I'm not sure how broad the change was, but I do have a footnote to add to this.
When USPC made a reprint of the Aristocrats in April of 2011, they took the change a step further, replacing the "R" for Russell in the center of the spade on the Ace of Spades with an "A" for Aristocrat, done in the same font so as to appear similar. The reprints are pretty nice as well, among my favorite decks for playing card games like poker and have some nice metallic-ink details on the court cards as well as the deep "casino red" on the hearts and diamonds. It's one of the last decks they produced that used the Aristocrat stock - it's no longer available.