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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 6 Dec 2002.
Re: I need playing cards in ASCII

Re: I need playing cards in ASCII

llizard <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> wrote in message news:<5in...@4ax.com>...
> In article <9gN...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
> <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> This overlapping idea intrigues me.
>
---->% snipped all but the joker... %<---- 
>   __
>  JOK|
>  ^%<|

Here is a small deck based on the one above.
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |Av| |Kv| |Qv| |Jv| |tv| |9v| |8v| |7v| |6v| |5v| |4v| |3v| |2v|
  |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__|
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __  
  |a^| |k^| |q^| |j^| |t^| |9^| |8^| |7^| |6^| |5^| |4^| |3^| |2^|
  |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| 
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |A%| |K%| |Q%| |J%| |t%| |9%| |8%| |7%| |6%| |5%| |4%| |3%| |2%| 
  |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__|  
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |A&| |K&| |Q&| |J&| |t&| |9&| |8&| |7&| |6&| |5&| |4&| |3&| |2&|
  |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__| |__|



The original suits are as follows: 
The Church = "Cups" 
The Military = "Swords" 
The Merchant Class = "Pentacles or 5-pointed Stars" 
The Farmers or Peasant Class = "Batons" (or in most of todays Tarot
circles "wands")
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |a | |k | |q | |j | |t | |9 | |8 | |7 | |6 | |5 | |4 | |3 | |2 |
  |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y| |_Y|
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __  
  |a | |k | |q | |j | |t | |9 | |8 | |7 | |6 | |5 | |4 | |3 | |2 |
  |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| |_!| 
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |a | |k | |q | |j | |t | |9 | |8 | |7 | |6 | |5 | |4 | |3 | |2 | 
  |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*| |_*|  
   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __   __
  |A | |K | |Q | |J | |t | |9 | |8 | |7 | |6 | |5 | |4 | |3 | |2 |
  |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\| |_\|

or a REALLY tiny deck, but your going to need to turn your font WAY up
to 74 to read the face cards...

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-Zotiel

P.S. got the suit info from:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/5257/history.html

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