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Charmonman

จามรมาน · TH Charmonman

By Narongsak Chaiwong

Typography & Licensing Specialist, ThaiGraph · April 16, 2026 · Updated August 5, 2026

Information verified as of August 2026

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<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Charmonman:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Charmonman:wght@400;700&display=swap');

font-family: 'Charmonman', cursive;

Charmonman and TH Charmonman are the same typeface

Yes — Charmonman on Google Fonts and TH Charmonman (จามรมาน) from Thailand’s National Fonts set are the same design by Ekaluck Peanpanawate; only the distribution build differs. Both come in two weights, Regular and Bold, and both are free to download.

This is the first thing most people need answered, because Thai government templates call the font “TH Charmonman” — every face in the National Fonts project is prefixed TH — while Google Fonts drops the prefix and lists it simply as “Charmonman”. If a departmental template specifies TH Charmonman and you install the Google Fonts file, the name in the Word font menu will not match, and you need the original TH Charmonman file from the National Fonts distribution instead. The download section below covers both.

The name itself is regularly mistaken for an ordinary Thai word. The Cadson Demak project repository records that the font exists because Prof. Srisakdi Charmonman Ph.D commissioned it, added as a bonus to the SIPA project’s original twelve fonts, which is what made the set thirteen. “Charmonman” is the professor’s surname — just as Srisakdi is his given name. Two fonts in the National Fonts set are named after the same man.

Does TH Charmonman Bold exist, and how do you get it?

It does. TH Charmonman ships in exactly two weights, Regular and Bold — no other weights, no italics — and both arrive in the same download. There is no separate Bold file to hunt for; download the family once and you have both.

Google Fonts metadata records the weights as Regular (400) and Bold (700), matching the two-weight original that Thaifaces documents for TH Charmonman. The Google Fonts build is two TTF files of roughly 117 KB each, and the directory contains no variable-font build.

Practical guidance when choosing between them: the designer describes the face as playing thick strokes against thin, so the thin strokes in Regular thin out noticeably when scaled down or shown on a low-resolution screen. For headings over a colour field, or for documents that will be printed, try Bold first and step down to Regular — not the other way round.

How to download TH Charmonman free

Charmonman is a legitimate free download from Google Fonts and from Cadson Demak’s GitHub repository; the original TH Charmonman file comes from the SIPA National Fonts distribution. Three routes:

1. Google Fonts ZIP — open the Charmonman specimen, click “Get font” and download. You get both Regular and Bold TTFs, no registration.
2. CSS embed — load https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Charmonman:wght@400;700&display=swap in a <link> tag, then set font-family: 'Charmonman', cursive;. Reserve it for headings.
3. GitHub source — the cadsondemak/Charmonman repository holds the project files alongside OFL.txt.

For government documents whose template names the font “TH Charmonman”, use the SIPA build, not the Google Fonts one, because the internal family names differ. Opening an existing document with the wrong name causes Word to substitute another face and the layout shifts. The thirteen National Fonts remain available through Thailand’s open educational resource repository and the f0nt.com release page.

Windows and macOS install steps are in the download panel at the top of this page. To try the letterforms with your own text before downloading, use the Thai font tester.

Name variants and common misspellings

This face is misspelled more often than almost any other free Thai font, because the name is a romanised Thai surname. Every name below refers to the same typeface:

• TH Charmonman — the National Fonts name, and the one in government document templates
• Charmonman — the Google Fonts name, with the TH prefix removed
• จามรมาน — the Thai name, the surname of Prof. Srisakdi Charmonman
• TH Chermonman / Charmomman / Chamonman — frequent misspellings when typing from memory; all mean this font
• TH-Charmonman — the hyphenated form, common in filenames

If you arrived here on a differently spelled query, it is still the same font, and the download links above still apply.

Character design and tone

The designer states directly that Charmonman is loosely based on the same style as Zapfino, and focuses on being a Thai display writing style with a sense of thick and thin strokes. That is the project repository’s own description, not our interpretation.

The Zapfino reference explains most of what you see. Hermann Zapf’s calligraphic face is known for long sweeping tails and letterforms that refuse to sit at a uniform height along the line. Charmonman moves that logic into the Thai writing system: tails extend further than in a typical Thai face, and stroke weight shifts along a single stroke instead of holding steady.

Thaifaces records the Thai-side intent as well — the designer deliberately gave each character its own personality rather than holding to a rigid skeleton, producing a contemporary look distinct from the decorative Thai faces previously reserved for certificate work.

One practical consequence to plan for: high stroke contrast plus long tails means the face needs room. Default line-height will let descenders from one line collide with the upper vowel marks of the next. Set it looser than you think you need.

Best use cases

The project repository recommends Charmonman for “anything associated with royal matters and traditional occasions” — which matches its real role in Thailand more closely than treating it as a Western-style wedding script. Strong briefs:

• Certificates, diplomas, and awards — Thaifaces describes the design as the contemporary alternative to the older decorative Thai faces used for exactly this work
• Titling on ceremonial documents and official programmes
• Invitations to ceremonies, merit-making events, and traditional occasions
• Nameplates and exhibition titles that need a formal Thai register
• Festival greeting cards and any piece where handwritten craft is the point

Where it fails: body text of any kind (the stroke contrast makes it unreadable at small sizes), UI and app copy, contemporary tech and corporate branding, and data tables. For a handwritten feel that still reads as running text, use Kodchasan or Itim; for a looser, more casual script, see Sriracha.

Pairings and near neighbours

Charmonman takes the headline and everything else on the page has to stand back — never pair it with another decorative face. Three combinations that work:

• Sarabun — neutral Thai sans for body text under Charmonman titles
• TH Sarabun PSK — its National Fonts sibling, and the correct choice when a whole document has to stay inside the government-mandated set
• Srisakdi — the other font named after Prof. Srisakdi Charmonman, in a more documentary register, and a good substitute when Charmonman reads as too ornamental

For other free Thai handwriting and display faces worth comparing first, see Charm and the full handwritten Thai font category.

Licensing

Charmonman is released under the SIL Open Font License: free for commercial use, web embedding, modification, and bundling, provided the OFL notice travels with the files. There is no paid tier. Verify at the Google Fonts specimen or the Cadson Demak GitHub repository.

The original TH Charmonman from the National Fonts project is likewise free. On 7 September 2010 the Thai cabinet approved the thirteen National Fonts as the standard fonts for government agencies, with implementation required by 5 December 2010. Neither generation of this design has ever cost anything. Compare the terms against commercial Thai families in the Thai font licensing guide, or browse everything free in the free Thai fonts category.

Information verified as of August 2026