The Russian Paul McCartney album, CHOBA B CCCP

Graphic designers sometimes employ faux Cyrillic 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 flavor". Other examples include Ш for W, Ц for U, Г for r, Ф for O, Д for A, and Ч or У for Y. Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942) is an English singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Ya (Я, я) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the iotated vowel (IPA). ... I or Y (И, и) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, pronounced in Russian, or in Ukrainian. ...

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). Cursive is any style of handwriting in which all the letters in a word are connected, making a word one single (complicated) stroke. ...

This is a common Western trope used in book covers, film titles, comic book lettering, and artwork for computer games 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. The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... A trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element, symbol, and icon of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface or arranged in a particular way. ... Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, and actor. ... The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is a 1966 American comedy film. ... Toys R Us is a toy store chain based in the United States. ...

It should be noted that none of the Cyrillic characters below is pronounced the same way as their Roman lookalikes:

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetic (pho-NET-ic) is a nationwide voicemail-to-text messaging service available for most digital mobile phones in which a subscriber is provided a custom voice mailbox for the purpose of receiving all incoming voice messages as actual transcribed text for reading via short messaging (also known as SMS... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... Ya (Я, я) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the iotated vowel (IPA). ... R is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. ... I or Y (И, и) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet, pronounced in Russian, or in Ukrainian. ... This article is about the letter N. For the Flash game, see N (game). ... Sha (Ш, ш) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant sound /ʃ/ or /ʃʲ/. It is equivalent to sh in English, ch in French, sch in German, ş in Turkish, or sz in Polish. ... W is the twenty-third letter of the modern Latin alphabet. ... Tse (Ц, ц) is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ... U is the twenty-first letter of the modern Latin alphabet. ... Ef (Ф, ф) is the twenty-first letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... This is for the letter O. For Oxygen, see here. ... De (Д, д) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. ... Look up A, a in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Che (Ч, ч) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the consonant cluster /tS/ or /tS/ (like the ch in change). Categories: Cyrillic letters | Language stubs ... Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. ... U (У, у) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the vowel /u/. Categories: Cyrillic letters | Language stubs ... Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. ...

Examples of faux Cyrillic

LP, the first album by The Soviettes, uses faux Cyrillic in the band's name.

International poster for the Russian film Night Watch. Underneath the English title is a faux Cyrillic transliteration of the pronunciation of the film's Russian title, Nochnoi Dozor. It clearly differs from the original Cyrillic Ночной дозор

• APPAЯATCHIK, a fanzine.
• Cover artwork for Paul McCartney's album CHOBA B CCCP ("PAUL McCARTИEЧ")
• Cover artwort for Spandau Ballet's 1981 album Journeys to Glory ("SPДNDДU BДLLET", "JΦURNEYS TΦ GLΦRY", "REFΦRMДTIΦN")
• Computer game TETЯIS
• LЭИIИGЯAD COWBOYS, a Finnish, but "fake Russian" band, spelled with varying amounts of faux Cyrillic.

Further information: List of examples of faux Cyrillic typography

Image File history File links TheSoviettes_LP.jpg Summary Album cover for The Soviettes LP. Licensing This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music or... Image File history File links TheSoviettes_LP.jpg Summary Album cover for The Soviettes LP. Licensing This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music or... The Soviettes are a four-person punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2000. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (462x690, 126 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (462x690, 126 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Night Watch (Russian: Ночной Дозор [Nochnoy Dozor]) is a 2004 film. ... Apparatchik (APPAЯATCHIK) was a fanzine by Andrew Hooper, Carl Juarez, and Victor Gonzalez. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... CHOBA B CCCP was an album recorded by Paul McCartney for exclusive release in the USSR. The album would later be released elsewhere in 1991 with an additional track. ... Spandau Ballet was a popular British band in the 1980s. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Tetris is a popular computer puzzle game. ... The Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish rock and roll band, famous for its humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir. ... This is a list of examples of faux Cyrillic typography LP, the first album by The Soviettes, uses faux Cyrillic in the bands name. ...

See also

• Foreign branding
• Heavy metal umlaut for a similar practice in the field of heavy metal
• Greek sigmas (Σ) can be employed as the capital Roman E, for instance in the RCA brand name Erato was written Σrato in the logo.
• Volapük encoding, an informal rendering of Cyrillic text over Latin-alphabet ASCII.
• Engrish
• Cyrillic