Handwritten Russian
I have seen some people write л like a triangle with the bottom line missing. Is this considered an equally acceptable way to write the letter, or is it considered sloppy?
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It is the prototypal shape of that letter (it comes from the Greek letter Λλ).
Russian Л is only written as a trapezoid in printed fonts—which is a bit like lowercase "a" or "g" only using their complicated shape by typefaces, while in writing a simplier outline is preferred.
Yep, this is how it is written. I believe some fonts also have a shape more like what you described, with pointed top rather than л shape.
The Д you can write like a triangle with legs.
Note that written printed format is slightly different to cursive.
That's used sometimes in printed Russian too. Another thing you'll see sometimes is Δ instead of Д.
Here is a selection of how the Cyrillic looks in various typefaces. Only a really Grotesque geometric one will have a triangle for Д
I've seen it quite a few times, but often it was in really grotesque typefaces. I'll see if I can find some of them again.
Nope. Never. Unless someone is getting overly creative, you know, logos and stuff.
