Playwrite ES Deco
Playwrite ES Deco 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 16 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite ES Deco
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 Deco from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite ES Deco 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 | 1027.9 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 Deco
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 Deco Guides Regularnearly identical widths (2 units)
- Playwrite PE Regularvery close widths (7.3 units)
- Playwrite PE Guides Regularvery close widths (7.9 units)
- Playwrite BE VLG Regularvery close widths (13.3 units)
- Playwrite BE VLG Guides Regularvery close widths (13.7 units)
- Playwrite ZA Regularvery close widths (14.7 units)
- Playwrite ZA Guides Regularvery close widths (14.8 units)
- Playwrite RO Regularsimilar widths (17.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite ES Deco?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite ES Deco itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite ES Deco free to use?
Playwrite ES Deco 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 Deco?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite ES Deco Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 2 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite ES Deco support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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