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In 2013, Thailand's twelve digital type foundries joined up to found Typographic Association Bangkok to promote the industry. [29] [30] [31] Among the trends seen during this period is a sharp rise in popularity of the loopless or Roman-like style introduced by Manop, which began seeing use as body text in some magazines in 1999.
The evolution of the Thai alphabet. The Thai script is derived from the Sukhothai script, which itself is derived from the Old Khmer script ( Thai: อักษรขอม, akson khom ), which is a southern Brahmic style of writing derived from the south Indian Pallava alphabet ( Thai: ปัลลวะ ). According to tradition it was ...
t. e. Jawi ( جاوي; Acehnese: Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani: Yawi; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒä.wi]) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Magindanawn, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, and Ternate. Jawi is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all 31 original Arabic letters, six ...
Traditional house in Nias; its post, beam and lintel construction with flexible nail-less joints, and non-load bearing walls are typical of rumah adat. Rumah adat are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of Indonesia, collectively belonging to the Austronesian architecture. The traditional houses and settlements ...
ตราพระครุฑพ่าห์. Garuda emblem of Thailand. The national and royal symbol of Thailand is Garuda, the mount of Lord Vishnu. [ 1][ 2] National flag. Flag of Thailand. ธงไตรรงค์. Flag of Thailand. The design was adopted on 28 September 1917, according to the royal decree issued by Rama VI . National ...
As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts ( amphoe) in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces ( changwat) of Thailand and regions ( phak) of Thailand in which they lie. This sortable table does not include districts in Bangkok. See List of districts of Bangkok . At the bottom follows a table with Thai names of ...
Javanese script is an abugida writing system which consists of 20 to 33 basic letters, depending on the language being written. Like other Brahmic scripts, each letter (called an aksara) represents a syllable with the inherent vowel /a/ or /ɔ/ which can be changed with the placement of diacritics around the letter.
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...