Today's FT Update...

[melioris]

RR- don't bust your ass for the thick stroke font on a solid color background. The ones you made are just fine and, with the exception of A and 4, every number and letter is quite distinct and even the A-4 similarity is not that bad.

[Robbie Robb]

No worries Mel, I'm not busting my ass! :-) I have the hearts done with the Arial Black deck. The backgrounds are darker though. I'm also busy tweaking other aspects of the game now too - like I change the empty seat color - just to "make it my own" LOL

I've got a lot of spare time now and it's easier to work on these while sitting out in the backyard watching the kids instead of playing poker. Wireless is sometimes spotty out there.

Plus, while sitting here writing this, I think I came up with a way to make card mods almost cookie cutter in nature. Want this font on that background? No problem! A '10' instead of a 'T'? No Problem!

[Robbie Robb]

Okay...I think my "cookie cutter" method is going to work pretty good. If I'm using an existing font I can put together a full deck in about 20 minutes. If I need to do a whole new font it will take a bit longer. I must say, Adobe Illustrator rocks!!!

Here's the one I mentioned with Arial Black. It's not quite ready for release yet as I still need to do the lores (nf_lores) version of it and also a version that includes a suit image. I *think* for that one, I'll move the big number over to the right for each one and then put the suit below the pip. But I'll also try it to the right of the pip just to see what it looks like. This mod will also have the bright card backs as well as the TP one.

Oh, and I *know* I've stolen the idea for this deck from a 2+2 mod - just not sure who or when, but I've seen cards similar to this in the past. (with the light->dark gradient in the back ground)

[melioris]

those are fricking sweet RR, release them soon! One thing, I like the light to dark gradient, but can you make the dark not so dark on the bottom of the deck so that red is still red at the bottom, green is still green at the bottom, etc.

[Robbie Robb]

I'll see what I can work up. I may have to lighten up the top color a bit and then have a darker shade on the bottom. I'll keep playing around with them. Look for a release in a couple days!

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Add another color point to the gradient 3/4 of the way down (75% OR full black) and then back to 75% color at the bottom of the card?

[Robbie Robb]

I was thinking something along those very lines! I'm grinding out some SNGs tonight so I won't be working on it again until tomorrow. Got a few ideas I want to try and see how they work.