Playwrite BE VLG
Playwrite BE VLG is a handwriting font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite BE VLG
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 BE VLG from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite BE VLG itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 580 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1026.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Playwrite BE VLG
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 BE VLG Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.8 units)
- Playwrite RO Regularvery close widths (11.3 units)
- Playwrite RO Guides Regularvery close widths (12 units)
- Playwrite ES Deco Guides Regularvery close widths (13.1 units)
- Playwrite ES Deco Regularvery close widths (13.1 units)
- Playwrite PE Regularsimilar widths (15.9 units)
- Playwrite PE Guides Regularsimilar widths (16.2 units)
- Playwrite PL Regularsimilar widths (17.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite BE VLG?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite BE VLG itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite BE VLG free to use?
Playwrite BE VLG 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 BE VLG?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite BE VLG Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.8 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite BE VLG support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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