Playfair Display vs Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC is about 23% wider than Playfair Display in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other.
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| Playfair Display | Playfair Display SC | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Serif | Serif |
| Weights | Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black | Regular, Bold, Black |
| Italics | Yes | Yes |
| Variable font | Yes | No |
| Average lowercase width | 509.2 | 623.8 |
| Digits | proportional | proportional |
| Character sets | 4 | 4 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Regular, Bold, Black.
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Questions people ask
+Is Playfair Display SC a good replacement for Playfair Display?
Playfair Display SC is about 23% wider than Playfair Display in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other. Their mean width difference is 34.6 units per 1000 em (loosely similar widths).
+Which is wider, Playfair Display or Playfair Display SC?
Playfair Display SC is wider, by about 23% in lowercase text.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Cyrillic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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