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From: llizard <llizard@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com>
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Subject: Re: I need playing cards in ASCII
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In article <9gNd9WC45X79EwBh@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
<dave@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article<cudpuu40mn10vg4i5c789nkk7bjnqu7m2i@4ax.com>, llizard
><llizard@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> writes:
>>While I agree that these might not be exactly the right proportions, these
>>are smaller:
>>  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___ 
>> |A  | |K  | |Q  | |J  | |10 |
>> |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)|
>> |_\_| |_\_| |_\_| |_\_| |_\_|
>
> It depends whether you liken the 'ugly' cheat of letting
> the picture flow over the frame like this
>  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___     ___ 
> |A  | |K  | |Q  | |J  | |10 | |9  | |8  | |7  | |6  | |5  |...|2  |
> |('') |('') |('') |('') |('') |('') |('') |('') |('') |('')   |('')
> |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/|   |_\/|
[snip]
>It may be possible to go even smaller
>  __   __ 
> |a | |k |  [snip]
> |(') |(')  [snip]
> |_'| |_'|  [snip]
>  __ 
> |a |    [snip]
> |oOo    [snip]
> |/_\    [snip]

[SNIP]

>To go any further, the letter overlaps the picture
>     
> |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\|
> |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/| |\/|
> 
> |aOo |kOo |qOo |jOo |tOo |9Oo |8Oo |7Oo |6Oo |5Oo |4Oo |3Oo |2Oo
> |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\ |/_\
>
> |a)| |k)| |q)| |j)| |t)| |9)| |8)| |7)| |6)| |5)| |4)| |3)| |4)|
> |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\|
[snip of smallest "letter" decks]
>The advantage to these in, say, a bridge program is that they have
>a more natural 'feel' and are quicker to pick up visually than letters. 

This overlapping idea intrigues me.

  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___ 
 |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)| |(`)|  _ _ _  
 |A\_| |K\_| |Q\_| |J\_| |10_|          ejm
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___          ___
 | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| _ _ _  | /\| _ _ _  
 |A\/| |2\/| |3\/| |4\/| |5\/| |6\/|        |10/| 
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___         ___
 |A^ | |2^ | |3^ | |4^ | |5^ | |6^ | |7^ | _ _ _ |10 | _ _ _  
 |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)| |(,)|       |(,)|  
  ___   ___   ___   ___   ___ 
 |AO | |KO | |QO | |JO | |10 |
 |O,O| |O,O| |O,O| |O,O| |O,O| etc. etc.            
  ___
 |JOK|
 |^%<| 


OR:

  __   __   __   __   __       __
 (`)| (`)| (`)| (`)| (`)|     (`)|  _ _ _  
 |\A| |\K| |\Q| |\J| |10| or: |\0|          ejm
  __   __   __   __   __   __          __       __
 |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| |/\| _ _ _  |/\| or: |/\| _ _ _ 
 |\A| |\2| |\3| |\4| |\5| |\6|        |10|     |\0|       
  __   __   __   __   __   __   __         __
 |^A| |^2| |^3| |^4| |^5| |^6| |^7| _ _ _ |10| or: |^0| _ _ _  
 (,)| (,)| (,)| (,)| (,)| (,)| (,)|       (,)|     (,)|
  __   __   __   __   __        __
 |oA| |oK| |oQ| |oJ| |10| or:  |o0|
 o,o| o,o| o,o| o,o| o,o|      o,o|   etc. etc.            
  __
 JOK|
 ^%<|


-- 
llizard aka ejm  >%^7^^^7^^
llizard@idirec+.ca
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