Mẫu Chữ Thảo Tiếng Việt

Countries

Vietnam

Languages

Vietnamese

Model parameters

Uppercase

Decorative

Lowercase

Continuous Cursive

Connection

Fully-joined

Slant

Upright

Update

09.11.2023

In June 2002, the mẫu chữ thảo tiếng việt, or the Vietnamese official cursive script, was adopted through Decision 31/2002/QĐ-BGD&ĐT of the Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo, or Ministry of Education and Training. It has been mandatory since 2002–03. The creator of the writing samples is not credited, and no official digital typeface for the model exists.

Print script or pre-cursive letters are not taught, and students only learn cursive writing. They start with uppercase letters of medium size in Grade 1, moving to smaller sized letters in Grade 2, and in Grade 3, they are expected to write fluently in both cases.

The model shows four versions of a continuous cursive style — (a) upright, monolinear (b) upright with contrast, i.e. with a marked difference between thick and thin strokes (c) 15° sloped, monolinear (d) 15° sloped with contrast. Of these, the upright versions are prioritised for teaching, and the rest may be introduced if the situation is conducive.

In all four styles, lowercase letters are joined and have tall extenders and round foundational forms. Uppercase letters are decorative and not all of them join with succeeding lowercase letters. It is also specified that in fluent handwriting, diacritics, as well as strokes such as the bar of the “t”, should be written after all the letters that make up a word.

References

  • Hưởng, T.M., 2010. Dạy và học Tập viết ở Tiểu học, 4th ed. Nhà Xuất Bản Giáo Dục Việt Nam.

  • Mẫu chữ thảo tiếng việt [WWW Document], 2002. . GD GROUP. URL https://gdgroup.vn/products/bo-mau-chu-viet (accessed 10.31.23).

  • Quyết định số 31/2002/QĐ-BGD&ĐT, 2002.