Play
Play is a sans serif font in 2 weights. Its lowercase letters are 3% narrower than the typical sans serif font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Play
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Play from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Play itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 504.2 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 622.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 230 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 580 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 28% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Sans serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Play
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Oxanium Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
- Ubuntu Regularsimilar widths (29.2 units)
- Ubuntu Sans Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Familjen Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Murecho Regularloosely similar widths (30.6 units)
- Anek Kannada Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Anek Telugu Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
- Anek Malayalam Regularloosely similar widths (30.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Play?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Play itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Play free to use?
Play is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Play?
By measured letter widths, Oxanium is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 26.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Play support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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