Thai links, Thai fonts on your computer

Follow these easy steps to get Thai fonts on your computer.

Download this file and put it into C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\
Install Thai keyboard on your computer. Press: Start>Settings>Control Panel >Keyboard. Choose folder 'Language'. Press 'Add'. Find 'Thai' on the scroll menu. Press OK. MAKE SURE you choose 'Enable indicator on taskbar' so that you easily can go from Thai to your native language and back.
Restart.
Download these pictures that show how the keyboard layout is. (Without SHIFT pressed. With SHIFT pressed.) 1, 2.

NOTICE: The installed Thai fonts may not work in notepad, but they do work in WordPad and MS Office.

Sending Thai email:

The best way to send Thai email is by using a browser mail with Internet Explorer 5 (IE5), for example Hotmail. The Thai support in IE5 is flawless. To install it, go to Windows update. Thai is chosen in IE5 here: View>Encoding>More>Thai

The fonts may appear small in Hotmail's compose window. Then use WordPad to edit your text, and then paste it into IE5 and Hotmail.

Or use this excellent Thai editor.

NOTICE that if you send Thai text with Outlook, the Fonts may not appear correct for the receiver. But when using IE5 and Hotmail this is never the case.