Playwrite AT
Playwrite AT is a handwriting font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite AT
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 Playwrite AT from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite AT itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 584.1 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 874.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 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
Open fonts closest to Playwrite AT
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.
- Playwrite AT Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- Playwrite DE SAS Regularsimilar widths (15 units)
- Playwrite DE SAS Guides Regularsimilar widths (15.8 units)
- Playwrite HR Lijeva Regularsimilar widths (24.7 units)
- Playwrite HR Lijeva Guides Regularsimilar widths (25 units)
- Playwrite HR Regularsimilar widths (25.2 units)
- Playwrite HR Guides Regularsimilar widths (25.9 units)
- Playwrite DK Loopet Regularloosely similar widths (32.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite AT?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite AT itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite AT free to use?
Playwrite AT 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 Playwrite AT?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite AT Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite AT support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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