Greek letters used in English text
- Greek letters used in English text
Graphic designers sometimes employ faux Greek or pseudo-Greek typography to evoke Greece or Greeks by replacing Latin letters with Greek letters resembling them in appearance.
By far the most common substitution is Σ (sigma) for "E", though sometimes "Δ" (delta) is used for "D", and Θ (theta) or Ω (omega) for "O".
This effect is usually restricted to text set in all caps, as lowercase Greek letters do not resemble Latin letters.
Examples
* The television series GRΣΣK.
* The movie MY BIG FAT GRΣΣK WEDDING
ee also
* Faux Cyrillic
* Foreign branding
* Heavy metal umlaut for a similar practice in the field of heavy metal
* Greeklish, a convention for writing Greek using Latin characters
* Leet for a similar manner of replacing Latin letters with other glyphs that resemble them
* IDN homograph attack
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