Cyrillize It!: A Guide on Cyrillic Typography for Graphic Designers

Cyrillic is a script used in numerous primarily eastern and southern Slavic languages in Europe and Asia. "Cyrillize it!" is an introductory work for graphic designers who are not native to the Cyrillic script, and cannot read Cyrillic-based languages. The book offers a method of dealing meaningfully and successfully with writing systems other than your own. The approach is based on constantly drawing parallels between Latin and Cyrillic, thus making a foreign script more familiar to non-native users. The author reflects about the relevance of Cyrillic in the modern world, looks at the history and currrent design trends, provides an overview of the typographic rules, and provides examples of Cyrillic graphic design works. With a playful and esthetically appealing design, the publication is also of interest to non-designers who are generally curious about the topic of Cyrillic script and related cultures.

Cyrillic is a script applied by more than 250 million people across Europe and Asia using more than 100 languages. Within the last 15 years it has become increasingly more visible, popular, and utilized in the West.

The Ukrainian author reflects on the relevance of Cyrillic in today's world, looks at its history and current design trends, provides an overview of the typographic rules and offers practical advice on designing with Cyrillic type. The book also includes interviews with graphic and type design professionals.

In our globalized world, in which multiscripturalism is increasingly important, Cyrillize it! offers designers a method for professionally and successfully handling a different script system. Featuring a playful and esthetically appealing design, and a number of outstanding examples of contemporary graphic design, the publication is also of interest to everybody generally curious about Cyrillic design and related cultures.

• How to design in a script without being able to read it
• Thematizing relevance of Cyrillic today
• Perspective from both native and non-native speakers
• Includes interviews with professionals