Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC is a serif font in 3 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 21% wider than the typical serif font. Last updated 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Display SC
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 Playfair Display SC from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Display SC itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 623.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 642.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 249 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 40% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Playfair Display SC
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.
- Vollkorn SC Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Playfair Display Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Encode Sans SC Regularloosely similar widths (51.2 units)
- Alice Regularloosely similar widths (54.5 units)
- Alegreya SC Regularloosely similar widths (55.8 units)
- Noticia Text Regularloosely similar widths (55.9 units)
- Convergence Regularloosely similar widths (57 units)
- Alike Angular Regularloosely similar widths (57.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playfair Display SC?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playfair Display SC itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playfair Display SC free to use?
Playfair Display SC 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 Playfair Display SC?
By measured letter widths, Vollkorn SC is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 33.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playfair Display SC support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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