Playwrite MX
Playwrite MX 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 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite MX
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 MX from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite MX itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 580.9 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1017 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 MX
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 MX Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.7 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Regularvery close widths (6.9 units)
- Playwrite CA Regularvery close widths (7.3 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Guides Regularvery close widths (8 units)
- Playwrite CA Guides Regularvery close widths (8.2 units)
- Playwrite CO Regularvery close widths (10.3 units)
- Playwrite CO Guides Regularvery close widths (11.3 units)
- Playwrite ZA Regularsimilar widths (15.8 units)
Compare Playwrite MX
Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite MX?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite MX itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite MX free to use?
Playwrite MX 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 MX?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite MX Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite MX support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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