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Playfair Bold Italic

Playfair Bold Italic is the italic weight 700 face of Playfair, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 4% narrower than the typical serif font.

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Playfair Bold Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width499 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width632.6 units per 1000 em
Word space220.2 units per 1000 em
Digitsproportional (digit widths differ)
Spacingproportional
Width of i compared with m40%
Printable ASCII characters covered94 of 94
CategorySerif

Fonts closest to Playfair Bold 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.

  1. Averia Serif Libre Bold Italicloosely similar widths (33.6 units)
  2. DM Serif Display Italicloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
  3. DM Serif Text Italicloosely similar widths (36.2 units)
  4. Averia Libre Italicloosely similar widths (36.7 units)
  5. Averia Libre Bold Italicloosely similar widths (36.8 units)
  6. Source Serif Pro SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (37.5 units)
  7. Averia Libre Light Italicloosely similar widths (37.7 units)
  8. Averia Serif Libre Italicloosely similar widths (38.1 units)

Editing a PDF that uses Playfair Bold 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 Bold Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playfair Bold Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Playfair Bold Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Bold Italic has the closest letter widths to Playfair Bold Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 33.6 units per 1000 em.

+Does Playfair Bold 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 Bold Italic inside a PDF?

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

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