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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
GraphicUSVNameComment
0020
!0021
"0022
#0023
$0024
%0025
&0026
'0027
(0028
)0029
*002A
+002B
,002C
-002D
.002E
/002F
00030
10031
20032
30033
40034
50035
60036
70037
80038
90039
:003A
;003B
<003C
=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
Y0059
Z005A
[005B
\005C
]005D
^005E
_005F
`0060
a0061
b0062
c0063
d0064
e0065
f0066
g0067
h0068
i0069
j006A
k006B
l006C
m006D
n006E
o006F
p0070
q0071
r0072
s0073
t0074
u0075
v0076
w0077
x0078
y0079
z007A
{007B
|007C
}007D
~007E
 00A0
¡00A1
¢00A2
£00A3
¤00A4
¥00A5
¦00A6
¨00A8
©00A9
ª00AA
«00AB
¬00AC
­00AD
®00AE
¯00AF
°00B0
´00B4
µ00B5
00B6
·00B7
¸00B8
º00BA
»00BB
¿00BF
À00C0
Á00C1
Â00C2
Ã00C3
Ä00C4
Å00C5
Æ00C6
Ç00C7
È00C8
É00C9
Ê00CA
Ë00CB
Ì00CC
Í00CD
Î00CE
Ï00CF
Ð00D0
Ñ00D1
Ò00D2
Ó00D3
Ô00D4
Õ00D5
Ö00D6
×00D7
Ø00D8
Ù00D9
Ú00DA
Û00DB
Ü00DC
Ý00DD
Þ00DE
ß00DF
à00E0
á00E1
â00E2
ã00E3
ä00E4
å00E5
æ00E6
ç00E7
è00E8
é00E9
ê00EA
ë00EB
ì00EC
í00ED
î00EE
ï00EF
ð00F0
ñ00F1
ò00F2
ó00F3
ô00F4
õ00F5
ö00F6
÷00F7
ø00F8
ù00F9
ú00FA
û00FB
ü00FC
ý00FD
þ00FE
ÿ00FF
Ā0100
ā0101
Ă0102
ă0103
Ć0106
ć0107
Ĉ0108
ĉ0109
Č010C
č010D
Ď010E
ď010F
Đ0110
đ0111
Ē0112
ē0113
Ĕ0114
ĕ0115
Ě011A
ě011B
Ĝ011C
ĝ011D
Ğ011E
ğ011F
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
ơ01A1
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
1E04
1E05
1E06
1E07
1E08
1E09
1E0C
1E0D
1E0E
1E0F
1E14
1E15
1E16
1E17
1E1C
1E1D
1E20
1E21
1E24
1E25
1E26
1E27
1E28
1E29
1E2E
1E2F
1E30
1E31
1E32
1E33
1E34
1E35
1E36
1E37
1E38
1E39
1E3A
1E3B
1E3E
ḿ1E3F
1E42
1E43
1E46
1E47
1E48
1E49
1E4C
1E4D
1E4E
1E4F
1E50
1E51
1E52
1E53
1E54
1E55
1E5A
1E5B
1E5C
1E5D
1E5E
1E5F
1E62
1E63
1E6C
1E6D
1E6E
1E6F
1E78
1E79
1E7A
1E7B
1E7C
1E7D
1E7E
ṿ1E7F
1E80
1E81
1E82
1E83
1E84
1E85
1E88
1E89
1E8C
1E8D
1E90
1E91
1E92
1E93
1E94
1E95
1E96
1E97
1E98
1E99
1EA0Many 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.
1EA1
1EA2
1EA3
1EA4
1EA5
1EA6
1EA7
1EA8
1EA9
1EAA
1EAB
1EAC
1EAE
1EAF
1EB0
1EB1
1EB2
1EB3
1EB4
1EB5
1EB6
1EB7
1EB8
1EB9
1EBA
1EBB
1EBC
1EBD
1EBE
ế1EBF
1EC0
1EC1
1EC2
1EC3
1EC4
1EC5
1EC6
1EC7
1EC8
1EC9
1ECA
1ECB
1ECC
1ECD
1ECE
1ECF
1ED0
1ED1
1ED2
1ED3
1ED4
1ED5
1ED6
1ED7
1ED8
1ED9
1EDA
1EDB
1EDC
1EDD
1EDE
1EDF
1EE0
1EE1
1EE2
1EE3
1EE4
1EE5
1EE6
1EE7
1EE8
1EE9
1EEA
1EEB
1EEC
1EED
1EEE
1EEF
1EF0
1EF1
1EF2
1EF3
1EF4
1EF5
1EF6
1EF7
1EF8
1EF9
 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
200A
200B
200C
200D
200E
200F
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2018
2019
201A
201B
201C
201D
201E
201F
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
202A
202B
202C
202D
202E
202F
2030
2039
203A
2060
20AB
20AC
2122
25CC
A78B
A78C
FB00
FB01
FB02
FB03
FB04
FFFD

This article formerly appeared on ScriptSource.