Dominik sent me this (Thank you!) from Russia:
(Though it is in many ways derived from Latin, so it is inherently Latinised…)
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Yes that’s why I said it’s inherently latinised, part of the concept I guess. But yes, that C looks sad!
Very funny. :)
I saw many ‘SUBWAYs’ in Moscow
but never saw them ‘cyrilized’ this way. :)
The ‘inventor’ of cyrillic version didn’t think much.
He just used Futura bold cyrilized by Vladimir Efimov in 90-es. :)
The letterforms in САБВЭЙ are all pretty standard post-Petrine Russian letters, so ‘Latinised’ yes, but they were made that way 300 years ago.
The attempt to ape the English logotype is amusing though, in a sad way. That really doesn’t work.
Left by J Hudson on July 12th, 2007