A banner scurrilously attacking renowned Soviet painter Ivan Gogh https://twitter.com/RANDCorporation/status/1209339418647187456 …pic.twitter.com/ZBG5jO2gps
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Further poking around reveals a l33t-speak like way of writing Japanese that uses Cyrillic letters and all kinds of punctuation. Gyaru-moji!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru-moji
Martian Language (吙☆魰) is a similar phenomenon in written Chinese:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_language …
So one term of art for these things is apparently "simulation typefaces". I would love to have more examples of them for non-latin scripts (like Arabic calligraphy pretending to be Chinese characters)pic.twitter.com/5cJSEqUMVe
Sini is a Chinese calligraphic form of Arabic script. It's not really part of the pattern here (since it's entirely legible Arabic, just done with Chinese tools and techniques), but it's too cool not to mention here. https://mvslim.com/this-is-sini-a-chinese-islamic-calligraphy-form-of-the-arabic-script/ …pic.twitter.com/6PTQ9ULft2
Hmm, reverse shibboleths, nice
That's a good name for it!
Aren’t there faux-Hebrew and faux-Indian Latin fonts?
Latin mis-appropriating Greek letterforms is very common in N.American greek restaurants & in anything associated with college fraternity/sorority “greek” clubs.
I remember native greek speaker @LeaVerou complaining about this line of Beyoncé merchandise:https://twitter.com/Jules_adv/status/987641851569156096 …
MY BIG FAT GRSSK WSDDING
Ever seen this “Hebrew” shirt? It’s real Hebrew/Yiddish characters but it spells something in English.pic.twitter.com/3jTleWEwVe
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