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Character Requirements for a Vietnamese font

If a font supports all of the following characters, we believe that most texts in traditional Vietnamese would be able to be typeset. It may also be sufficient for Vietnam’s minority languages if they require Vietnamese-style diacritics. Note, however, that this list does not include required characters for phonetic description of Vietnamese, just orthographic use.

There are comments below about glyph variants that may be needed to support some languages.

The process for developing this list was based on the following (in order of process):

  • Decision to include all Codepage 1258 (Vietnamese) characters
  • Decision to include all characters known to be used in other languages in Vietnam
  • Decision to include all Codepage 1252 and MacRoman characters
  • Decision to include many characters required for publishing (spaces and dashes)
  • Decision that if a combining mark, such as ◌̄ was required, then all precomposed characters with that mark should also be included. (e.g., if a was in the subset, then ā was also included in the subset, but since ◌̇ is not in the subset, then ǡ was not included in the subset).
  • Feedback of the resulting character set
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#0023
$0024
%0025
&0026
'0027
(0028
)0029
*002A
+002B
,002C
-002D
.002E
/002F
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10031
20032
30033
40034
50035
60036
70037
80038
90039
:003A
;003B
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=003D
>003E
?003F
@0040
A0041
B0042
C0043
D0044
E0045
F0046
G0047
H0048
I0049
J004A
K004B
L004C
M004D
N004E
O004F
P0050
Q0051
R0052
S0053
T0054
U0055
V0056
W0057
X0058
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Z005A
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Ē0112
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Ĕ0114
ĕ0115
Ě011A
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ĝ011D
Ğ011E
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Ĥ0124
ĥ0125
Ĩ0128
ĩ0129
Ī012A
ī012B
Ĭ012C
ĭ012D
Ĵ0134
ĵ0135
Ĺ0139
ĺ013A
Ľ013D
ľ013E
Ń0143
ń0144
Ň0147
ň0148
Ō014C
ō014D
Ŏ014E
ŏ014F
Œ0152
œ0153
Ŕ0154
ŕ0155
Ř0158
ř0159
Ś015A
ś015B
Ŝ015C
ŝ015D
Ş015E
ş015F
Š0160
š0161
Ţ0162
ţ0163
Ť0164
ť0165
Ũ0168
ũ0169
Ū016A
ū016B
Ŭ016C
ŭ016D
Ů016E
ů016F
Ŵ0174
ŵ0175
Ŷ0176
ŷ0177
Ÿ0178
Ź0179
ź017A
Ž017D
ž017E
ƀ0180
Ơ01A0
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Ư01AF
ư01B0
Ǎ01CD
ǎ01CE
Ǐ01CF
ǐ01D0
Ǒ01D1
ǒ01D2
Ǔ01D3
ǔ01D4
Ǖ01D5
ǖ01D6
Ǘ01D7
ǘ01D8
Ǚ01D9
ǚ01DA
Ǜ01DB
ǜ01DC
Ǟ01DE
ǟ01DF
Ǣ01E2
ǣ01E3
Ǧ01E6
ǧ01E7
Ǩ01E8
ǩ01E9
ǰ01F0
Ǵ01F4
ǵ01F5
Ǹ01F8
ǹ01F9
Ǻ01FA
ǻ01FB
Ǽ01FC
ǽ01FD
Ǿ01FE
ǿ01FF
Ȃ0202
ȃ0203
Ȇ0206
ȇ0207
Ȋ020A
ȋ020B
Ȏ020E
ȏ020F
Ȓ0212
ȓ0213
Ȗ0216
ȗ0217
Ȟ021E
ȟ021F
Ȩ0228
ȩ0229
Ȫ022A
ȫ022B
Ȭ022C
ȭ022D
Ȳ0232
ȳ0233
Ƀ0243
ʼ02BC
˜02DC
◌̀0300
◌́0301
◌̂0302
◌̃0303
◌̄0304
◌̆0306
◌̈0308
◌̉0309
◌̊030A
◌̌030C
◌̑0311
◌̛031B
◌̣0323
◌̧0327
◌̱0331
◌͏034F
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ḅ1E05
Ḇ1E06
ḇ1E07
Ḉ1E08
ḉ1E09
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Ḏ1E0E
ḏ1E0F
Ḕ1E14
ḕ1E15
Ḗ1E16
ḗ1E17
Ḝ1E1C
ḝ1E1D
Ḡ1E20
ḡ1E21
Ḥ1E24
ḥ1E25
Ḧ1E26
ḧ1E27
Ḩ1E28
ḩ1E29
Ḯ1E2E
ḯ1E2F
Ḱ1E30
ḱ1E31
Ḳ1E32
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Ḷ1E36
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Ḹ1E38
ḹ1E39
Ḻ1E3A
ḻ1E3B
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Ṃ1E42
ṃ1E43
Ṇ1E46
ṇ1E47
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Ṑ1E50
ṑ1E51
Ṓ1E52
ṓ1E53
Ṕ1E54
ṕ1E55
Ṛ1E5A
ṛ1E5B
Ṝ1E5C
ṝ1E5D
Ṟ1E5E
ṟ1E5F
Ṣ1E62
ṣ1E63
Ṭ1E6C
ṭ1E6D
Ṯ1E6E
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Ṹ1E78
ṹ1E79
Ṻ1E7A
ṻ1E7B
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ṽ1E7D
Ṿ1E7E
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Ẉ1E88
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ẑ1E91
Ẓ1E92
ẓ1E93
Ẕ1E94
ẕ1E95
ẖ1E96
ẗ1E97
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ẙ1E99
Ạ1EA0Many Vietnamese characters from .. have a special design (see Glyph Variants for Vietnamese Characters). Note especially where the grave, acute or hook accent is close and offset from the circumflex below it.
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This article formerly appeared on ScriptSource.