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Playfair Display SC

SerifLatinCyrillicKazakh6 styles
Download family.zip · 559 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Playfair Display SC Regular 400
Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC Regular Italic 400
Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC Bold 700
Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC Bold Italic 700
Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC Black 900
Playfair Display SC
Playfair Display SC Black Italic 900
Playfair Display SC
Font Playfair Display SC in use: the phrase “Grace in every line” over a landscape

About the font

Playfair Display SC is a free font by Claus Eggers Sørensen, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 417 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 SC is a serif font designed by Claus Eggers Sørensen and released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which makes it free to use. It comes in 6 styles with weights from 400 to 900 and is not a variable font. The family contains 1076 glyphs and supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh, with all the extra Cyrillic letters Kazakh needs. As the small caps sibling of Playfair Display, it pairs with the main family, which includes a full set of small caps.

Author
Claus Eggers Sørensen
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1076

Character and uses

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

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

Supported languages

Playfair Display SC has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 417 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
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
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  • 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
  • Chadian Arabic

…and 308 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
657
x-height
51% of the em
Capital height
71% of the em
Version
1.200; ttfautohint (v1.6)
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

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

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • 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+SC
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 SC font free to use?

Yes. Playfair Display SC 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 SC support Cyrillic?

Yes, Playfair Display SC includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Playfair Display SC support?

Playfair Display SC covers 417 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.

How do I install Playfair Display SC?

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 SC?

Playfair Display SC was created by Claus Eggers Sørensen.

What is Playfair Display SC good for?

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

Pairs well with Playfair Display SC

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Playfair Display SC
    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 SC
    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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