Serif · Claus Eggers Sørensen

Playfair Display SC

Your words – they follow you round the site

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Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Playfair Display SC', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Bacasime Antique

Playfair Display SC on one light table with its two closest fonts, Bacasime Antique (84 out of 100) and Baskervville (83). Bacasime Antique is 30% narrower and 30% heavier, with an x-height 32% shorter; Baskervville is 20% narrower and 30% heavier, with an x-height 28% shorter.

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Ink shared with Playfair Display SCBacasime Antique…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The Playfair Display SC alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Weights

Playfair Display SC in 3 weights

3 weights, 400–900, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic
900 Black, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Playfair Display SC, and can you use it?

Designer: Claus Eggers Sørensen
Kind: Serif
Styles: 3 weights, 400–900, with italics
On Google Fonts since: 2012
Character sets: cyrillic, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes, under another name. Not as “Playfair Display”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Playfair Display SC is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Playfair Display SC, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Playfair Display SC under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Playfair Display SC on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Playfair Display SC, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Playfair Display SC. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 60.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.86lowercase against capitals
Width: 62.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 27%letter box filled
Contrast: 5.56 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 97% of serifs
WidthWider than 93% of serifs
InkLighter than 96% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 96% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Playfair Display SC

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Playfair Display SC's own familyPlayfair DisplayPlayfair

All 100 fonts similar to Playfair Display SC →Compare side by side →Get Playfair Display SC on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Playfair Display SC without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Cinzel60text 1.1% wider · x-height 1.3% shorter

Fallback while it loads

Until Playfair Display SC loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 139.6% of its size, so running text keeps Playfair Display SC’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display SC Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 139.61%;
  ascent-override: 77.50%;
  descent-override: 17.98%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Playfair Display SC', 'Playfair Display SC Fallback', serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Playfair Display SC

Of the 3,273 home pages that load Playfair Display SC, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chancePlayfair Display 14×Playfair 10×Cormorant Garamond 2.4×

Fonts that go with Playfair Display SC: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerPlayfair Display SC + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Playfair Display SC

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Playfair Display SC free for commercial use?

Yes. Playfair Display SC is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Playfair Display”.

How do I download and install Playfair Display SC?

FontKind doesn’t host Playfair Display SC’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds six font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Playfair Display SC in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Playfair Display SC isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Playfair Display SC Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Playfair Display SC in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Playfair Display SC under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Playfair Display SC in Figma?

Yes: Playfair Display SC is in Figma’s font menu with all three weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Playfair Display SC have?

Playfair Display SC comes in three weights: Regular (400), Bold (700) and Black (900), each with an italic.

Who designed Playfair Display SC?

Playfair Display SC was designed by Claus Eggers Sørensen. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Claus Eggers Sørensen also made Bacasime Antique and Inknut Antiqua.

What fonts are similar to Playfair Display SC?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Bacasime Antique (84), Baskervville (83) and Gilda Display (78), out of 100. Next to Playfair Display SC, Bacasime Antique is 30% narrower and 30% heavier, with an x-height 32% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Playfair Display and Playfair. See all 100 fonts like Playfair Display SC.