Taviraj

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Taviraj is a serif Latin and looped Thai typeface that has a wide structure that ensures readability and legibility. It is well-suited for formal usage. Thai letters have thick and thin strokes, similar to the Latin, together with rounded and airy looped terminals. Taviraj is a 9 weight family that includes italics.

Taviraj is a Thai word that refers to the last two kings of Krungsri Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand. People also metaphorically refer to Taviraj as the fall of a dynasty, and that is the reason why it appeared in the poem written by King Rama V regarding the situation of Siam being threatened by French expansionism, with his majesty expressing his sorrow towards the possibility of the end of his era. A traditional Thai style of typeface is called “farangses,” which means french, and Taviraj is in this genre. This contradiction highlights its origin.

A similarity between some glyphs such as ก ถ ภ ฤ ฦ and ฎ ฏ is something to take into consideration because it might lead to confusion when typesetting very short texts. Taviraj takes a specific approach when dealing with the thick and thin strokes of Thai glyphs. Other type designers of Thai fonts may like to use this approach as a reference. Formal looped Thai typefaces have delicate details so care must be taken when expanding them to heavier weights, to retain all the details. The size and position of Thai vowel and tone marks has been managed carefully because they are all relevant to readability, legibility, and overall texture.

The Taviraj project is led by Cadson Demak, a type foundry in Thailand.

Font archive files

# File nam Size 1 OFL.txt 4.3KB 2 Taviraj-Black.ttf 224.3KB 3 Taviraj-BlackItalic.ttf 238.8KB 4 Taviraj-Bold.ttf 215.5KB 5 Taviraj-BoldItalic.ttf 239KB 6 Taviraj-ExtraBold.ttf 214.4KB 7 Taviraj-ExtraBoldItalic.ttf 240KB 8 Taviraj-ExtraLight.ttf 210.4KB 9 Taviraj-ExtraLightItalic.ttf 225.2KB 10 Taviraj-Italic.ttf 227.8KB 11 Taviraj-Light.ttf 206.1KB 12 Taviraj-LightItalic.ttf 206.9KB 13 Taviraj-Medium.ttf 221.7KB 14 Taviraj-MediumItalic.ttf 235.5KB 15 Taviraj-Regular.ttf 215.6KB 16 Taviraj-SemiBold.ttf 209.6KB 17 Taviraj-SemiBoldItalic.ttf 226.8KB 18 Taviraj-Thin.ttf 206.4KB 19 Taviraj-ThinItalic.ttf 219.7KB 20 Taviraj-Black.woff 84.1KB 21 Taviraj-BlackItalic.woff 92.6KB 22 Taviraj-Bold.woff 84KB 23 Taviraj-BoldItalic.woff 95.2KB 24 Taviraj-ExtraBold.woff 84.3KB 25 Taviraj-ExtraBoldItalic.woff 94.2KB 26 Taviraj-ExtraLight.woff 82.6KB 27 Taviraj-ExtraLightItalic.woff 91.1KB 28 Taviraj-Italic.woff 91.9KB 29 Taviraj-Light.woff 81.8KB 30 Taviraj-LightItalic.woff 85.8KB 31 Taviraj-Medium.woff 85KB 32 Taviraj-MediumItalic.woff 93.9KB 33 Taviraj-Regular.woff 84KB 34 Taviraj-SemiBold.woff 82.1KB 35 Taviraj-SemiBoldItalic.woff 91.2KB 36 Taviraj-Thin.woff 77.9KB 37 Taviraj-ThinItalic.woff 87.6KB