Faux Cyrillic
USING CYRILLIC LETTERS TO REPRESENT LATIN ONES
Faux-Cyrillic; Faux-Russian; Faux Russian; Mock Russian; Mock-Russian; Mock-Cyrillic; Mock Cyrillic; Faux cyrillic; List of examples of faux Cyrillic typography; Pseudo-Cyrillic; Pseudo-Russian; Fake Russian; Faцx Cyяillic; Шздя; Fake cyrillic
Faux Cyrillic, pseudo-Cyrillic, pseudo-RussianJen Chen, "Sweater Hip Check", The Pitch (Kansas City), February 15, 2007 online or faux Russian typography is the use of Cyrillic letters in Latin text, usually to evoke the Soviet Union or Russia, though it may be used in other contexts as well. It is a common Western trope used in book covers, film titles, comic book lettering, artwork for computer games, or product packaging"American Perceptions of Vodka Shaken, Not Stirred: An Analysis of the Importance of Vodka’s Foreign Branding Cues and Country-of-Origin Information", Jon Kurland, October 26, 2004 full text which are set in or wish to evoke Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, or Russia.