Lanna fonts

On 30 Mar 2005, at 6:59 pm, Dhammanando Bhikkhu wrote:

> Thanks for this information. Do you know if there is yet any font
> available for the Lanna script?

I can now answer my own question: there is a collection
of twelve very beautiful Lanna fonts available at:

se-ed.net/tua-mueng/LANNA.ZIP

This site also has a guide (in Thai) for learning the Lanna script:

se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/1.pdf (consonants)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/2.pdf (vowels)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/3.pdf (spelling)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/4.pdf (numerals)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/5.pdf (use of consonants)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/6.pdf (writing exercises)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/Pali-new.pdf (reading and writing Pali)
se-ed.net/tua-mueng/pdf/Read_Pali.pdf (Pali reading exercises)

In "Pali Philology and the Study of Buddhism", K.R. Norman
remarks regarding Lanna texts:

"It is clear that in very recent years the tradition in
Thailand has been greatly influenced by Burmese and European
editions, but research carried out in libraries in Thailand*
is uncovering manuscripts which seem to be older than
anything we have available from Ceylon and Burma, and some
of the readings found in such manuscripts differ from those
found in the present Thai editions, and give support for
alternative readings which are in many ways superior to
those of our present editions. These manuscripts certainly
pre-date the Burmese Fifth and Sixth Councils, and in
content, if not in actual physical nature, perhaps go back
to the Siamese council held in 1475-77."

[* See O. von Hinueber, "Pali manuscripts of canonical texts
from North Thailand -- a preliminary report", JSS, 71, 1983,
75-88.]

I have not read the von Hinueber article that he refers to.
Does anyone know what he means by "...in many ways superior
to those of our present editions." ?

Best wishes,

Dhammanando