Playwrite PE
Playwrite PE 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 PE
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 PE from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite PE itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 582.3 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1023.3 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 PE
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 PE Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.5 units)
- Playwrite ES Deco Regularvery close widths (7.1 units)
- Playwrite ES Deco Guides Regularvery close widths (7.1 units)
- Playwrite ZA Regularvery close widths (13.6 units)
- Playwrite ZA Guides Regularvery close widths (14 units)
- Playwrite BE VLG Regularsimilar widths (15.9 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Regularsimilar widths (16.4 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Guides Regularsimilar widths (16.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite PE?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite PE itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite PE free to use?
Playwrite PE 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 PE?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite PE 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 PE support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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