you know how to install them ;-)
Mac:When you have downloaded the file, simply drag it to the folder Macintosh HD/Library/Fonts. That is all! Thanks to Jan de Bloois in Hoek van Holland
To remove simply delete the AW_Siam.ttf file from the C:\WINDOWS\FONTS folder, but why you want to do this is beyond my comprehension.

UNKNOWN PROBLEMS

Tell me and I'll try and fix it

KNOWN PROBLEMS

Thais can't read it ;-)
(No, this font is not in Thai language, it is just a wannabe foreign font imitating Thai character sets.)

RELEASE NOTES

V 1.00 Spanish ñ
V 0.99i Improved iJ. Thanks to Hardy in THAILAND
V 0.99h Improved bdpqgwiWNI. Thanks to Hardy in THAILAND
V 0.99g € added, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
V 0.99f Better kerning, new authentic UHO. Thanks to Alan Sargent
V 0.99c Numbers 1234567890 made by Алексей Курицын - Aleksey Kuritsin
V 0.99 better bdJLGmOopqRwxX
V 0.32 Better spacing
V 0.31 Minor changes
V 0.30 Real small caps (still ugly, better use the upper caps)
V 0.21 Fine tuning, spacing, kerning, letters replaced
V 0.1c Letters replaced
V 0.1b Some letters replaced, tweaked, German Umlaute äöüÄÖÜß
V 0.1a All letters the same height, some letters replaced, tweaked
V 0.1 (1999) I made it! The ugly raw version (one evening's work)

Always get the latest version at www.weygandt.de/aw_siam/

TO DO

Fine tuning
Set Panose and the many many other parameters in the font file
Convert to OpenType Unicode Font including real Thai and Russian characters
Tell me!

TECHNICAL STUFF

Characters borrowed, twisted and tweaked from the DB ThaiText font (230%)
Em square 1000
Ascent 800
Descent -200
Line width 100
Small letters size 70 % -> weight +35 em units

The Thai look-alike font AW_Siam with English (Latin) Alphabet characters by Andreas Weygandt is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Renaming, rebranding or selling this font is considered unfair use. You can convert the font for systems like OTF, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS... Please send me a copy, I'll upload it here
The font is provided as is.
If you like and use it, send me an email to: Andreas@Weygandt.de and show me what you made with the AW_Siam Thaifont.
Sounds impressive, doesn't it? Well it was! (Hey I was impressed at the time)