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Playfair Display Medium

Playfair Display Medium is the weight 500 face of Playfair Display, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.

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Playfair Display Medium
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width515.2 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width655.3 units per 1000 em
Word space244 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m34%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to Playfair Display Medium

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.

  1. Alice Regularsimilar widths (26.8 units)
  2. Vollkorn Mediumsimilar widths (29.4 units)
  3. Averia Serif Libre Lightloosely similar widths (30 units)
  4. Alike Regularloosely similar widths (30.5 units)
  5. Alike Angular Regularloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
  6. Vollkorn SemiBoldloosely similar widths (30.8 units)
  7. Vollkorn Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
  8. Averia Serif Libre Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Display Medium

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 Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Display Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

Other Playfair Display styles

Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Playfair Display Medium?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Alice Regular has the closest letter widths to Playfair Display Medium: similar widths, a mean difference of 26.8 units per 1000 em.

+Does Playfair Display Medium have tabular numbers?

No. Its digits have different widths, so numbers in columns do not align on their own.

+Can I type new text in Playfair Display Medium inside a PDF?

Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Playfair Display font, and sets new letters in Playfair Display Medium.

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