Playwrite HR
Playwrite HR 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 HR
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 HR from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite HR itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 581.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 891.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Playwrite HR
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 HR Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.5 units)
- Playwrite HR Lijeva Regularnearly identical widths (2.6 units)
- Playwrite HR Lijeva Guides Regularnearly identical widths (3.9 units)
- Playwrite AT Regularsimilar widths (25.1 units)
- Playwrite AT Guides Regularsimilar widths (25.1 units)
- Playwrite DE LA Regularsimilar widths (26.1 units)
- Playwrite DE LA Guides Regularsimilar widths (26.6 units)
- Playwrite DE SAS Regularsimilar widths (27.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite HR?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite HR itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite HR free to use?
Playwrite HR 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 HR?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite HR Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite HR support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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