# Images for card game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469 "2006-03-10T14:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/1 "2006-03-10T14:45:28Z")
Hi, Sorry, this obviously doesn’t belong here, but still: for my “Einar learns Ruby card game”, I need some card images that are “free to use”. Currently I’m doing development with some images “borrowed” from FreeCell on MS Windows. In general, where do open-source-developers (open-sorcerors?) get their images from? Does anyone have any suggestions? Alternatively, any suggestions on where to ask or search? Googling has proven futile so far. Kind regards (and sorry for the misplaced post) Einar ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/2 "2006-03-10T14:57:41Z")
Einar Høst wrote: > Sorry, this obviously doesn’t belong here, but still: for my “Einar > learns Ruby card game”, I need some card images that are “free to use”. > Currently I’m doing development with some images “borrowed” from > FreeCell on MS Windows. In general, where do open-source-developers > (open-sorcerors?) get their images from? Does anyone have any > suggestions? Alternatively, any suggestions on where to ask or search? > Googling has proven futile so far. The KDE project uses several free carddecks. You can get them via CVS or subversion from the KDE repository. Look under kdegames/libkdegames/carddecks HTH, ## Michael Michael U. R&D Team ISIS Information Systems Austria tel: +43 2236 27551-219, fax: +43 2236 21081 e-mail: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Visit our Website: [www.isis-papyrus.com](http://www.isis-papyrus.com) ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/3 "2006-03-10T15:28:27Z")
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:56:54PM +0900, Michael U. wrote: } Einar H?st wrote: } } \>Sorry, this obviously doesn’t belong here, but still: for my “Einar } \>learns Ruby card game”, I need some card images that are “free to use”. } \>Currently I’m doing development with some images “borrowed” from } \>FreeCell on MS Windows. In general, where do open-source-developers } \>(open-sorcerors?) get their images from? Does anyone have any } \>suggestions? Alternatively, any suggestions on where to ask or search? } \>Googling has proven futile so far. } \> } The KDE project uses several free carddecks. You can get them via } CVS or subversion from the KDE repository. Look under } kdegames/libkdegames/carddecks I missed the original post, but you may find [ajaxcards.sf.net](http://ajaxcards.sf.net) of some use. (Disclaimer: It’s my project and I haven’t been working on it much. It will use AJAX at some point, but right now it only supports client-side solitaire.) } HTH, } Michael –Greg ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/4 "2006-03-10T15:50:00Z")
Michael U. wrote: > The KDE project uses several free carddecks. You can get them via > CVS or subversion from the KDE repository. Look under > kdegames/libkdegames/carddecks Thanks, that’s definitely interesting! - Einar ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/5 "2006-03-10T15:50:00Z")
Gregory S. wrote: > I missed the original post, but you may find [ajaxcards.sf.net](http://ajaxcards.sf.net) of some use. > (Disclaimer: It’s my project and I haven’t been working on it much. It will > use AJAX at some point, but right now it only supports client-side > solitaire.) Interesting project! However, I didn’t find any way to “steal” your images 😉 - Einar ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/6 "2006-03-10T15:56:04Z")
My suggestion, for something as simple as a deck of cards (four suits, 13 faces) is to try your own hand at drawing them. I know some coders think their own art as horrid (heck, I usually keep some of my crap in full view of the public), but just play around, have a bit of fun. Draw some quirky versions of hearts and spades, etc, use a font for the numbers if you have to, and just go nuts on the Ace of Spades ('cause every deck needs a custom one of those). ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/7 "2006-03-10T16:08:13Z")
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:48:43PM +0900, Einar H?st wrote: } Gregory S. wrote: } \>I missed the original post, but you may find [ajaxcards.sf.net](http://ajaxcards.sf.net) of some use. } \>(Disclaimer: It’s my project and I haven’t been working on it much. It will } \>use AJAX at some point, but right now it only supports client-side } \>solitaire.) } } Interesting project! However, I didn’t find any way to “steal” your } images 😉 If you actually start playing a game you will be able to use Firefox’s “Page Info” to get a list of images. I am very proud of the fact that there are only three. Anyway, specific links: [![](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/ranks.png) ](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/ranks.png) [![](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/pips.png) ](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/pips.png) [![](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/faces.png) ](https://ajaxcards.sourceforge.net/cards/images/faces.png) } - Einar –Greg ---
**Author:** ![Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@Einar\_HSSSSst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Einar_HSSSSst)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-for-card-game/79469/8 "2006-03-10T16:19:11Z")
Einar Høst wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry, this obviously doesn’t belong here, but still: for my “Einar > learns Ruby card game”, I need some card images that are “free to use”. > Currently I’m doing development with some images “borrowed” from > FreeCell on MS Windows. In general, where do open-source-developers > (open-sorcerors?) get their images from? Does anyone have any > suggestions? Alternatively, any suggestions on where to ask or search? > Googling has proven futile so far. In case anyone’s interested, I found this myself: [http://david.bellot.free.fr/svg-cards/](http://david.bellot.free.fr/svg-cards/) I think it looks pretty good. I might need to cut it up and convert it to PNG (I’m not sure how Qt/QtRuby handles SVG graphics), and then there’s licencing… but that’s another headache. - Einar