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True Type or not true type?
Last update:
May 6, 1998
There are
four things that most people wanna do when they read this page. They are
listed according to the percieved level of difficulties. If you are using
a non-Thai edition of Windows, then Installing Thai font is a must for
any of these tasks.
There are
several ways to install Thai Font on a Windows 3.11 or Windows 95/NT US
edition For Thai edition, you shouldn't need to install Thai Font). To
determine if you have Thai fonts or not, look under Control Panel -> Fonts.
If there exists a font name DBX Thaitext or similar, then you already
have Thai fonts installed.
Method A
(for Windows beginners)
A program
written by Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton will automatically install the
fonts for you. This set of fonts is new (as of May 1998) and deemed to
be better than the old family of DB Thaitext fonts.
Here's how
to get his program. Go to Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's How
to page and click on the icon which says "click here to download".
Otherwise if Sanook.com is down try holding down the shift key and
clicking here. Remember where the file is saved, e.g. c:\temp.
Once the
file is downloaded to your hard drive, run c:\temp\thfont.exe by go to
Windows explorer and double clicking on the file name or run it from Start
-> Run... -> Browse (pick the file).
To check
if the fonts are successfully installed, go to Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel -> Fonts to see if the fonts "Fixed DB ThaiText New" and "Thai Fix
Font" are listed. If not, then run the program thfont.exe again. Otherwise
write to Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton for further instructions.
Method B
(for beginners with cash)
The program
developed by Thai Master will in effect turn your non-Thai edition Windows
into a Thai edition with added special features. Try their 30-day evaluation
software at http://www.thaimaster.com
There is also a discount for students.
Method C
(for more advanced Windows 95 users)
You can
install the fonts yourselves by downloading the fonts, unzipping the files,
and installing them via control panel. The details are as follows:
First download
Thai fonts from one of the following sites:
Once you
have the font. Install it using the control panel. (In Windows 95, this
is done by selecting My computer --> Control Panel -> Fonts --> Choosing
Install new fonts from the File menu bar --> Selecting the fonts to be
installed). After this you can read Thai using any window software, including
Netscape, Eudora, etc.
Assuming
that you using Eudora, for Thai edition Windows operating systems see
Internet Thailand's Support
page
For non-Thai
edition of Windows with Thai fonts already installed as described above,
the instructions (adapted from Inet's support page are as follow:
Step 1 :
Click on Tools menu (or Specials)
Step 2 :
Choose Options (or Setting)
Step 3 :
When the Options dialog appears, click Fonts&Display
Step 4 :
Change the font selection to whatever Thai fonts you have.
If you have
a Thai edition of Windows or a non-Thai edition with Thai
Master installed, you won't have any trouble writing Thai. However,
if you don't, you'll need a keyboard switcher to toggle between Thai and
English.
This is
available without charge in Cuword, a free Thai Word Processer developed
by Chulalongkorn University team. It can be downloaded at http://www.nectec.or.th/pub/pc/cu-writer/cww.zip
(To install CUWord, first unzip the cww.zip file and run setup. Follow
the instructions, and you will see the keyboard switcher icon appear along
with other Cu-Writer icons.)
We consider
Windows non-Thai edition with Thai Master installed, as Windows Thai Edition.
- Windows
95 Thai edition/Internet Explorer 4.0 (From
http://www.inet.co.th/support/iethai4.htm)
- Click
View menu, click Internet Options
- Click
the General tab, then click Fonts
- Select
Character sets to Thai
- The
Proportional font to a Thai Font
- Click
OK button
- Click
View menu, then Drag mouse to "Thai [Windows]"
An alternative
method is to:
- Click
right mouse at the document that have Thai font
- Drag
mouse to Language, then click "Thai [Windows]"
- The
Thai ducument will display after you set.
Another
set of instructions from SCB homepage
- Select
"View" menu and choose "Internet Options".
- In
Windows "Internet Options" select "General" tab and click "Fonts...".
- In
Window "Fonts" Character sets select "Thai", Proportional font:
select Thai font such as CordiaUPC (for your convenience simply
choose any font that ended with "UPC").
- Important
step don't miss this step otherwise you will not be able to read
thai font. Select "View" menu choose "Fonts" and select "Thai (Windows)".
Or Click Right mouse button (don't click over the image) and choose
"Language" and choose "Thai (Windows)".
- Windows
95 Thai edition/Internet Explorer 3.x
- Select
the View menu, then Options
- Select
the General tab, then click Font Settings
- For
the Default under Language, select Thai
- For
the Character sets highlight "Thai"
- Set
Proportional font to a Thai font.
- Click
OK
- Windows
95 Thai edition/Netscape Communicator 4.0 Method 1: From SCB's how to
use Thai Font homepage
- Select
menu "Edit" and choose "Preferences..."
- In
Window Preferences Select "Fonts" and choose Thai font (example
BrowalliaUPC or name that ended with UPC) in drop-down menu. Ignore
"For the Encoding" drop-down menu it must be "Western".
From
Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's homepage
- Download
nc4-95th.exe [Latest version: 23 April 2541 Release 230]
- Instructions
are in Thai at
Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's homepage. Here is an excerpt
(translated): The program is for use with Netscape Communicator
4.x Windows 95 Thai Edition. It will improve the quality of both
font output and keyboard input to Netscape Mail.
- Close
all browser windows
- Run
the program
- Read
the readme.txt and follow instructions on user settings as well
as how to print Thai documents.
- Windows
95 Thai edition/Netscape Navigator 3.0 Method 1: From SCB
How to use Thai font Homepage
- From
menu bar of Netscape browser choose "Option" then select "General
Preferences".
- In
window Preferences select "Fonts" tab and in drop-down menu name
"For the Encoding" select "User Define" and click "Choose Font".
- In
window "Choose Base Font" select Thai TrueType Font such as Browallia
New,Angsana New,..etc. And Select "Thai" in drop-down menu "Script"
the Click "OK".
- From
menu "Option", "Document Encoding", select "User Defined".
- From
menu "Option", "Document Encoding", select "Set Default".
Method
2: Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's program (for Netscape 3.x, IE 4.x
and IE 3.x) will both install Thai fonts and edit the browser's registery
files.
- Download
Inet95th.exe
- Close
all browser windows
- Run
the program
- Windows
95 non-Thai edition/Internet Explorer 4.0 Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's
program (for Netscape 3.x, IE 4.x and IE 3.x) will both install Thai
fonts and edit the browser's registery files. If you already have the
fonts install, a message sharing violation will appear (don't panic).
- Download
Inet95th.exe
- Close
all browser windows
- Run
the program
- Windows
95 non-Thai edition/Internet Explorer 3.0 Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's
program (for Netscape 3.x, IE 4.x and IE 3.x) will both install Thai
fonts and edit the browser's registery files. If you already have the
fonts install, a message sharing violation will appear (don't panic).
- Download
Inet95th.exe
- Close
all browser windows
- Run
the program
- Windows
95 non-Thai edition/Netscape Communicator 4.0 Khun Sanya wrote in Siamweb's
Thaitalk that to configure
Netscape Communicator 4.0 for non-Thai edition one must do the following.
- Choose
Menu -> Edit ->Preference
- Select
Font
- For the
Encoding select Western
- Select
Thai Font (you must have this installed already)
- Click
OK
- Windows
95 non-Thai edition/Netscape Navigator 3.0 (Adapted from Khun Vuthichai's
How-to Homepage)
- Open
Netscape Navigator window.
- Go
to Option menu
- Go
to sub-menu Preferences
- Select
Font tab in Preferences window.
- Optional
: Change the For Encoding to User Define This process is optional.
But it allows you to switch between Thai and original English fonts
easily. As the English part of DB Thai Text font doesn't look as
good as TimesNewRoman, you'll find it's inevitable to switch back
to the original font when browsing English-only pages. (Recommended
by Dr. Thaweesak Koanantakool)
- Click
on the Choose Font button, change proprotional font to a Thai Font.
- Windows
3.11 Thai edition/Internet Explorer 4.0
- Windows
3.11 Thai edition/Internet Explorer 3.0
- Windows
3.11 Thai edition/Netscape Communicator 4.0
- Windows
3.11 Thai edition/Netscape Navigator 3.0
- Windows
3.11 non-Thai edition/Internet Explorer 4.0
- Windows
3.11 non-Thai edition/Internet Explorer 3.0
- Windows
3.11 non-Thai edition/Netscape Communicator 4.0
- Windows
3.11 non-Thai edition/Netscape Navigator 3.0
- Download
nc-win3x.exe
- Instructions
are in Thai at
Khun Supachai Prasertvechaton's homepage. Here is an excerpt
(translated): The program is for use with Netscape Navigator 3.x
Windows 3.x English Edition.
- Close
all browser windows
- Run
the program
- Read
the readme.txt and follow instructions on user settings as well
as how to print Thai documents.
These instructions
were collected from the following sites. We would also like to thank them
for the permission to use their copyrighted material.
- Khun Supachai
Prasertvechaton's homepage
- Internet
Thailand's How to
use Thai language page
- Khun Worawit's
solution
to configuring different browers for Thai-font.
-
http://www.gil.com.au/~bchana/tmg.html
-
http://thaigate.rd.nacsis.ac.jp/refer/ Here is a useful excerpt
from this site:
To minimize
problems reading Thai Mails sent by Netscape 4.0 Messenger, I would
like to recommend the following settings for Netscape 4.0 users. (The
settings will minimize the problems reading most Thai websites by
Netscape Navigator as well).
- Open Netscape
"Messenger Mailbox" (The program you use to read/send mails).
- Goto
"Edit/Preference" menu
- Click
on "Appearance/Font" category
- In "For
the Encoding" selection box, choose "User Defined"
- In "Variable
Width Font" and "Fixed Width Font" choose your favorite Thai fonts.
Set the size large enough to be readable ( > 12 )
- Under
"Sometimes a document will provide ...", choose "Use my default font,
overriding document-specified font"
- In "Categories"
on your left, click on "Mail & Groups/Messages" category.
- In "Messages
Property", choose "By default, send HTML messages"
(Important
NOTE: Though HTML messages must be avoided, we need to choose this
option to make sure that font settings are effective in Mail Editing
window and characters are large enough to be readable. Otherwise,
the characters will be too SMALL and we need to use the scaled-up
version of Thai fonts such as FixedDBThaiTextNew)
- On your
right, click on "More Options" button.
- Under
"send message that uses 8-bit character", choose "Using the quoted-printable
MIME encoding".
- Under
"When sending HTML message...." , choose "Always convert the message
into plain text". This is to make sure HTML message will never be sent
out.
- Click
"OK" button to close "More Preferences".
- Click
"OK" button again to close "Preferences">
- In "View/Encoding"
menu, choose "User-Defined"
- Again,
in "View/Encoding" menu, choose "Set Default Encoding" to make "User-Defined"
your default.
We thank
the author Khun Vuthichai
for the information
BTW, if
you don't know how to unzip the *.zip files. Download a free evaluation
copy of winzip at http://www.winzip.com/.
Luv y'all!,
By:
Yu (Yujira Jirapinyo)
Guidelines
1)
download MacOS Thai System Software ThaiEnable_1.0.hqx
ITSC does not hold any responsibility for the use of this software. Please
use this program at your own risk.
2) If you
have Stuffit Expander installed, the file should expand into  "MacOS
ThaiEnable 1.0", if you don't have stuffit expander, you can download
it here
 .
3)
For a clean installation, restart machine holding "shift" key to turn
off all extension.
4)
Double click on MacOS ThaiEnable 1.0 installer and read instruction.
The installer should install these files below into your system folder.
5)
Restart your Macintosh. During start up you will see "ThaiTalk" icon
loaded. When you are at you desktop screen you should see icon on the
top right hand, on the menubar, a little flag. You can switch writing
in Thai and other language by choosing the desired language. A quick
key to switch between english and thai is to hold down "Apple" key and
space bar. See image below.
6)
Try it out on "simple text" or other word processor.
Graphics and Mac info was originally done for Internet
Thailand. by : PuTT
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