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Playfair Display

SerifLatinCyrillicKazakh12 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 265 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Playfair Display Regular 400
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Regular Italic 400
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Medium 500
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Medium Italic 500
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Semi Bold 600
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Semi Bold Italic 600
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Bold 700
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Bold Italic 700
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Extra Bold 800
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Extra Bold Italic 800
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Black 900
Playfair Display
Playfair Display Black Italic 900
Playfair Display
Font Playfair Display in use: the phrase “Simplicity, refined” over a landscape

About the font

Playfair Display is a free font by Claus Eggers Sørensen, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 421 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 51% of the em and the capital height is 71%.

Playfair Display is a serif font by Claus Eggers Sørensen, a transitional design that takes influence from the work of John Baskerville. It has 12 styles with weights from 400 to 900, and it is a variable font. The family contains 1103 glyphs and supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, including Kazakh. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).

Author
Claus Eggers Sørensen
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1103

Character and uses

Mood
  • elegant
  • serious
Design
  • high contrast
  • humanist
Good for

Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.

Supported languages

Playfair Display has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 421 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.

  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Kazakh
  • Swahili
  • Indonesian
  • Javanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Uzbek
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
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  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Haitian Creole
  • Catalan
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Southern Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Waray
  • Efik
  • Mongolian
  • Sango
  • Kyrgyz
  • Aymara
  • Nyankole
  • Hmong
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Gusii
  • Pampanga
  • Beja
  • Batak Toba
  • Lithuanian
  • Chiga
  • Soga
  • Swati
  • Tumbuka
  • Meru
  • Afar
  • Occitan

…and 312 more languages that are not listed here.

Special characters

Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.

  • Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
  • Russian Ruble — Not included
  • Euro — Included
  • Turkish Lira — Not included
  • Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not included
  • Indian Rupee — Included
  • British Pound — Included
  • Japanese Yen — Included
  • US Dollar — Included
  • Yo (Ё ё) — Included
  • Numero sign — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
659
x-height
51% of the em
Capital height
71% of the em
Version
1.203
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Discretionary ligaturesdlig
  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Kerningkern
  • Small capitalssmcp
  • Capitals to small capitalsc2sc
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn

License at a glance

A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.

OFL-1.1

Commercial projects
Allowed
Embedding on a website
Allowed
Modifying the font
Allowed, with conditions
Sharing the font
Allowed, with conditions
Credit and notices
Keep the notices when you share the font
Selling the font on its own
Not allowed

Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.

Read the license text

How to install

Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.

Windows

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
  3. Restart your program.
How to install a font on Windows 10 and 11

macOS

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
  3. Click Install Font in the window that opens.
How to install a font on a Mac (macOS)

Linux

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
  3. Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
How to install a font on Linux (Ubuntu and others)

Step-by-step guides (9)

Facts and sources

Where the font comes from
fonts.google.com/specimen/Playfair+Display
Designer’s page
forthehearts.net
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Playfair Display font free to use?

Yes. Playfair Display is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.

Does Playfair Display support Cyrillic?

Yes, Playfair Display includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Playfair Display support?

Playfair Display covers 421 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.

Is Playfair Display a variable font?

Yes. Playfair Display is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.

How do I install Playfair Display?

Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.

Who created Playfair Display?

Playfair Display was created by Claus Eggers Sørensen.

What is Playfair Display good for?

Judging by its design, Playfair Display suits: headings, magazines and editorial, posters, logos.

Pairs well with Playfair Display

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Playfair Display
    Body text
    Plex
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: serious
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
    Playfair Display
    Body text
    Arsenal
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: serious
    • The body font is made for reading

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