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Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by pstadler » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 12:05 PM UTC

Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler
designtaxi.com

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by icebraining » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 12:53 PM UTC

Cute, and they have 54 cards, so I assume there are two Jokers (as a Canasta player, that's important!)

$10 for a deck of cards (+$6 for shipping) is kinda expensive, though, particularly since I'd need two.

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by jrmg » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 12:53 PM UTC

I love the design on these, but on a practical level it looks to me that you might be able to glean some information on what's on the face side of the card by looking at the edges, since the designs are full-bleed.

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by pstadler » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 1:00 PM UTC

Site seems to be fairly stressed. Here's the link to the designer's page: http://helveticards.uberdm.com/

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by wgx » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 1:25 PM UTC

jrmg wrote: post #3

I love the design on these, but on a practical level it looks to me that you might be able to glean some information on what's on the face side of the card by looking at the edges, since the designs are full-bleed.

Good point, plus the kerning on '10' is way too tight. Great idea though.

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by pflats » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 1:27 PM UTC

I know it's incredibly nitpicky and obviously a concious design decision for a "minimalist" set of cards, but I really miss the stems on the spade and club symbols.

Re: Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

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Post by darklajid » Thu, Nov 17, 2011, 1:33 PM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #2

Cute, and they have 54 cards, so I assume there are two Jokers (as a Canasta player, that's important!) $10 for a deck of cards (+$6 for shipping) is kinda expensive, though, particularly since I'd need two.

But are those Joker cards different, so that you can use this deck easily for your secret messages [1]?

I don't consider $10 expensive. If the cards are well-made they should last for years (at least that's how long the decks around me seem to exist, some are older than a decade).

1: http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html