If you’re old enough to remember the signature lo-fi days of early Apple Computers than you’ve likely run across Susan Kare’s iconic fonts and graphics. Kare famously created the pixelated smiling computer, trash can, lasso, paint fill, pencil, floppy disc, and watch graphics that make up our fondest memories of early personal computing. Though ironically it’s Kare’s work for the Windows 3.0 Solitaire game that sends our hearts beating.
Kare designed the graphics for the original solitaire game back in 1990 using Microsoft Paint with a 16 VGA color palette and an IBM PC. Areaware’s card set features Kare’s same delightfully pixelated 72 dots-per-inch grid for its Jacks, Queens, Kings, and number cards. In celebration of this iconic design, Areaware has produced a physical set of solitaire cards with artwork from Kare’s original designs. The release of the cards coincides with the 25th anniversary of the original Solitaire game, with the added treat of two jokers designed especially by Kare for the Areaware set.