Graphic Designer s sometimes employ Typography to give a Soviet or Russian feel to text, by replacing Latin letters with Cyrillic letters resembling them in appearance. A simple way to accomplish this is to replace capital letters ''R'' and ''N'' with Cyrillic Я and И , for some "Яussiaи flavour". Other examples include Ш for W, Ц for U, Г for r, Ф for O, Д for A, and Ч or У for Y.
This effect is usually restricted to text set in all-caps. In Cyrillic typography, most upright lowercase letters resemble smaller uppercase letters, unlike the more distinctive forms of Latin-alphabet type ( Cursive Cyrillic letters are more differentiated).
This is a common Western Trope used in book covers, film titles, comic book lettering, and Art work for Computer Game s which are set in the Soviet Union or Russian Federation . An early example was the Logo for Norman Jewison 's film '' The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming ''; more are listed below. It is important to note that not all names with Cyrillic-like characters in them are Faux Cyrillic; an example is the imitation of small children's erroneous writing of mirrored letters, such as the mirrored "R" in the Toys Я Us American toy store name.
It should be noted that none of the Cyrillic characters below is pronounced the same way as their Roman lookalikes:
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- "KRЦМ" for Viktor Krum ’s last name, as spelled on a card mosaic held by a cheering crowd at the Quidditch World Cup, in '' Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (film) ''.
- '' APPAЯATCHIK '', a Fanzine .
- Cover artwork for Paul McCartney's album '' CHOBA B CCCP '' ("PAUL McCARTИEЧ")
- Computer Game '' TETЯIS ''
- In the computer game '' Warcraft II '', the backdrop of the level briefings is a book which is written in real Cyrillic; but the language is actually English. The letter Che (ч) is used to write the letter H.
- LЭИIИGЯAD COWBOYS , a Finnish, but "fake Russian" band, spelled with varying amounts of faux Cyrillic.
- In Copenhagen (in Denmark) you can buy shirts with the names of parts of Copenhagen. ( ИФЯЯЕРОЯТ , СНЯІЅТІАИІА , КФЬЕИНАVИ etc. Here Ф corresponds to Ø .)
- The website Exquisite Corpse uses it in their letterhead (i.e. CФЯPZe).
- Frank Zappa's "I don't wanna get drafted" single features the text IБ ТНIБ ТЯIP ЯEДГГУ ИEСEББДЯУ ?
- Franz Ferdinand's music video for " This Fire " features "И"s instead of "N"s as well as the phrases "БГЗAKING NЗШЖ" (Breaking News) and "РHEИOМЗИѦ" (Phenomena) on a Russian news station.
- The film '' Red Heat '' (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi ), of which a great part takes place in Soviet Russia and concerns a partnership between a Russian and an American officer, has faux Cyrillic in its end credits.
- The early seasons of the television series '''' used faux Cyrillic signs to indicate an " Iron Curtain " location.
- The Airfix model kit of the standard Russia n Launch Vehicle included a Decal for the display base, bearing faux Cyrillic designations for the Sputnik, Vostok and Soyuz programs, and for the USSR itself, even though the correct Cyrillic spellings (Спутник, Восток, Союз and СССР) are all fairly common knowledge in the West, and particularly among those with an interest in space exploration.
- Apparel company .
- Mexican TV shows ''LA HORA DEЯBEZ'', ''DEЯBEZ en CUANDO'', and ''XHDЯBZ''
- The , features a particularly egregious example of Faux Cyrillic.
- NIИ, or Nine Inch Nails
- KoЯn, or Korn
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