Playwrite BE WAL
Playwrite BE WAL is a handwriting font in 4 weights, 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 BE WAL
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 WAL from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite BE WAL itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 585 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1357.3 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 30% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Playwrite BE WAL
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 WAL Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Regularnearly identical widths (2.6 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Guides Regularnearly identical widths (3.4 units)
- Playwrite ID Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Playwrite ID Guides Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Playwrite VN Regularloosely similar widths (56.7 units)
- Playwrite VN Guides Regularloosely similar widths (57.9 units)
- Playwrite NL Regularloosely similar widths (73.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite BE WAL?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite BE WAL itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite BE WAL free to use?
Playwrite BE WAL 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 WAL?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite BE WAL Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite BE WAL support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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