Playball
Playball is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 22% narrower than the typical display font. Last updated 2 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playball
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 Playball from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playball itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 408 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 619.5 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Playball
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.
- Gowun Dodum Regularloosely similar widths (66 units)
- Edu SA Beginner Regularloosely similar widths (70.6 units)
- Gowun Batang Regularloosely similar widths (71.1 units)
- Kalam Regularloosely similar widths (71.5 units)
- Edu NSW ACT Foundation Regularloosely similar widths (71.5 units)
- Edu QLD Beginner Regularloosely similar widths (71.7 units)
- Edu TAS Beginner Regularloosely similar widths (72.8 units)
- Oleo Script Regularloosely similar widths (74.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playball?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playball itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playball free to use?
Playball 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 Playball?
By measured letter widths, Gowun Dodum is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 66 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playball support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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