It's my pleasure to let you know of a new Kickstarter project, celebrating Jane Austen!
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Eric Ligon is a graphic designer/typographer and Associate Dean at the University of North Texas in the College of Visual Arts and Design. By night, he is a lover of classic novels, and novel playing cards.
Eric is behind a Kickstarter campaign that celebrates Jane Austen with a custom designed pack of playing cards.
These cards are rich in authentic period detail, designed using fashion images and needlework patterns from the early 1800s Ackermann's Repository of the Arts. 
Each suit represents a different book: Spades–Pride and Prejudice; Hearts–Emma; Clubs–Persuasion; and Diamonds–Sense and Sensibility. The royalty in each suit is represented by that novel's main characters. The images for all of the female characters come directly from Ackermann’s whilst each ace bears its book’s title and first edition typography. The needlework patterns became the basis for the line art on the back of the cards and on the tuck case.
If you’d like to find out more about the extensive rewards on off for supporters of this Kickstarter campaign, as well as more about the project, please visit http://tinyurl.com/yasbfmtc.
3 comments:
But what would Jane do with two low pairs? Would she raise or would she fold? Alas, we shall never know.
Carole (in Canada) via Goodreads:
They are lovely! I will have to go and check them out!
very cute! I wonder if they come with a fourth for whist
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