Kent Lew on Nostr: A-Z a-z has only ever really been just the beginning. Type design is much more than ...

A-Z a-z has only ever really been just the beginning. Type design is much more than the alphabet. 😉

Regarding Vietnamese support: it’s difficult to quantify the time aspect. Some required characters are trivial to add (e.g. ẽ). Some uniquely VIT glyphs require more consideration, like the shape of the horn, along with its connection to a stem (ư) versus a round (ơ). Or how to approach the hook tone ( ̉ ). And the handling of tones on the circumflex vowels (e.g., ấầẩẫ), where to place them and whether to adjust form accordingly, etc.

Then there are additional kerning considerations, like đĩ or ơ”.

So it’s definitely an investment in time.

I would suspect most type designers treat VIT develpment as a focused phase unto itself.