Turns out that p22.com actually has another set of cards in a much higher resolution, Just follow the link below and you will be presented with a round spread of small cards. Just drag them over to the eye in the middle and they will zoom in to a fairly decent resolution. Link to card images.
While sifting through google’s image search, I came across this very interesting jpg image of 54 custom designed playing cards from typeface creation site P22.com. I only wish the cards were in a slightly larger resolution but nonetheless, some very classy designs.
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Fontriver.com has a fairly decent playing card font for free download at their site. Nothing fancy but could prove useful for mini decks or possibly even some clever gaff creations. I especially like the fact that it includes dice as well.
Site : http://www.fontriver.com/font/playing_cards/
File: playing_cards.zip
For a while now I’ve had an idea stuck in my head for a playing card/gaff card designing program. I figure one of the first steps would be to establish some preliminary card pips. In the meantime, I have created a page called “Playing Card Pips” for those that would like to use them accordingly. You can either visit the page and get them one by one or download them all in one zip.
Page: playing-card-pips
File: pips.zip
I recently came across an excellent post from the Russian entertainment blog, englishrussia.com. The post contains about 13 very interesting playing card scans from the Soviet era of Russia. Acording to EnglishRussia’s article, Mayan motives were quite popular during the era and the only vendor for playing cards, and most other products was the Soviet State, hence these awesome playing cards. I got my first dose of Mayan culture about 6 or so years ago from a “workshop” I attended at a music festival for the band STS9. Someone asked the band if they followed the Mayan calendar. The band’s reply was ultimately “yes” however they also briefly explained the correlation between the Mayan Calendar, time, and sound in which the Mayans concept of time was quite different than most modern societies. From what I understand, the Mayans believed in an ever changing present moment rather than the linear (a to b) time-line most are accustomed to these days due to fast pace society. The Mayans followed a lunar cycled calendar in which the moon orbits the earth once every 28 days and 13 times a year. Every day is associated with a particular tone as are objects in reality, for instance the earth. The band went on to explain that they craft their music around these concepts, which is probably why they totally blow my mind every time I see them perform. Needless to say, the Mayan culture in itself is quite magical and I wouldn’t be surprised if these cards somehow represent these amazing concepts.
Cards4magic.co.uk Is selling a product called Stick-A-Pip® in which you can purchase a sheet of pips which contains 30 large pips, 20 small pips, 4 A’s for aces and 2 of other symbols for just £7.50 | The pips “are made of very thin and removable PVC film which is durable, water-resistant and has a matte finish that is a perfect match for your poker sized Bicycle 808® Cards”. Its very cool to see new methods of creating gaffs and this one is definitely original. Check it out here or at the manufacture’s website here.
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