Playwrite ID Guides
Playwrite ID Guides is a handwriting font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 6% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite ID Guides
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 Guides from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite ID Guides itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 579.4 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1289.3 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 Guides
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 Regularidentical letter widths (0.1 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Regularloosely similar widths (32.6 units)
- Playwrite FR Trad Guides Regularloosely similar widths (32.9 units)
- Playwrite BE WAL Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Playwrite BE WAL Guides Regularloosely similar widths (33.9 units)
- Playwrite VN Regularloosely similar widths (59.8 units)
- Playwrite VN Guides Regularloosely similar widths (60 units)
- Playwrite NL Regularloosely similar widths (69.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite ID Guides?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite ID Guides itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite ID Guides free to use?
Playwrite ID Guides 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 Guides?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite ID is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0.1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite ID Guides support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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