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Introduction

The Lao script is Indic in origin and is used in Laos and parts of Thailand. It is similar to the Thai script. Lao script is used to write Lao (also known as Laotian).

Font Samples

font sample * font information
Sample of Alice0 Unicode at 30pt Alice0 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice0U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 311 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Alice1 Unicode at 28pt Alice1 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice1U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 310 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Alice2 Unicode at 32pt Alice2 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice2U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Style: Handwriting
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 311 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Alice3 Unicode at 28pt Alice3 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice3U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 312 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Alice4 Unicode at 28pt Alice4 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice4U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 310 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Alice5 Unicode at 28pt Alice5 Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Alice5U.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 (initial release) has 321 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Code2000 at 34pt Code2000    [ show all samples ]  (code2000.ttf)
Source: Download this shareware font ($5) from James Kass's webpage.
Stats: Version 1.16 has 61,864 glyphs and 239 kerning pairs
Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Baluchi, Kirghiz, Persian, Shahmukhi, Sindhi, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek), Armenian, Bengali, Braille, Canadian Syllabics (all syllabaries, all characters), Cherokee, Chinese (Bopomofo only, including Extended), Cirth, Coptic, Cyrillic (all or most of range), Devanagari, Ethiopic (including supplement and extended blocks), Ewellic, Georgian (Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli), Greek (including polytonic and Coptic characters), Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, IPA, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji/Han Ideographs including Extension A), Klingon, Korean (Hangul only), Lao, Latin, Limbu, Mongolian, N'Ko, Ogham, Phaistos, Runic, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tifinagh, Vietnamese, Yi
OpenType Layout Tables: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Buhid, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Han Ideographic, Hangul, Hangul Jamo, Hebrew, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Malayalam, Mongolian, Myanmar, N'Ko, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
Sample of JG Basic Lao at 36pt JG Basic Lao    [ show all samples ]  (JG Basic Lao.ttf)
Warning: Lao tone marks collide with some Lao vowels/signs.
Source: Free download from Jason Glavy's "Asian Fonts" page.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 305 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
Sample of JG Chantabouli Lao at 32pt JG Chantabouli Lao    [ show all samples ]  (JG Chantabouli Lao.ttf)
Warning: Lao tone marks collide with some Lao vowels/signs.
Source: Free download from Jason Glavy's "Asian Fonts" page.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 305 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
Sample of JG Lao Old Arial at 24pt JG Lao Old Arial    [ show all samples ]  (JG Lao Old Arial.ttf)
Warning: Lao tone marks collide with some Lao vowels/signs.
Source: Free download from Jason Glavy's "Asian Fonts" page.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 238 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin; also has Pali letters mapped to reserved Lao locations
Sample of JG Lao Oldface at 32pt JG Lao Oldface    [ show all samples ]  (JG Lao Oldface.ttf)
Warning: Lao tone marks collide with some Lao vowels/signs.
Source: Free download from Jason Glavy's "Asian Fonts" page.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 268 glyphs and 5 kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin; also has Pali letters mapped to reserved Lao locations
Sample of JG Lao Times at 32pt JG Lao Times    [ show all samples ]  (JG Lao Times.ttf)
Warning: Lao tone marks collide with some Lao vowels/signs.
Source: Free download from Jason Glavy's "Asian Fonts" page.
Stats: Version 1.1 has 305 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin; also has Pali letters mapped to reserved Lao locations
Sample of Lao Unicode at 26pt Lao Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (Lao Uniocde.ttf from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 2000 1.0 (initial release) has 295 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Phetsarath OT at 28pt Phetsarath OT    [ show all samples ]  (phetsarath_OT.ttf)
Source: Free download from a SourceForge project.
Stats: Version 1.00 2005 has 291 glyphs and 1 kerning pair
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Saysettha OT at 26pt Saysettha OT    [ show all samples ]  (saysettha_ot.ttf)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.00 2002 initial release has 402 glyphs and 277 kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of Saysettha Unicode at 26pt Saysettha Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (SaysUnil.ttf [regular], SaysUnib.ttf [bold], and SaysUnii.ttf [italic])
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 2001 1.0 initial release has 313 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of VangVieng Unicode at 26pt VangVieng Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (VVUnil.ttf [regular], VVUnib.ttf [bold], & VVUnii.ttf [italic] from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 initial release has 311 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
Sample of XiengThong Unicode at 26pt XiengThong Unicode    [ show all samples ]  (XTUnil.ttf [regular], XTUnib.ttf [bold], & XTUnii.ttf [italic] from updatedfonts.zip)
Source: Free download from the "Lao Script for Windows" website.
Stats: Version 1.0 2001 initial release has 307 glyphs and no kerning pairs
Support: Lao, Latin
OpenType Layout Tables: Lao
 

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