Playpen Sans
Playpen Sans is a handwriting font in 8 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are about as wide as the typical handwriting font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playpen Sans
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 Playpen Sans from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playpen Sans itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 533.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 709.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 325 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Playpen Sans
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.
- Playpen Sans Deva Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Playpen Sans Hebrew Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Playpen Sans Thai Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Playpen Sans Arabic Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- REM Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Geologica Regularloosely similar widths (37.3 units)
- Open Runde Regularloosely similar widths (38.5 units)
- Gelasio Regularloosely similar widths (38.6 units)
Compare Playpen Sans
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playpen Sans?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playpen Sans itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playpen Sans free to use?
Playpen Sans is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Playpen Sans?
By measured letter widths, Playpen Sans Deva is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playpen Sans support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Emoji, Greek, Latin, Central European, Math symbols, Vietnamese.
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