But Mali had a problem. Krungthep was too intense for a whole menu. Set an entire paragraph in it, and customers would get a headache. She needed a partner. A font pairing.
And Mali? She learned the golden rule of pairing an ornate Thai display font like Krungthep: Don't look for another beauty. Look for a workhorse with good manners. krungthep font pairing
She paired Krungthep with , a generic, office-default serif. The result was a mess. Two ornate fonts fighting for attention. The menu looked like a 1990s legal document written by a king. Her mentor looked at it and said only: "This is like two peacocks in a tuk-tuk." But Mali had a problem