Playwrite NL
Playwrite NL 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 NL
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 NL from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite NL 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 | 1207.6 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 NL
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 NL Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1 units)
- Playwrite VN Regularloosely similar widths (34.3 units)
- Playwrite VN Guides Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Playwrite CL Regularloosely similar widths (52.6 units)
- Playwrite CL Guides Regularloosely similar widths (52.9 units)
- Playwrite CU Regularloosely similar widths (55.8 units)
- Playwrite BR Regularloosely similar widths (56.2 units)
- Playwrite CU Guides Regularloosely similar widths (56.3 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite NL?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite NL itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite NL free to use?
Playwrite NL 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 NL?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite NL Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite NL support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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