# Hàn Thế Thành

> Vietnamese computer scientist

**Wikidata**: [Q93155](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93155)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/han-the-thanh

## Summary
Hàn Thế Thành is a Vietnamese computer scientist (born 1972) known for academic work on the TeX typesetting system. His most notable documented contribution is an academic thesis titled "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system."

## Biography
- Born: 1972, Vietnam
- Nationality: Vietnam
- Education: Masaryk University (academic thesis: "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system")
- Known for: Academic research on micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system
- Field(s): Computer science

## Contributions
Hàn Thế Thành’s concrete documented contribution is his academic thesis, titled "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system." The thesis is recorded as his academic work while educated at Masaryk University. This work explicitly addresses micro-typography within the context of TeX, a widely used typesetting system in technical and academic publishing. The thesis title indicates a focus on extending TeX’s typographic capabilities at a fine-grained (micro-typographic) level; the entry in his structured record identifies this thesis as a key authored work. Beyond the thesis, available structured data lists him as a computer scientist of Vietnamese citizenship and gives alternate name forms (Han The Thanh, Thành). He is indexed in knowledge resources (for example a Google Knowledge Graph identifier is recorded). Entries about him exist across multiple Wikipedia language editions (German, Portuguese, Vietnamese), indicating documented public presence and recognition in reference sources.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Hàn Thế Thành?
A: Hàn Thế Thành is a Vietnamese computer scientist, born in 1972, known principally for an academic thesis on micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system.

### Q: What notable work did he produce?
A: His notable documented work is an academic thesis titled "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system," produced during his education at Masaryk University.

### Q: Where was he educated?
A: He was educated at Masaryk University, where he completed the academic thesis listed in his record.

### Q: What are his name variants and identifiers?
A: He is also known as Han The Thanh and Thành. A Google Knowledge Graph identifier is recorded as /g/12116jw6, and he has Wikipedia entries in German, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.

## Why They Matter
Hàn Thế Thành’s documented work focuses on micro-typography within TeX, a core typesetting system used extensively in scientific, technical, and academic publishing. Research and development in micro-typography address fine-grained typographic features — the kinds of details that affect the visual quality and readability of complex documents. By producing an academic thesis on micro-typographic extensions to TeX, Hàn contributed a focused scholarly examination of how TeX can be extended at the micro-typographic level. This contribution is part of the broader academic and technical discourse surrounding TeX and digital typesetting. His recorded presence in multiple language Wikipedias and knowledge resources underscores that his work has been sufficiently documented to attain public and reference recognition. For students and researchers investigating TeX extensions or the history of micro-typography research, his thesis stands as a specific, citable piece of scholarship linked to Masaryk University and to the community of researchers working on typesetting systems.

## Notable For
- Authoring the academic thesis "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system."
- Education at Masaryk University with documented academic output.
- Being a Vietnamese computer scientist with recorded public reference entries (Wikipedia in de, pt, vi).
- Alternate name forms recorded: Han The Thanh, Thành.
- Recorded identifier in knowledge systems: Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/12116jw6.

## Body
### Personal details
- Full name components: given name Thành; family name Hàn.
- Gender: male.
- Birth year: 1972.
- Birth place: Vietnam.
- Citizenship: Vietnam.
- Aliases: Han The Thanh; Thành.

### Education and academic work
- Educated at Masaryk University.
- Academic thesis: "Micro-typographic extensions to the TeX typesetting system."
  - The thesis title is the principal documented scholarly work in his structured record.

### Professional identity
- Occupation: computer scientist.
- Instance: human.
- Work area recorded as computer science in structured properties.

### Public and reference records
- Wikidata description: Vietnamese computer scientist.
- Wikipedia language entries: German (de), Portuguese (pt), Vietnamese (vi).
- Google Knowledge Graph identifier: /g/12116jw6.
- Sitelink count in structured data: 3.

### Documentation and sources
- Birth date (year 1972) is referenced to an interview/source indicated in the structured record.
- The academic thesis title is recorded as his academic output; the structured data ties this work to his education at Masaryk University.

(Note: This entry is compiled strictly from the provided structured source material and does not add facts beyond that material.)

## References

1. [Source](https://tug.org/interviews/thanh.html)