Emoticon
Emoticon playing cards designed by Buy Design Studios, 2016.
Emoticon playing cards designed by Buy Design Studios, 2016. Emoticon is short for “emotion icon” and is a popular way to express feelings or mood in text messages, e-mails, etc. The smiley face and other emoticons give a concise way of expressing sentiments that otherwise would be difficult to detect in e-mail. Each card carries a different emoticon. See the Box►
Above: Emoticon playing cards designed by Buy Design Studios, 2016. The cards are printed by Aquarius in China for distribution in Canada.
By Matt Probert
United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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