Playwrite ZA
Playwrite ZA is a handwriting font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 4% wider than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Playwrite ZA
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 ZA from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Playwrite ZA itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 570.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 1009.6 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 300 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 31% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Open fonts closest to Playwrite ZA
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 ZA Guides Regularnearly identical widths (1.4 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Regularvery close widths (12.7 units)
- Playwrite US Trad Guides Regularvery close widths (13.5 units)
- Playwrite PE Regularvery close widths (13.6 units)
- Playwrite CA Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Playwrite PE Guides Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Playwrite IE Regularvery close widths (14.1 units)
- Playwrite ES Deco Regularvery close widths (14.5 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Playwrite ZA?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Playwrite ZA itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Playwrite ZA free to use?
Playwrite ZA 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 ZA?
By measured letter widths, Playwrite ZA Guides is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 1.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Playwrite ZA support?
It includes these character sets: Latin.
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