Playwrite DE LA
Playwrite DE LA 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 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite DE LA
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 DE LA from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite DE LA itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 582.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 940.6 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 DE LA
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 DE LA Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.9 units)
- Playwrite IT Trad Regularsimilar widths (20.1 units)
- Playwrite IT Trad Guides Regularsimilar widths (20.3 units)
- Playwrite HU Regularsimilar widths (21.3 units)
- Playwrite HU Guides Regularsimilar widths (22.4 units)
- Playwrite HR Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Playwrite HR Lijeva Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Playwrite HR Guides Regularsimilar widths (26.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite DE LA?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite DE LA itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite DE LA free to use?
Playwrite DE LA 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 DE LA?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite DE LA 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 DE LA support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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