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Helveticards - Minimalist Typography Cards for the Typophile, Gambler

67 points by pstadler 15y ago

icebraining 15y ago
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.
- darklajid 15y ago
  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 http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html
  - smackfu 15y ago
    For comparison, a typical Kickstart project for Bicycle manufactured playing cards is $5 w/ free shipping. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onefreehour/revision-1-drafting-themed-playing-cards http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onefreehour/revision-1-d...
- aforty 15y ago
  They are on sale for $7.50 on Fab, until they were sold out that is. Says "Restocking Soon" and when they do, I'm buying two. http://fab.com/sale/1379/product/14201 http://fab.com/sale/1379/product/14201
jrmg 15y ago
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.
- wgx 15y ago
  Good point, plus the kerning on '10' is way too tight. Great idea though.
pstadler 15y ago
Site seems to be fairly stressed. Here's the link to the designer's page: http://helveticards.uberdm.com/ http://helveticards.uberdm.com/
pflats 15y ago
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.
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tommyd 15y ago
They look pretty cool! Reminds me of the "Type Trumps" series a designer friend of mine created: http://typetrumps.com/ http://typetrumps.com/
dchest 15y ago
See also Vinolentis http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis/ http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis... and http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ from 2006. Unfortunately, they turned out to be very inconvenient to play with.
- sili 15y ago
  Could you elaborate on why they were inconvenient?
  - dchest 15y ago
    It was difficult to recognize and distinguish them quickly. Like an interface without icons.
julian37 15y ago
For a somewhat more whimsical take, see http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-invaders/ http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-inva... Loving these, although the Russian symbol for queens ("A" instead of "Q") took some getting used to.
- sili 15y ago
  That's actually not an 'A', but a 'Д': letter phonetically similar to 'D'.
  - dmazin 15y ago
    For "dame".
gbog 15y ago
Side note: it is the first time I see sharing links or Western site that include a Chinese SNS (here it is Renren). Maybe it is localized to me, though.
grabble 15y ago
Love the design of this deck, but that may be the problem. They look almost too nice to play with. Another card game with nice design is the SEO card game SERPs & Spyders: http://SERPsandSpyders.com http://SERPsandSpyders.com - you learn and build SEO tactics and strategies in Magic the Gathering style gameplay.
mhd 15y ago
Never got the love for Helvetica, but that's some nice design and colors.
aidenn0 15y ago
There are 2 issues with these cards for gamblers: 1) Not symmetric when rotated 180degrees about the center; this is an issue as it allows for certain side-channel communication 2) full bleed; most cards have a white border for a reason: you can't glean information from looking at the edges
- wmeredith 15y ago
  These are exactly the first two things I thought. Design without requirements really turns me off.
richcollins 15y ago
How are these minimal? I see information repeated all over the place.
theory11 15y ago
Really cool! Our company, theory11, designs and produces high-end playing cards. If you're into cool cards, check out our Monarch Playing Cards designed by Curtis Jinkins released this past Friday: http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php
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- cwe 15y ago
  How has this not been downvoted?
  - user24 15y ago
    use the flag, luke.

67 points by pstadler 15y ago

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.

darklajid 15y ago
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 http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html
- smackfu 15y ago
  For comparison, a typical Kickstart project for Bicycle manufactured playing cards is $5 w/ free shipping. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onefreehour/revision-1-drafting-themed-playing-cards http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onefreehour/revision-1-d...
aforty 15y ago
They are on sale for $7.50 on Fab, until they were sold out that is. Says "Restocking Soon" and when they do, I'm buying two. http://fab.com/sale/1379/product/14201 http://fab.com/sale/1379/product/14201

jrmg 15y ago

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.

wgx 15y ago
Good point, plus the kerning on '10' is way too tight. Great idea though.

pstadler 15y ago

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

pflats 15y ago

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.

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tommyd 15y ago

They look pretty cool! Reminds me of the "Type Trumps" series a designer friend of mine created: http://typetrumps.com/ http://typetrumps.com/

dchest 15y ago

See also Vinolentis http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis/ http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/vinolentis... and http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vinolentis/ from 2006. Unfortunately, they turned out to be very inconvenient to play with.

sili 15y ago
Could you elaborate on why they were inconvenient?
- dchest 15y ago
  It was difficult to recognize and distinguish them quickly. Like an interface without icons.

julian37 15y ago

For a somewhat more whimsical take, see http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-invaders/ http://store.artlebedev.com/toys/card-games/36-54/space-inva... Loving these, although the Russian symbol for queens ("A" instead of "Q") took some getting used to.

sili 15y ago
That's actually not an 'A', but a 'Д': letter phonetically similar to 'D'.
- dmazin 15y ago
  For "dame".

gbog 15y ago

Side note: it is the first time I see sharing links or Western site that include a Chinese SNS (here it is Renren). Maybe it is localized to me, though.

grabble 15y ago

Love the design of this deck, but that may be the problem. They look almost too nice to play with. Another card game with nice design is the SEO card game SERPs & Spyders: http://SERPsandSpyders.com http://SERPsandSpyders.com - you learn and build SEO tactics and strategies in Magic the Gathering style gameplay.

mhd 15y ago

Never got the love for Helvetica, but that's some nice design and colors.

aidenn0 15y ago

There are 2 issues with these cards for gamblers: 1) Not symmetric when rotated 180degrees about the center; this is an issue as it allows for certain side-channel communication 2) full bleed; most cards have a white border for a reason: you can't glean information from looking at the edges

wmeredith 15y ago
These are exactly the first two things I thought. Design without requirements really turns me off.

richcollins 15y ago

How are these minimal? I see information repeated all over the place.

theory11 15y ago

Really cool! Our company, theory11, designs and produces high-end playing cards. If you're into cool cards, check out our Monarch Playing Cards designed by Curtis Jinkins released this past Friday: http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/monarchs.php

katesmith098 15y ago

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cwe 15y ago
How has this not been downvoted?
- user24 15y ago
  use the flag, luke.