For those who had been following Old Gravity, you will be familiar with the beautiful hand-painted illustrations on their playing cards. Now, they are back on Kickstarter with Ad Fontes Playing Cards, a deck exploring the Renaissance.
There are two main editions of the deck during the campagin: Regal and Scholar Edition. The Scholar Edition features a simple tuck box printed in CMYK with soft touch finish.
The Regal Edition features the same tuck box as the Scholar Edition, but comes with additional finishes that makes it luxurious and fitting for collection displays. The intricate debossed elements are complete with ornately metallic foiling in STUNNING gold and copper foil. Both editions are designed to look like a book.
The artworks for the entire deck create a callback to the rich and beautiful history of the Renaissance era. The back design features engraving-style art showing some elements from the era. The face cards will have an aged brown parchment paper like on the background to signify the era the deck is based.
The numbered cards featured customized pips in non-standard arrangements. Each suit featured important aspects surrounding the Renaissance era. Hearts represent the Arts; Diamonds represent Politics; Clubs represent Religion, and Spades represent Exploration.
Each set of courts from their respective suit features important figures coming from the Renaissance era: such as Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Colombus.
Not only are these hand-painted artworks stunning, but these paintings are also created using art techniques introduced during the era. The background details complete the profile of each court.
Printed by Legends Playing Card Co printed on premium casino grade card stock with Linen Finish. Pledge starts from $13 on Kickstarter.
