อ่านต่อคลิกที่นี้

อ่านต่อคลิกที่นี้

        Since the first printing press together with Thai movable typeface was introduced to Thailand in 1839 by American Baptist missionaries, mass printing and typeface has been fully exploited by many parties for the past 160 years. What once individualized means to communication became popularized as a universal tool accessible to greatly wider ordinary people. In this investigative article, the developmental history of Thai typeface is examined in the light of the history of social and cultural transformation. Here, 10 typefaces which have played a significant role in shaping the face of the nation in various contexts are scrutinized.

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       After already nine months of weaving, Sumaiyah's very first carpet, one meter wide and one and a half meters long, was still not finished. But this was not unusual - Persian carpets required a great deal of patience, skill and delicacy to complete, and if done by hand, could take up to an entire year to finish. Considering that a standard quality Persian carpet should have at least 30 - 40 knots in one square centimeter, Sumaiyah would have had to tie at least an incredulous 54,000 knots by hand to complete her carpet... 

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       "The regular broom, which costs approximately 30 - 50 baht, can be used for only three to four months. But the Saeng Jan broom, priced at approximately 100-250 baht, can be used for up to three years..." The very popular Saeng Jan broom had its unsuspected beginnings some 20 years ago, when, in 1984, a Mr. Nguan brought about 4 kilos of a special kind of grain from Taiwan to be grown in Thailand, for export back to Taiwan to be used in the production of brooms. But thanks to Mr. Nguan, Manu Jantapan and his resourceful wife, Khun Saeng Jan, the Saeng Jan broom soon became the pride of the Khuntan District in Chiang Rai. 

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