Typeface Cards

Does Helvetica trump Futura? Is Avant Garde your ace in the hole? Find out by playing a hand of Type Trumps, a font-minded version of the game Top Trumps that uses special decks of cards created by London-based graphic designer Rick Banks. Each of the 30 cards in the original Type Trumps and the just-released Type Trumps 2 decks features a different typeface. Take on your opponents by making the most of the fonts you've been dealt. Players refer to the statistics on each card to trump others' typefaces in terms of design, the amount of weights, cost, and legibility. Banks also bestowed upon each typeface a "special power," ranging from Claes Oldenburg (Architype) to Dunkin' Donuts (Frankfurter). It's definitely our type of game.