Playfair Medium
Playfair Medium is the weight 500 face of Playfair, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 498 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 614.9 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 206.4 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 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.
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Alegreya ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Lisu Bosa Boldloosely similar widths (32.7 units)
- Lisu Bosa ExtraBoldloosely similar widths (32.8 units)
- Sahitya Boldloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Lisu Bosa Blackloosely similar widths (33 units)
- Song Myung Regularloosely similar widths (33 units)
- Lisu Bosa SemiBoldloosely similar widths (33.1 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Playfair 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 Medium from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Medium itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Playfair styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Playfair Medium?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Poly Regular has the closest letter widths to Playfair Medium: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 32.6 units per 1000 em.
+Does Playfair 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 Medium inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Playfair font, and sets new letters in Playfair Medium.
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