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Magic: the Gathering set symbol pictographic font
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[feature request] optional extra tags for set icon #143

Open kodawah opened 3 years ago

kodawah commented 3 years ago

Hi, with all the new promo types using the same set symbol, it would be nice if it was possible to specify a tag to modify the default set icon and append a small letter or symbol. In this way for example one could understand that a card edition is the prerelease one and not the main edition.

I see it used on mkm and a few other sites, i thought it would be nice to have a configuration option to add it.

Example with a default and prerelease (star)

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Example with default, promo pack (pw symbol), prerelease (star), boosterfun (C)

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they don't have to be these symbol necessarily, as long as it's something users can relate to I hope this feature will be considered a future release, thanks

andrewgioia commented 3 years ago

This is a cool idea, I like this a lot. I also like the suggested overlays you put together.

Could you elaborate a bit on "booster fun"? Are there any others you can think of in addition to that set of 3?

kodawah commented 3 years ago

boosterfun cards are the "extended art" or "showcase" or "borderless" variants that are found in the collector boosters. While they are technically part of the same edition, most stores have a separate entry for them

I can only think of a "+" variant that sometimes is used for the ultimate master box toppers an the planeswalker decks, as well as "ITA" to indicate the Italian-only legends and the dark editions (but maybe these two should be separate entries entirely)

andrewgioia commented 3 years ago

@kodabb got it, I didn't realize "booster fun" was something Wizards uses! Here's the current list with a suggested symbol:

Name Class Symbol Description
Booster Fun .boosterfun smile? Borderless, extended art, showcase variants
Promo Pack .promopack planeswalker Promo pack variant with gold Planeswalker stamp
Prerelease Promo .prerelease star Prerelease promo variant
Box Toppers .boxtopper box Are these unique variants without a set code?
Non-English Print .language globe? Globe could be too small to identify, possibly translate

There is a set symbol in Keyrune for Italian Renaissance (https://keyrune.andrewgioia.com/icons.html?icon=xren), but I do think having a foreign-language overlay like this could be useful as well.

kodawah commented 3 years ago

This is a good list.

A couple of points:

kodawah commented 3 years ago

hi, was there any update to this side project? :)

kodawah commented 2 years ago

Another good layer would be having the Etched printing made in a different way. It should probably be an overlay like the foil effect, since it's just a different finish.