Playfair Display Bold
Playfair Display Bold is the weight 700 face of Playfair Display, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 527 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 681 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 233 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 35% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Playfair Display Bold
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.
- Averia Serif Libre Regularsimilar widths (28.1 units)
- Vollkorn SemiBoldsimilar widths (28.2 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Lightsimilar widths (28.5 units)
- Vollkorn Boldsimilar widths (28.8 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Mediumsimilar widths (29 units)
- Poltawski Nowy SemiBoldsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Regularsimilar widths (29.5 units)
- Rufina Boldloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Display Bold
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 Bold from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Display Bold itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Playfair Display styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Playfair Display Bold?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Regular has the closest letter widths to Playfair Display Bold: similar widths, a mean difference of 28.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does Playfair Display Bold 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 Bold inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Playfair Display font, and sets new letters in Playfair Display Bold.
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