Đông Trúc Nguyễn

Đông Trúc Nguyễn is a graphic designer from Việt Nam and currently a type design student of EsadType 2022-2024. After receiving Bachelor in Graphic Design at Hồ Chí Minh University of Fine Art in 2020, she embarked on a journey of self-education on type design. While living in a rich culture city and getting exposure to 20th-century publications, her interest in typeface began to take root. She finds herself captivated by the typography crafted by Vietnamese artists in this period. She is particularly enamored with their creative manipulation of Vietnamese diacritics and letterforms. Becoming a student at EsadType represents a significant milestone in her career. Her primary objective in the meantime is to grasp the fundamental principles of type design and explore the challenges that must be addressed when designing Vietnamese typefaces. She also immerses herself in linguistic research to create a Vietnamese text typeface. She aims to improve Vietnamese speakers’ reading experience and strengthen and diversify the type design community in Vietnam.