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==Please notice==
1. In WTactics we used standardized measurement, meaning the ''Metric system'' that is used by the whole world and not the Imperial one that is slowly being abandoned by academia in the countries that still cling on to it.

2. All font units used in Inkscape are for some reason measured in pixels (px) at 90 dpi and not in real points (pt) as is the standard industry. This means that the sizes of a font in Inkscape are actually ''smaller'' when measured in points in other software. Therefore, when working inside of Inkscape, if you want to get a specific pt size you should multiply the Inkscape font size with 0.8. To convert font size from another software (pt) into Inkscape's font size (px) multiply the pt font size it by 1.25. We have filed a [https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/168164 bug report] about this but don't expect it to be fixed anytime soon.

3. All measurements mentioned in mm have been properly rounded up or down to zero decimals whenever needed. Should you require more exact sizes you can get them by selecting the template object in Inkscape.

==Industry standards==

===Font sizes===
It's suggested that MtG uses the following sizes measured in pt:

*Card type 7
*Cart Title 9,5
*Combat stats 9,5
*Card text 7,5
*Artist 6
*Version info 5

There is no industry standard when it comes to the fonts. Most games use their own typefaces and various text sizes. The ones found in MtG are however very clean and usually readability is kept high.

===Card Sizes===
An MtG card is 63 x 88 mm, setting what is a standard for the card game industry and the sleeves manufacturers, as well as other third party products like card vaults, archives etc.

==WTactics standards==

===Paper limitation===
[[File:Cardsize.jpg|right]]In general, almost anything can look good in any sizes when viewing the cards in their electronical version on a screen in a huge enough resolution. Today it is becoming more and more common with higher resolutions as a result of technical advancement on the consumer markets for graphic cards as well as screens. Given WTactics will also be printed as ''paper cards'' we must use ''that'' as our ultimate reference and always ask ourselves the question how the card will look when viewed in a hand, under normal poor lighting conditions, instead of asking ourselves if something looks gorgeous when zoomed in on a screen.

===Card Size===
The card size is set to 65 x 92 mm and is non-standard. The reasons for this departure from the standard are that:
# We gain a small amount of area. Our cards will have 8 mm2 larger paper area than for example a card from MtG.
# There is no good reason to keep it standard since....
# our cards will still fit in all [[Sleeves|sleeves]]/boxes and
# printing services will offer to print in whatever size we want.

Should there ever arise an incompatibility issue of some kind the players will always be free to print the game in any size they choose to and that suit their specific needs. Since we will be giving the high resolution original images as well as prepared standardized versions for printing there is nothing hindering people from printing the cards much smaller or larger if that is desired.

===Card Art===
The card art of the ''Merfolk Noble'' measures 56 x 54 mm. Please notice that the theoretical and accurate card art ''area'' in mm2 is not the same as 56 multiplied by 54 due to our Card Name/Type text container eating up some space as well. In comparison the max measurement of MtG artwork on a standard card is 53 x 39 mm. The effectively used area is larger in MtG, yet we will still pull off the interesting stunt of having relatively larger creature art work on our cards thanks to 10 mm extra space in height and our decision to use waist-up portraits.

The WTactics creature template, as seen here with the ''Merfolk Noble'', has a design that is heavily biased towards creatures that have a humanoid shape, which is usually equal with them being taller than fatter. This makes it harder for us to work with creatures that are bigger in width than height and the biggest drawback of the creature template is made apparent. In general though the trade-off will probably work just fine as most of the creatures in WTactics will be humanoid. In addition, this problem is solved on all the other card types as they use a different template where the Name container is placed at it's top instead of vertical center.

===Card Text===
The card text area traditionally holds specific rules associated with the card. The area is the very heart of the customizable card games and makes them modular and adds great replayability and the possibilities to create expansions.

We use a card text area that's 56 x 31 mm, while Mtg has a card text area that measures 53 x 24 mm. When we have space to use we will utilize stylistic 2 lines height drop caps to add to the aesthetics of the cards as they play well together with the fantasy theme and our templates in general.

===Size References===

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TheBarfOfSatan: Originally uploaded by snowdrop

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originally uploaded by snowdrop

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By Kitty, done for WTactics. Originally uploaded by Snowdrop

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Artwork by Santiago Iborra

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originally uploaded by Snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: By Kitty, original work done for WTactics.

By Kitty, original work done for WTactics.

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by Aspidites(First primitive, non-functional mock-up of deck editor)

originally uploaded by Aspidites(First primitive, non-functional mock-up of deck editor)

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploadd by snowdrop

originally uploadd by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: Artwork by Santiago Iborra

Artwork by Santiago Iborra

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: Originally uploaded by Aspidites (Second iteration of deck editor mock-up showing advanced filter, active filters, and results list)

Originally uploaded by Aspidites (Second iteration of deck editor mock-up showing advanced filter, active filters, and results list)

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: Gallaecio uploaded this piece originally

Gallaecio uploaded this piece originally

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TheBarfOfSatan: Artwork by Santiago Iborra

Artwork by Santiago Iborra

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By Kitty, originally uploaded by snowdrop

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(Gwabbo by Kitty for BfW), originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

originally uploaded by snowdrop

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(Sleeve chart , (c) http://maydaygames.com) originally uploaded by snowdrop

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TheBarfOfSatan: originally uploaded by snowdrop

originally uploaded by snowdrop

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snowdrop's

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snowdrop's

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snowdrop's

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By snowdrop, core stuff!

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By aspidites, I hope

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TheBarfOfSatan: Artwork by Santiago Iborra

Artwork by Santiago Iborra

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TheBarfOfSatan: Originally uploaded by snowdrop, now it's my time! :)

Originally uploaded by snowdrop, now it's my time! :)