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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Dec 2002.
Re: I need playing cards in ASCII

Re: I need playing cards in ASCII

In article <slrnaupb6q.bc.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a>, Faux_Pseudo
<Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> wrote:

> _.--- don spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._
>> I'm programming a simple card game for my computor class and was wondering
>> if anyone has some playing cards in ASCII which I could use to show my deck
>> on screen....    thanks
>
>What size?  I think this is the smallest they can be made in the
>correct proportions.  They even support my sig for the backing art.
>
> .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---.
> |Jok| |Jok| |   | |   | |Q& | |Q@ | |Q% | |Q# |
> |   | |   | :F_P: :F_P: |   | |   | |   | |   |
> |   | |   | :F_P: :F_P: |   | |   | |   | |   |
> |Jok| |Jok| |   | |   | | Q&| | Q@| | Q%| | Q#|
> `---' `---' `---' `---' `---' `---' `---' `---'
>						
> .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---. .---.
> |A& | |A@ | |A% | |A# | |J& | |J@ | |J% | |J# |
> |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   |
> |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   | |   |
[snip]
>
>'---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~

Those are the smallest you say? Aha!  A challenge!

While I agree that these might not be exactly the right proportions, these
are smaller:
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___ 
 |A  | |K  | |Q  | |J  | |10 |
 |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)|
 |_\_| |_\_| |_\_| |_\_| |_\_|
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___ 
 |A  | |2  | |3  | |4  | |5  | |6  |
 | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\|
 |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/|
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___
 |A  | |2  | |3  | |4  | |5  | |6  | |7  |
 | ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ | | ^ |
 |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)|     ejm
  ___   ___   ___   ___  
 |A  | |K  | |Q  | |J  | 
 | O | | O | | O | | O | 
 |O,O| |O,O| |O,O| |O,O| etc. etc.            
  ___
 |JOK|
 |^%<|
 |___| 

Here is a larger ancient deck of cards from another decade:
            _____
           |\ ~ /|
           |}}:{{|
           |}}:{{|  _____
           |}}:{{| |Joker|
           |/_~_\| |==%, |
                   | \/>\|
      ejm          | _>^^|           _____
         _____     |/_\/_|    _____ |6    |
        |2    | _____        |5    || ^ ^ | 
        |  ^  ||3    | _____ | ^ ^ || ^ ^ | _____
        |     || ^ ^ ||4    ||  ^  || ^ ^ ||7    |
        |  ^  ||     || ^ ^ || ^ ^ ||____9|| ^ ^ | _____
        |____Z||  ^  ||     ||____S|       |^ ^ ^||8    | _____
               |____E|| ^ ^ |              | ^ ^ ||^ ^ ^||9    |
                      |____h|              |____L|| ^ ^ ||^ ^ ^|
                                  _____           |^ ^ ^||^ ^ ^|
                          _____  |K  WW|          |____8||^ ^ ^|
                  _____  |Q  ww| | ^ {)|                 |____6|
           _____ |J  ww| | ^ {(| |(.)%%| _____
          |10 ^ || ^ {)| |(.)%%| | |%%%||A .  |
          |^ ^ ^||(.)% | | |%%%| |_%%%>|| /.\ |
          |^ ^ ^|| | % | |_%%%O|        |(_._)|
          |^ ^ ^||__%%[|                |  |  |
          |___0I|                       |____V|
                                     _____
         _____                _____ |6    |
        |2    | _____        |5    || & & | 
        |  &  ||3    | _____ | & & || & & | _____
        |     || & & ||4    ||  &  || & & ||7    |
        |  &  ||     || & & || & & ||____9|| & & | _____
        |____Z||  &  ||     ||____S|       |& & &||8    | _____
               |____E|| & & |              | & & ||& & &||9    |
                      |____h|              |____L|| & & ||& & &|
                                  _____           |& & &||& & &|
                          _____  |K  WW|          |____8||& & &|
                  _____  |Q  ww| | o {)|                 |____6|
           _____ |J  ww| | o {(| |o o%%| _____
          |10 & || o {)| |o o%%| | |%%%||A _  |
          |& & &||o o% | | |%%%| |_%%%>|| ( ) |
          |& & &|| | % | |_%%%O|        |(_'_)|
          |& & &||__%%[|                |  |  |
          |___0I|                       |____V|
                                     _____
         _____                _____ |6    |
        |2    | _____        |5    || v v | 
        |  v  ||3    | _____ | v v || v v | _____
        |     || v v ||4    ||  v  || v v ||7    |
        |  v  ||     || v v || v v ||____9|| v v | _____
        |____Z||  v  ||     ||____S|       |v v v||8    | _____
               |____E|| v v |              | v v ||v v v||9    |
                      |____h|              |____L|| v v ||v v v|
                                  _____           |v v v||v v v|
                          _____  |K  WW|          |____8||v v v|
                  _____  |Q  ww| |   {)|                 |____6|
           _____ |J  ww| |   {(| |(v)%%| _____
          |10 v ||   {)| |(v)%%| | v%%%||A_ _ |
          |v v v||(v)% | | v%%%| |_%%%>||( v )|
          |v v v|| v % | |_%%%O|        | \ / |
          |v v v||__%%[|                |  .  |
          |___0I|                       |____V|
                                     _____
         _____                _____ |6    |
        |2    | _____        |5    || o o | 
        |  o  ||3    | _____ | o o || o o | _____
        |     || o o ||4    ||  o  || o o ||7    |
        |  o  ||     || o o || o o ||____9|| o o | _____
        |____Z||  o  ||     ||____S|       |o o o||8    | _____
               |____E|| o o |              | o o ||o o o||9    |
                      |____h|              |____L|| o o ||o o o|
                                  _____           |o o o||o o o|
                          _____  |K  WW|          |____8||o o o|
                  _____  |Q  ww| | /\{)|                 |____6|
           _____ |J  ww| | /\{(| | \/%%| _____
          |10 o || /\{)| | \/%%| |  %%%||A ^  |
          |o o o|| \/% | |  %%%| |_%%%>|| / \ |
          |o o o||   % | |_%%%O|        | \ / |
          |o o o||__%%[|                |  .  |
          |___0I|                       |____o|

-- 
llizard aka ejm  >%^7^^^7^^
llizard@idirec+.ca
ASCII-art & ASCII-animation
www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ascii-art/

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