Playfair Display Black Italic
Playfair Display Black Italic is the italic weight 900 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 | 524.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 734.8 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 257 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 38% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Playfair Display Black Italic
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.
- Gelasio Medium Italicloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
- Libre Caslon Text Italicloosely similar widths (42.7 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Bold Italicloosely similar widths (43.1 units)
- PT Serif Caption Italicloosely similar widths (44 units)
- Baskervville Bold Italicloosely similar widths (44.6 units)
- Roboto Serif Italicloosely similar widths (44.8 units)
- Poltawski Nowy SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (45.2 units)
- Literata SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (45.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Display Black Italic
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 Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Display Black Italic 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 Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Gelasio Medium Italic has the closest letter widths to Playfair Display Black Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 40.1 units per 1000 em.
+Does Playfair Display Black Italic 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 Italic 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 Italic.
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