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From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@haey.ifi.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: I need playing cards in ASCII
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[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.
>     ___   ___   ___   ___   ___   ___
>    |A  | |2  | |3  | |4  | |5  | |6  |
>    | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\| | /\|
>    |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/| |_\/|

excellent work!

>   Here is a larger ancient deck of cards from another decade:
>                                        _____
>            _____                _____ |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|

I love the way you've turned the lettering upside down :-) ("f" is a
good alternative for upside-down J.)


Kjetil T.