Playfair Display Black
Playfair Display Black is the weight 900 face of Playfair Display, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 538.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 706.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 223 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Playfair Display Black
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.
- Poltawski Nowy Boldsimilar widths (29.1 units)
- Fraunces Regularloosely similar widths (30.1 units)
- Fraunces Mediumloosely similar widths (30.2 units)
- Poltawski Nowy SemiBoldloosely similar widths (31.5 units)
- Vollkorn Boldloosely similar widths (31.9 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Mediumloosely similar widths (32.2 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Boldloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
- Vollkorn ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Display Black
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 Black from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Display Black itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Playfair Display styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Playfair Display Black?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Poltawski Nowy Bold has the closest letter widths to Playfair Display Black: similar widths, a mean difference of 29.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does Playfair Display Black 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 Black inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Playfair Display font, and sets new letters in Playfair Display Black.
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