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From: llizard <llizard@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com>
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Subject: Re: I need playing cards in ASCII
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:51:52 -0500
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In article <1radjn85vo.fsf@sex.ifi.uio.no>, Kjetil Torgrim Homme
<kjetilho@haey.ifi.uio.no> wrote:

>[llizard]:
>>
>>   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 |
>    |(`') |(v)| |(")| |(~)| |(`)|
>    |_\/| |_V_| |_V_| |_V_| |_\_|
>
>a few diddle variants.  I think I prefer the ace of hearts.

I tried a number of variations that included some of those you show
but actually ended up preferring the 10(`) that you left in its
original state.                         \

To each his own... >%^7^^^7^^

>>     ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___
>>    |A  | |2  | |3  | |4  | |5  | |6  |
>>    | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\|
>>    |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/|
>
>excellent work!
>
>>   Here is a larger ancient deck of cards from another decade:
>>                                        _____
>>            _____                _____ |6    |
>>           |2    | _____        |5    || ^ ^ |
[snip]
>>                                     _____           |^ ^ ^||^ ^ ^|
>>                             _____  |K  WW|          |____8||^ ^ ^|
>>                     _____  |Q  ww| | ^ {)|                 |____6|
>>              _____ |J  ww| | ^ {(| |(.)%%| _____
>>             |10 ^ || ^ {)| |(.)%%| | |%%%||A .  |
>>             |^ ^ ^||(.)% | | |%%%| |_%%%>|| /.\ |
>>             |^ ^ ^|| | % | |_%%%O|        |(_._)|
>>             |^ ^ ^||__%%[|                |  |  |
>>             |___0I|                       |____V|
>
>I love the way you've turned the lettering upside down :-) ("f" is a
>good alternative for upside-down J.)

Thank you. You are too kind. "f" for upside-down "J" would have been a
good alternative. I wish I'd thought of it.

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