Its sturdy serifs, considerate contrast, and distinguishable diacritics are essential for setting text in Vietnamese. Recipient of the CommArts award in 2011, Łukasz Dziedzic’s FF More Pro has an extensive family of 48 fonts. While remains to its roots, Cabin has its own personality and a set of sturdy diacritics for the Vietnamese language. Inspired by Edward Johnston’s and Eric Gill’s humanist sans, Impallari Type’s Cabin has modern proportions, optical adjustments, and elements of the geometric sans. Its elegant typographic details and refined diacritics are indispensable for setting formal documents and poetry in Vietnamese. Winner of the Type Directors Club’s 2007 Type Design Competition, Arno, designed by Robert Slimbach, has humanist features from the past and functional qualities of the present. Its companion, Alegreya Sans, is also compelling. With its unique characteristics and sturdy support for diacritics, Alegreya is an ideal choice for setting literary text in Vietnamese. See specimen ALEGREYAĬhosen as one of 53 “Fonts of the Decade” at the ATypI Letter2’s 2011 competition, Alegreya, designed by Juan Pablo del Peral, is a dynamic, harmonious text face. Better yet, Alda has strong, beautiful support for Vietnamese dicritics. Each weight is speficially designed to be recognazible at large sizes and cohesive at small text sizes. See specimen ALDAĪlda, designed by Berton Hasebe, is a robust, study, and elegant serif typeface. Its calligraphic features (teardrop horns) combined with utilitarian diacritical marks (short accents and close-to-the-base letters) make Adobe Text legible for setting body copy in Vietnamese.

See specimen ADOBE TEXTĪdobe Text, designed by Robert Slimbach, is flexible and economical. The sans serif text on this site is set in Acumin. Its broad range of weight and width variations combined with strong diacritics provide limitless Vietnamese typographic opportunities. ACUMINĪcumin, designed by Robert Slimbach, is a neo-grotesque typeface with a family of 90 fonts.

Each typeface has been carefully selected and reviewed for flexibility, legibility, and readability. The following recommended typefaces serve as a guide to help designers make typographic choices for setting Vietnamese text.

Fonts for vietnamese words