Thow by Dương Trần

Ten years after the launch of Vietnamese Typography, I am proud to feature for the first time a Vietnamese typeface designed by a Vietnamese type designer: Thow, designed by Dương Trần.

Inspired by the typeset in Đông Dương Tạp Chí (1913–1919), a Vietnamese newspaper in Hà Nội founded by François-Henri Schneider and Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh, Thow is a transitional text family with contemporary features including generous x-heights, open terminals, and distinguishable diacritics. For Vietnamese, its acute, grave, and hook above stack to the right of its circumflex.

Take a look at Thow’s Vietnamese specimen and license it over at Future Fonts.