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KoHo

A Thai and Latin sans by Cadson Demak with squared-off curves, six weights from ExtraLight to Bold and italics.

Sans Serif 12 styles by Cadson Demak OFL

KoHo is a Thai and Latin sans serif family by Cadson Demak that sits between geometric and humanist models. KoHo has six weights from ExtraLight 200 to Bold 700, each with an italic, as 12 static files, and 774 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and serves bilingual interfaces, body text and headings.

KoHo font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Cadson Demak
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
12 6 weights, with italics
Variable font
No
Glyphs
774
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.000; ttfautohint (v1.6)

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try KoHo

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of KoHo; the download contains the complete files.

KoHo font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
KoHo specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • ExtraLight 200KoHo ExtraLight ExtraLight Italic
  • Light 300KoHo Light Light Italic
  • Regular 400KoHo Regular Italic
  • Medium 500KoHo Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600KoHo SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700KoHo Bold Bold Italic

About KoHo

KoHo is a sans serif family for Thai and Latin, drawn to stand between geometric and humanist sans serifs so that it looks neither mechanical nor calligraphic. In the Latin specimen the round letters are squared at the shoulders, giving o, c and e the outline of a rounded rectangle; the K joins its arm and leg in one bent stroke, and y ends in a short flat hook. Strokes are even and the capitals are wide. The family has six weights, ExtraLight 200, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold 700, each with an italic: 12 static files in total, not a variable font. Its 774 glyphs cover Thai, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. The catalogue credits Cadson Demak, the name table reads Cadson Demak & Katatrad Team, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where KoHo works

Thai and English interfaces
Both scripts are designed together, so menus and labels keep one texture when the language switches.
Body text with emphasis
Italics exist for all six weights, which lets running text mark titles and stress without a second family.
Product and brand headings
The squared curves and the bent K give short headlines a recognisable shape in SemiBold or Bold.
Light display lines
ExtraLight 200 draws the rounded-rectangle forms as a fine outline for large titles.
Vietnamese content
A Vietnamese character set is part of the 774 glyphs, alongside Latin Extended.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 774 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Writing systems with glyphs in the family besides Latin: Thai. These are listed as scripts, not as a promise for every language written in them.

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, thai, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2018 The KoHo Project Authors (https://github.com/cadsondemak/Koho)

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with KoHo

Alike Serif

KoHo is sans serif and Alike is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Bevan Slab Serif

KoHo is sans serif and Bevan is slab serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Chivo Mono Monospace

Chivo Mono is a monospace family (9 weights) for code and figures next to KoHo as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use KoHo on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "KoHo";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/KoHo-Bold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "KoHo";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/KoHo-BoldItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "KoHo";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/KoHo-ExtraLight.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "KoHo";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/KoHo-ExtraLightItalic.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
/* …and 8 more files in the package, declared the same way */

body {
  font-family: "KoHo", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves KoHo with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Twelve separate files
KoHo is distributed as static fonts, one per weight and style. Load only the ones a page uses.
Bold is the heaviest
The range stops at 700; there is no ExtraBold or Black.
Thai is the primary script
The family is made for Thai with Latin alongside. No Cyrillic or Greek subset is listed.

FAQs

Is KoHo free for commercial use?

Yes. KoHo is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed KoHo?

KoHo is credited to Cadson Demak. The designer field in the font files reads Cadson Demak & Katatrad Team.

How many weights does KoHo have?

KoHo has six weights, from ExtraLight 200 to Bold 700. Each has an italic, which makes 12 styles.

Is KoHo a variable font?

No. KoHo is supplied as 12 static files rather than as a variable font.

Does KoHo support Thai?

Yes. KoHo is a Thai and Latin family, and it also includes the letters needed for Vietnamese and for European languages such as German, French, Polish and Turkish.

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