# Trirong font

> Named after Thailand's tricolour flag: a Thai and Latin serif with crisp thick-and-thin strokes, nine weights and italics.

Trirong is a Thai and Latin serif family whose name means tricolour flag in Thai, a reference to the national flag of Thailand. Trirong has nine weights from Thin 100 to Black 900 with italics, 18 static styles, and is credited to Cadson Demak. Trirong is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and fits formal text and titles.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Cadson Demak
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 764
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, thai, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Trirong
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/trirong
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Trirong

Trirong is a serif family that joins a looped Thai design to a Latin in the transitional manner. Its name is the Thai term for the tricolour, the national flag of Thailand. By the official account, the Thai letters are tall and narrow like those of older Thai printing types and finish in oval loops, proportions chosen to fit more text into a line without losing legibility. In the specimen the Latin has thin, flat serifs and a strong swing between heavy stems and hairlines, most visible in the Bold to Black cuts. The weights go from Thin 100 to Black 900, nine in all, each with an italic: 18 static styles and no variable version. The fonts hold 764 glyphs across Thai, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Trirong is a Cadson Demak project under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2015, Cadson Demak (info@cadsondemak.com)

Allowed:
- 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.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Dense Thai columns**: Tall, narrow Thai letterforms are described as space-saving, which helps in newspaper columns, tables of terms and footnotes.
- **Institutional publishing**: The official description places Trirong in formal contexts such as official notices, academic papers and programme booklets.
- **High-contrast headlines**: ExtraBold 800 and Black 900 pair heavy stems with fine hairlines, giving titles a sharp look at large sizes.
- **Menus and invitations in light cuts**: Thin 100 and ExtraLight 200 draw fine lines that suit short, large settings on printed cards and menus.
- **Emphasis in two scripts**: An italic exists for every one of the weights, so stressed words in Thai and Latin passages keep the weight of the surrounding text.

## Things to know

- **Static styles only**: Trirong ships as 18 individual TTF files. There is no variable font in the package.
- **Look-alike Thai letters**: According to the official notes, ก ถ ภ ฤ ฦ and also ฎ and ฏ are close in shape, so very short Thai strings need a careful read.
- **Designer field differs from the listing**: The official listing names Cadson Demak as designer; the font files give Katatrad Team as designer and Cadson Demak as manufacturer.
- **Scripts stop at Thai and Latin**: Vietnamese and Latin Extended letters are present. Cyrillic and Greek alphabets are not.

## FAQs

### Is Trirong free for commercial use?

Yes. Trirong is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### What does the name Trirong mean?

Trirong means tricolour flag in Thai and stands for the flag of Thailand, according to the official description of the family.

### Who designed Trirong?

Trirong is credited to Cadson Demak, a type foundry in Thailand. Inside the font files the designer field reads Katatrad Team.

### How many weights does Trirong have?

Trirong has nine weights, Thin 100 through Black 900, and an italic for each, 18 styles in total. Trirong is not a variable font.

### Which languages does Trirong support?

Trirong covers the Thai script and includes the Latin letters needed for English, Vietnamese and languages such as German, Spanish, Czech, Romanian and Turkish.

### What fonts pair well with Trirong?

This page shows Trirong with Kanit, a loopless Thai and Latin sans serif by the same foundry with an identical range of weights.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/trirong (trendhub)
