Playwrite RO
Playwrite RO is a handwriting font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 10 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite RO
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 RO from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite RO itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 583.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1002.1 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 RO
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 RO Guides Regularnearly identical widths (2.3 units)
- Playwrite BE VLG Regularvery close widths (11.3 units)
- Playwrite BE VLG Guides Regularvery close widths (12.5 units)
- Playwrite PL Regularsimilar widths (15.7 units)
- Playwrite PL Guides Regularsimilar widths (16.3 units)
- Playwrite TZ Regularsimilar widths (16.3 units)
- Playwrite IN Regularsimilar widths (16.6 units)
- Playwrite ZA Regularsimilar widths (16.7 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite RO?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite RO itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite RO free to use?
Playwrite RO 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 RO?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite RO Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 2.3 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite RO support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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