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Playfair Black Italic

Playfair Black Italic is the italic weight 900 face of Playfair, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical serif font.

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Playfair Black Italic
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Measured metrics

Average lowercase letter width527.3 units per 1000 em
Average capital letter width654.6 units per 1000 em
Word space225.8 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 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.

  1. Averia Serif Libre Bold Italicloosely similar widths (35.9 units)
  2. Source Serif Pro Bold Italicloosely similar widths (37.1 units)
  3. Source Serif Pro Black Italicloosely similar widths (37.9 units)
  4. Source Serif 4 SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
  5. IBM Plex Serif Bold Italicloosely similar widths (40 units)
  6. Source Serif 4 Medium Italicloosely similar widths (40.1 units)
  7. IBM Plex Serif SemiBold Italicloosely similar widths (40.9 units)
  8. Volkhov Bold Italicloosely similar widths (41.2 units)

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

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Questions people ask

+What font is closest to Playfair Black Italic?

Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Bold Italic has the closest letter widths to Playfair Black Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 35.9 units per 1000 em.

+Does Playfair 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 Black Italic inside a PDF?

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

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