Industry: Design

Typeface Design for a Multiscript Font Family

One voice, two scripts—Thai and Latin designed in parallel

Pristine is a bilingual typeface family covering Thai and Latin scripts, designed by Mint Tantisuwanna with font engineering by Rafał Buchner, released by Typotheque in 2025. The two scripts were developed in parallel so each could inform the other while preserving culturally distinct details—looped Thai forms and Latin calligraphic gestures converge on a shared warm, informal tone. High contrast, soft curves, and teardrop terminals characterise the family. Pristine received a TDC Typographic Excellence award in 2025.

Set in Pristine

Insights

Scripts were designed concurrently so formal decisions in one writing system could directly influence the other, rather than adapting one script to match a finished design.
Looped Thai forms and Latin calligraphic flourishes serve as equivalent expressive devices, evoking a shared tone through script-appropriate means.
OpenType decorative alternates provide swash-like Latin variants, allowing a range from friendly to ornate within the same family, positioned for headlines and branding.