Playwrite ID
Playwrite ID 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 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite ID
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 ID from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite ID itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 581.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1290.3 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 ID
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 ID Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.6 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Regularloosely similar widths (33.5 units)
- Playwrite BE WAL Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Guides Regularloosely similar widths (34 units)
- Playwrite BE WAL Guides Regularloosely similar widths (34.9 units)
- Playwrite VN Regularloosely similar widths (59.6 units)
- Playwrite VN Guides Regularloosely similar widths (60.9 units)
- Playwrite NL Regularloosely similar widths (70.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite ID?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite ID itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite ID free to use?
Playwrite ID 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 ID?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite ID Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.6 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite ID support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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