See the links below for more information. In Windows, Macintosh/iOS and Droid, input options for the Western Vietnamese alphabet is available. Information about Chu Nom fonts can be found at these sources.
Many third party fonts for Phonetic Characters may also include Vietnamese characters (in the Latin Extended B block) Chu Nom Fonts Fonts by Platform Western Windows/MacĪ large number of Western fonts such as Times New Roman, Helvetica, Comic Sans, Century Schoolbook, Palatino and more include the appropriate Vietnamese characters.Ĭheck your font to see if the correct characters Third Party Fonts If this site is not displaying correctly, see the Browser Setup page for debugging information. If you have your browser configured correctly, the Web site below should display Some characters specific to Chu Nom may not yet be encoded in Unicode or available in a typical Chinese font. Chinese Scriptīefore the 20th century, Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt) was written in both the Chinese script and adapted Chinese script called Chu Nom ( Chữ-nôm) By 1920, the country had switched to a version of the Latin alphabet called Quoc Ngu ( quốc ngữ). Any font supporting this block supports Vietnamese. UnicodeĪlphabetic characters specific to Vietnamese are in the Latin Extended B block in Unicode. As a result, users must ensure they have access to fonts and keyboards needed for reading and inputting the tone marks. The Roman alphabet Modern Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt) the alphabet uses a large number of additional accents for marking tones. Vietnamese Writing and Encoding Western Alphabet