Playwrite ES
Playwrite ES 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 11 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite ES
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 ES from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite ES itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 582 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 844 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 ES
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 ES Guides Regularnearly identical widths (0.9 units)
- Playwrite AU QLD Regularvery close widths (9 units)
- Playwrite AU QLD Guides Regularvery close widths (9.1 units)
- Playwrite AU VIC Guides Regularvery close widths (9.5 units)
- Playwrite AU VIC Regularvery close widths (9.5 units)
- Playwrite AU NSW Regularvery close widths (10.8 units)
- Playwrite AU NSW Guides Regularvery close widths (10.8 units)
- Playwrite NG Modern Regularvery close widths (11.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite ES?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite ES itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite ES free to use?
Playwrite ES 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 ES?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite ES Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.9 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite ES support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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