I want to learn font design so i can try and make nice Vietnamese fonts. (I know, "i want to learn to code so i can make a dragon mmo" etc)
Using western style accents for the tone marks just doesn't look right. The difference is clear when looking at hand-designed typography and signage.
Semantically, the tone covers the entire syllable. In handwriting this is clear - note the elongated dâu huyền in the first image's "Còn".
The western fonts used in modern digital typography make it look like it's just a property of the vowel instead, which just doesn't look as nice. (And further, gets messy with the actual vowel marks, ă â ê etc)
(It also doesnt help that 70% of vietnamese signs are written in Impact.. anyone know why this is?)
Using western style accents for the tone marks just doesn't look right. The difference is clear when looking at hand-designed typography and signage.
Semantically, the tone covers the entire syllable. In handwriting this is clear - note the elongated dâu huyền in the first image's "Còn".
The western fonts used in modern digital typography make it look like it's just a property of the vowel instead, which just doesn't look as nice. (And further, gets messy with the actual vowel marks, ă â ê etc)
(It also doesnt help that 70% of vietnamese signs are written in Impact.. anyone know why this is?)