CRCL, Bangkok -- Font and Keyboard Resources

SOUTHEAST ASIAN
COMPUTING AND LINGUISTICS

Produced by Doug Cooper / Center for Research in Computational Linguistics,
Bangkok. Presented in cooperation with . . . ( 0.2 -- comment only )

FONT AND KEYBOARD RESOURCES

New in this neighborhood? Try the discussion of font and keyboard design issues. It introduces the Mekong Valley alphabets, brings up some of the issues that arise in font design, explains what keyboard switchers are and why they're needed, and adds a few comments on keyboard layouts.

LAO

LAO KEYBOARD CHARTS / ENHANCED DUANGJAN LAYOUT
LAO_DJ1.GIF 100 DPI .gif file (13K, suitable for Web browsers)
LAO_DJ3.GIF 300 DPI .gif file (27K, suitable for printers)
LAO_DJ.ZIP Rescalable PostScript version (83K, ditto but better)
WHAT -- Illustrations of the standard DuangJan layout for Lao keyboards.
ABOUT -- Prepared by Doug Cooper/CRCL.
CONTACT -- doug@nwg.nectec.or.th
FURTHER -- See also not available

ALICE SERIES LAO / ROMAN FONTS

Download the whole set (231K).	Text sample all six (9K 100 DPI .gif)
Download Alice0 (34K).
Download Alice1 (37K).
Download Alice2 (37K).
Download Alice3 (43K).
Download Alice4 (35K).
Download Alice5 (45K).

WHAT -- A set of six TrueType Lao fonts (Alice series).
ABOUT -- These are combined Lao/Roman fonts. They include alternate tone marks, vowels, and ligatures, and conform to the layout expectations of Lao Script for Windows.
CONTACT -- Supplied by John Durdin / SIL / Vientiane, Lao PDR
FURTHER -- See also not available

ALICE SERIES LAO ONLY FONTS

Download the whole set (91K).	Sample not available (?K 100 DPI .gif)
Download Alice_0 (18K).
Download Alice_1 (18K).
Download Alice_2 (17K).
Download Alice_3 (19K).
Download Alice_4 (19K).

WHAT -- A set of five TrueType Lao fonts (Alice_ series).
ABOUT -- These are Lao-only fonts. They do not require any kind of keyboard switching software.
CONTACT -- Supplied by John Durdin / SIL / Vientiane, Lao PDR
FURTHER -- See also not available

THAI

THAI KEYBOARD CHARTS / PATTACHOOTI LAYOUT
TH_PAT1.GIF 100 DPI .gif file (13K, suitable for Web browsers)
TH_PAT3.GIF 300 DPI .gif file (58K, suitable for printers)
TH_PAT.ZIP Rescalable PostScript version (76K, ditto but better)
WHAT -- Illustrations of the vastly improved Pattachooti layout for Thai keyboards.
ABOUT -- The originals are roughly 8"X2". Prepared by Doug Cooper / CRCL.
CONTACT -- doug@nwg.nectec.or.th
FURTHER -- See also not available

DEAR BOOK THAI / ROMAN FONT

Download dbttf.zip (27K).

WHAT -- A Thai / Roman TrueType font.
ABOUT -- This is a combined Lao/Roman font named FixedDB ThaiText. Because it has the 'fixed-pitch' attribute set, it can be used as the default Web browser fixed-pitch font (instead of the default Courier). This is convenient for reading Thai Web pages (if they are set up as fixed-pitch) or .txt files.
CONTACT -- Donated by the Dear Book Company, Bangkok.
FURTHER -- See also not available

BURMESE

BURMESE KEYBOARD CHARTS
BURMKEY.GIF About 300 DPI (57K)
WHAT -- Burmese keyboard layout. Labeled "Version 1.1, July 94"
ABOUT -- Found at SEALANG-L site. Please contact doug@nwg.nectec.or.th if you have more details.

BURMESE FONT

Download mya_a.ttf (25K).

Download myan.pfb (15K).

Download myan.pfm (1K).

WHAT -- Mya_NormalA Burmese-only font.
ABOUT -- This font comes from the SEALANG-L site. TrueType version generated by Doug Cooper / CRCL.
CONTACT -- Please contact doug@nwg.nectec.or.th if you have more details.

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