Playfair 2.2 expands Playfair with Sub-Saharan Latin characters enabling the support of many languages. These languages include Abidji, Abron, Abua, Acoli, Adangme, Adara, Adele, Adioukrou, Afar, Afrikaans, Agatu, Aghem, Agwagwune, Ahanta, Aja, Akebu, Akoose, Akuapem Twi, Alago, Anaang, Anii, Anufo, Anyin, Arabic (Chadian Spoken), Ashe, Asu, Avatime, Avokaya, Awak, Awing, Ayizo Gbe, Baatonum, Bacama, Bafia, Bafut, Baga Sitemu, Baka, Baka, Baka, Balanta-Ganja, Bali, Bambara, Bamun (Latin), Bana, Banda (West Central), Bandi, Bandial, Bangwinji, Baoulé, Bapuku, Bari, Basa, Basaa, Bassa, Bassari, Bassari, Bedawiyet, Bedjond, Bekwarra, Belanda Viri (Latin), Bemba, Bena, Bench, Beng, Benga, Berom, Bete-Bendi, Bété (Daloa), Bété (Guiberoua), Bhele, Bilen, Bimoba, Bini, Birifor (Southern), Bisã, Bissa, Boko, Bokobaru, Bomu, Bondoukou Kulango, Bozo (Hainyaxo), Buamu, Bube, Budu, Bulu, Bura-Pabir, Burak, Bushi, C’Lela, Cahungwarya, Cakfem-Mushere, Cebaara Senoufo, Central Atlas Tamazight, Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde, Cerma, Chiduruma, Chiga, Chokwe, Chumburung, Cicipu, Cishingini, Comorian (Ngazidja), Crioulo (Upper Guinea), Daba, Dadiya, Dagaare (Southern), Dagbani, Dan, Dan, Dangaléat, Dawro, Dazaga, Deg, Delo, Dendi, Denya, Dghwede, Dida (Yocoboué), Didinga, Dii, Dikaka, Dinka, Dinka (Northeastern), Ditammari, Dogon (Toro So), Doyayo, Duala, Duya, Dyan, Dyula, Dza, Ebira, Ede Cabe, Ede Ica, Ede Idaca, Ede Ije, Efik, Ejagham, Ekpeye, Elip, Emai-Iuleha-Ora, Embu, Engenni, English, Esan, Etkywan, Etulo, Ewe, Ewondo, Ezaa, Fang, Fanti, Fe’fe’, Fon, Foodo, Frafra, French, Fulah, Fulfulde (Adamawa), Fulfulde (Borgu), Fulfulde (Western Niger), Fuliiru, Fur, Ga, Gamo, Ganda, Gbari, Gbaya (Sudan), Gbaya-Mbodomo, Gbe (Tofin), Gbe (Waci), Gbe (Xwela), Gen, German, gevové, Ghomala, Gikyode, Godié, Goemai, Gofa, Gokana, Gonja, Goo, Gor, Gourmanchéma, Grebo, Gude, Gulay, Gumuz, Gun, Gungu, Guro, Gusii, Gwak, Gyele, Hanga, Harari, Hassaniyya, Hausa, Hdi, Herero, Hyam, Ibani, Ibibio, Idoma, Ifè, Igbo, Igede, Igo, Ijo (Southeast), Ik, Ika, Ikposo, Ikwere, Ikwo, Iten, Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe, Izere, Izii, Jenaama Bozo, Jibu, Jju, Jola-Fonyi, Jola-Kasa, Jukun Takum, Jur Modo, Juǀʼhoan, Kaansa, Kabalai, Kabba, Kabiyé, Kabuverdianu, Kabyle, Kako, Kalanga, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kamuku, Kamwe, Kanuri, Kanuri (Central), Kanuri (Manga), Kaonde, Karaboro (Eastern), Karang, Karekare, Kasem, Kasem, Kenga, Kenyang, Kibaku, Kikuyu, Kim, Kimbundu, Kimré, Kinyarwanda, Kirike, Kissi (Northern), Kita Maninkakan, Kituba, Koalib, Kom, Koma, Kombe, Kongo, Konjo, Konkomba, Koonzime, Koro Wachi, Kouya, Koyra Chiini, Koyraboro Senni, Kpelle, Kpelle (Guinea), Krache, Krio, Krumen (Plapo), Krumen (Tepo), Kuanyama, Kukele, Kulango (Bouna), Kunama, Kuo, Kuria, Kusaal, Kutep, Kutu, Kwanja, Kwasio, Kwere, Láá Láá Bwamu, Lama (Togo), Lamang, Lamba, Lamnso’, Langi, Lango [Uganda], Lehar, Lele, Lendu, Lese, Ligbi, Limba (West-Central), Limbum, Lingala, Lobala, Lobi, Logo, Lokaa, Loko, Lomwe, Longuda, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luba-Lulua, Lugbara, Luguru, Lukpa, Lunda, Luo, Luvale, Luwo, Luyia, Lyélé, Ma’di, Maasina Fulfulde, Machame, Mada, Mafa, Makaa, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malba Birifor, Mamara Senoufo, Mambila (Cameroon), Mambila (Nigeria), Mampruli, Mandingo, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mangbetu, Mango, Maninka (Sankaran), Maninkakan (Eastern), Mankanya, Mano, Manyika, Maore Comorian (Latin), Masaaba, Masai, Masalit, Masana, Mbe, Mbelime, Mbembe (Cross River), Mbere, Mbo, Mbuko, Mbula-Bwazza, Me’en, Medumba, Mendankwe-Nkwen, Mende, Ménik, Merey, Meru, Metaʼ, Mfumte, Miyobe, Mmaala, Moba, Mokole, Mongo, Morisyen, Moro, Morokodo, Mossi, Mumuye, Mundang, Mundani, Mündü, Murle, Muyang, Mwaghavul, Mwan, Mwani, Nafaanra, Nama, Nara, Nateni, Nawdm, Nawuri, Ndamba, Ndau, Ndogo, Ndonga, Ndrulo, Ndut, Ngambay, Ngangam, Ngas, Ngbaka, Ngbandi (Northern), Ngiemboon, Ngindo, Ngiti, Ngomba, Ngulu, Nigerian Fulfulde, Nigerian Pidgin, Ninzo, Nkonya, Nomaande, Noon, Noone, North Ndebele, Northern Bobo Madaré, Northern Dagara, Northern Sotho, Ntcham, Nuer, Nugunu, Nuni (Northern), Nupe-Nupe-Tako, Nyabwa, Nyamwezi, Nyangbo, Nyanja, Nyankole, Nyasa Tonga, Nyemba, Nyoro, Nzakara, Nzima, Nǁng, Obolo, Ogbah, Okiek, Oromo, Otuho, Paasaal, Pana (Central African Republic), Pangu, Parkwa, Pero, Phuie, Pogolo, Pokomo, Pökoot, Portuguese, Pulaar, Pular, Punu, Pyam, Rendille, Reshe, Réunion Creole French, Riffian (Latin), Rigwe, Rombo, Ron, Ronga, Rundi, Rwa, Saafi-Saafi, Safaliba, Saho, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Sãotomense, Sar, Saxwe Gbe, Sekpele, Selee, Sena, Sénoufo (Djimini), Sénoufo (Supyire), Serer, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Sheko, Shilluk, Shona, Sidamo, Sisaala (Tumulung), Sissala, Siwu, Soga, Sokoro, Somali, Soninke, South Central Banda, South Ndebele, Southern Bobo Madaré, Southern Kisi, Southern Nuni, Southern Samo, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Suba, Sudanese Arabic, Sukuma, Suri (Tirmaga-Chai), Susu, Swahili, Swahili (Congo), Swati, Syenara Senoufo, Tachelhit (Latin), Tafi, Taita, Takwane, Tal, Talinga-Bwisi, Tamashek, Tamasheq (Latin), Tampulma, Tangale, Tarok, Tasawaq, Tawallammat Tamajaq, Tedaga, Téén, Tem, Tera, Teso, Tiéyaxo Bozo, Tigon Mbembe, Tikar, Timne, Tiv, Toma, Tomo Kan Dogon, Tonga, Tooro, Toposa, Toura, Toussian (Southern), Tsikimba, Tsishingini, Tsonga, Tsuvadi, Tswana, Tula, Tumbuka, Tunen, Tunisian Darija, Turka, Tuwuli, Tyap, Uduk, Umbundu, ut-Hun, ut-Ma’in, Vagla, Vai (Latin), Venda, Vengo, Vidunda, Vunjo, Vute, Waama, Waja, Wamey, Wan, Wandala, Warji, Wè Northern, Winyé, Wolaytta, Wolof, Xaasongaxango, Xhosa, Yala, Yalunka, Yamba, Yambeta, Yangben, Yao, Yaouré, Yasa, Yemba, Yom, Yoruba, Zaghawa, Zande, Zarma, Zayse, Zigula, Zulgo-Gemzek, and Zulu.

I have prepared a number of specimen pages.
A sample of the many combinations of axes and other font features available
A dictionary​​​​​​
A newspaper
A stage play
A scientific paper
Legislation
The entirety of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
The Open Font License agreement

Playfair is stylistically a trans­itional design. From the time of enlight­en­ment in the late 18th cen­tury, the broad nib quills were replaced by poin­ted steel pens. This influ­enced typo­graph­ical let­ter­forms to become increas­ingly detached from the writ­ten ones. Devel­op­ments in print­ing tech­no­logy, ink, and paper mak­ing made it pos­sible to print let­ter­forms of high con­trast and del­ic­ate hairlines.

This design lends itself to this trans­itional period, and while it is not a revival of any par­tic­u­lar design, it takes influ­ence from the Caslon foundry type, the designs of printer and typeface designer John Bask­erville, the punch­cut­ter Wil­liam Martin’s typeface for the ‘Boy­dell Shak­speare’ (sic) edi­tion, and from the ‘Scotch Roman’ designs that fol­lowed thereafter.

Playfair is well suited for general purpose typesetting. It has an extra large x-height and short des­cend­ers. Because it is now a variable font, you the designer can seamlessly interpolate Playfair in three dimensions:

The optical size axis is the most extreme of the axes. Along that axis you can seamlessly change the letterforms from the extremely small Agate to the extremely big Needlepoint. The Agate has a very low contrast between the thickest and thinnest parts of its strokes, in fact the contrast is even slightly negative, meaning the the horisontal strokes are heavier than the vertical strokes. At the other end the Needlepoint is as high contrast as practically possible. The thinnest strokes are but a single unit wide, meaning that if you were to typeset in 1200 points using a Needlepoint weight, the resulting thinnest strokes would be one point wide.

The weight axis adds a second dimension by allowing you to seamlessly change from a light regular to a dark black. The third axis allows you to seamlessly change from Semi-Condensed to Semi-Expanded. Any combination within this design-envelope is now available to you.

This kind of flexibility means that you the designer can find the perfect expression in any context. You can make subtle changes to harmonise the way renderings vary across media, devices, or even specific webbrowsers.

Playfair supports both the Latin and Cyrillic scripts with a glyph complement for the most used languages using these scripts.

Playfair has been designed with context-dependant alternate designs of some glyphs. These alternates are automatically applied based on the optical size, the width, and the weight of the text. These substitutions are primarily instantiated in the smallest sizes. The smaller, the narrower, and the darker you typeset, the more of these substitutions you will encounter.

Playfair Contains several stylistic alternate letterforms so that you the designer can change how your text appears to the world. Playfair includes a full set of small-caps, common lig­at­ures, rare ligatures including ſ, and dis­cre­tion­ary lig­at­ures.

Besides the default old-style numerals, Playfair also includes lining numerals, scientific inferiors, numerators, denominators, pre-composed fractions, and arbitrary fractions.

Playfair 2.2 supports the following languages
Abidji, Abron, Abua, Acheron, Achinese, Achuar-Shiwiar, Acoli, Adangme, Adara, Adele, Adioukrou, Agatu, Aghem, Aguaruna, Agwagwune, Ahanta, Aja, Akebu, Akoose, Akuapem Twi, Alago, Albanian, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Anii, Anufo, Anuta, Anyin, Ao, Apinayé, Arabic (Chadian Spoken), Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashe, Ashéninka Perené, Asu, Asu (Tanzania), Atayal, Avatime, Avokaya, Awak, Awing, Ayizo Gbe, Azerbaijani, Baatonum, Bacama, Bafia, Bafut, Baga Sitemu, Balanta-Ganja, Bali, Balinese, Bambara, Bamun (Latin), Bana, Banda (West Central), Bandi, Bandial, Bangwinji, Baoulé, Bapuku, Basa, Basaa, Basque, Bassa, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bedawiyet, Bedjond, Bekwarra, Belanda Viri (Latin), Bemba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena, Bena (Tanzania), Bench, Beng, Benga, Berom, Bété (Daloa), Bété (Guiberoua), Bete-Bendi, Bhele, Bikol, Bilen, Bimoba, Birifor (Southern), Bisã, Bislama, Bissa, Boko, Bokobaru, Bomu, Bondoukou Kulango, Borana-Arsi-Guji, Bosnian, Bozo (Hainyaxo), Breton, Buamu, Bube, Budu, Buginese, Bulu, Bura-Pabir, Burak, Bushi, Cahungwarya, Cakfem-Mushere, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, Catalan, Cebaara Senoufo, Cebuano, Central Atlas Tamazight, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde, Cerma, Chachi, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiduruma, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chin, Chumburung, Chuukese, Cicipu, Cimbrian, Cishingini, Cofán, Comorian (Ngazidja), Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Crioulo (Upper Guinea), Croatian, Czech, C’Lela, Daba, Dadiya, Dagaare (Southern), Dagbani, Dangaléat, Danish, Dawro, Dazaga, Deg, Dehu, Delo, Dendi, Denya, Dghwede, Dida (Yocoboué), Didinga, Dii, Dikaka, Dimli, Dinka, Dinka (Northeastern), Ditammari, Dogon (Toro So), Dongolawi, Doyayo, Duala, Dutch, Duya, Dyan, Dyula, Dza, Eastern Abnaki, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Ebira, Ede Cabe, Ede Ica, Ede Idaca, Ede Ije, Efik, Ejagham, Ekpeye, Elip, Emai-Iuleha-Ora, Engenni, Esan, Ese Ejja, Etkywan, Etulo, Ewe, Ewondo, Ezaa, Fang, Fanti, Faroese, Fe’fe’, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Fon, Foodo, Frafra, Friulian, Fulah, Fulfulde (Adamawa), Fulfulde (Borgu), Fulfulde (Western Niger), Fuliiru, Fur, Ga, Gagauz, Galician, Gamo, Garifuna, Ga’anda, Gbari, Gbaya (Sudan), Gbaya-Mbodomo, Gbe (Tofin), Gbe (Waci), Gbe (Xwela), Gen, German, Gevové, Gheg, Ghomala, Gikyode, Gilbertese, Godié, Goemai, Gofa, Gokana, Gonja, Goo, Gooniyandi, Gor, Gourmanchéma, Grebo, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gude, Gulay, Gumuz, Gun, Gungu, Guro, Gwak, Gyele, Haitian, Hän, Hanga, Hani, Harari, Hassaniyya, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hdi, Herero, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Hyam, Ibani, Ibibio, Icelandic, Idoma, Ifè, Igbo, Igede, Igo, Ijo (Southeast), Ik, Ika, Ikposo, Ikwere, Ikwo, Iloko, Inari, Indonesian, Irish, Istro, Italian, Iten, Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Izere, Izii, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, Jenaama Bozo, Jibu, Jju, Jola-Kasa, Jukun Takum, Jur Modo, Juǀʼhoan, Kaansa, Kabalai, Kabba, Kabiyé, Kabyle, Kaingang, Kako, Kala, Kalaallisut, Kalanga, Kamba, Kamba (Kenya), Kamuku, Kamwe, Kanuri, Kanuri (Central), Kanuri (Manga), Kaqchikel, Kara-Kalpak, Karaboro (Eastern), Karang, Karekare, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenga, Kenyang, Kenzi,, Khasi, Kibaku, Kim, Kimré, Kirike, Kirmanjki, Kissi (Northern), Kita Maninkakan, Kituba, Kituba (DRC), Koalib, Kölsch, Kom, Koma, Kombe, Konjo, Konkomba, Konzo, Koonzime, Koro Wachi, Kouya, Koyra Chiini, Koyraboro Senni, Kpelle, Kpelle (Guinea), Krache, Krio, Krumen (Plapo), Krumen (Tepo), Kukele, Kulango (Bouna), Kunama, Kuo, Kuria, Kusaal, Kutep, Kutu, Kven Finnish, Kwanja, Kwasio, Kwere, K’iche’, Láá Láá Bwamu, Ladin, Ladino, Lagaw, Lakota, Lama (Togo), Lamang, Lamba, Lamnso’, Langi, Lango [Uganda], Latgalian, Latin, Lehar, Lele, Lendu, Lese, Ligbi, Ligurian, Limba (West-Central), Limbum, Lingala, Lithuanian, Lobala, Lobi, Logo, Lokaa, Loko, Lombard, Lomwe, Longuda, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Katanga, Luba-Lulua, Lugbara, Luguru, Lukpa, Lule Sami, Lunda, Luo, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luvale, Luwo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Lyélé, Maasina Fulfulde, Macedo-Romanian, Machame, Mada, Mafa, Makaa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malaysian, Malba Birifor, Maltese, Mamara Senoufo, Mambila (Cameroon), Mambila (Nigeria), Mampruli, Mandingo, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mangbetu, Mango, Maninka (Sankaran), Maninkakan (Eastern), Mankanya, Mano, Manx, Manyika, Maore Comorian, Maore Comorian (Latin), Maori, Mapudungun, Marshallese, Masaaba, Masai, Masalit, Masana, Matsés, Mattokki, Mauritian Creole, Ma’di, Mbe, Mbelime, Mbembe (Cross River), Mbere, Mbo, Mbuko, Mbula-Bwazza, Medumba, Mendankwe-Nkwen, Mende, Ménik, Merey, Meriam Mir, Metaʼ, Meto, Mezquital, Me’en, Mfumte, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mískito, Miyobe, Mmaala, Moba, Mohawk, Mokole, Mongo, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Morisyen, Moro, Morokodo, Mossi, Mumuye, Mundang, Mundani, Mündü, Munsee, Murle, Murrinh-Patha, Muslim Tat, Muyang, Mwaghavul, Mwan, Nafaanra, Naga, Naga Pidgin, Nama, Nara, Nateni, Nawdm, Nawuri, Ndamba, Ndau, Ndogo, Ndrulo, Ndut, Neapolitan, Ngambay, Ngangam, Ngas, Ngazidja Comorian, Ngbaka, Ngbandi (Northern), Ngiemboon, Ngindo, Ngiti, Ngomba, Ngulu, Nigerian Fulfulde, Nigerian Pidgin, Ninzo, Niuean, Nkonya, Nobiin, Nomaande, Nomatsiguenga, Noon, Noone, North Azerbaijani, North Marquesan, Northern Bobo Madaré, Northern Dagara, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Sotho, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Ntcham, Nuer, Nugunu, Nuni (Northern), Nupe-Nupe-Tako, Nyabwa, Nyamwezi, Nyangbo, Nyasa Tonga, Nyemba, Nyoro, Nzakara, Nzima, Nǁng, Obolo, Occitan, Ogbah, Ojitlán Chinantec, Okiek, Orma, Oroqen, Otomi, Paasaal, Páez, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Pana (Central African Republic), Pangu, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Paraguayan Guaraní, Parkwa, Pedi, Pero, Phuie, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pipil, Pisin, Pite Sami, Pogolo, Pohnpeian, Pokomo, Pökoot, Polish, Potawatomi, Pulaar, Pular, Punu, Purepecha, Pyam, Quechua, Rendille, Reshe, Réunion Creole French, Riffian (Latin), Rigwe, Romansh, Rombo, Ron, Ronga, Rotokas, Saafi-Saafi, Safaliba, Saho, Sami, Samoan, Sangu, Sangu (Tanzania), Sãotomense, Sar, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Saxwe Gbe, Scottish Gaelic, Secoya, Sekpele, Selee, Sénoufo (Djimini), Sénoufo (Supyire), Serbian, Serer, Seri, Shawnee, Sheko, Shilluk, Shipibo-Conibo, Shuar, Sicilian, Sidamo, Silesian, Sisaala (Tumulung), Sissala, Siwu, Skolt Sami, Slovak, Slovenian, Sokoro, South, South Central Banda, South Marquesan, Southern Aymara, Southern Bobo Madaré, Southern Kisi, Southern Nuni, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Samo, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Suba, Sudanese Arabic, Sukuma, Sundanese, Suri (Tirmaga-Chai), Susu, Swahili (Congo), Swedish, Swiss German, Syenara Senoufo, Tachelhit (Latin), Tafi, Tagalog, Tahitian, Takwane, Tal, Talinga-Bwisi, Talysh, Tamashek, Tamasheq (Latin), Tampulma, Tangale, Tarok, Tasawaq, Tawallammat Tamajaq, Tedaga, Tedim, Téén, Tem, Tera, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiéyaxo Bozo, Tigon Mbembe, Tikar, Timne, Toba, Tok, Tokelau, Toma, Tomo Kan Dogon, Tonga, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tonga (Zambia), Tooro, Toposa, Tosk Albanian, Totontepec Mixe, Toura, Toussian (Southern), Tsakhur, Tsikimba, Tsishingini, Tsuvadi, Tula, Tunen, Tunisian Darija, Turka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuwuli, Tyap, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab, Uduk, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Ut-Hun, Ut-Ma’in, Vagla, Vai (Latin), Venda, Venetian, Vengo, Veps, Vidunda, Vietnamese, Võro, Vunjo, Vute, Waama, Waja, Wallisian, Walloon, Walser, Wamey, Wan, Wandala, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waorani, Waray (Philippines), Warji, Warlpiri, Wayuu, Wè Northern, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Winyé, Wiradjuri, Wolaytta, Wolof, Xaasongaxango, Xavánte, Ya, Yala, Yalunka, Yamba, Yambeta, Yanesha’, Yangben, Yaouré, Yapese, Yasa, Yemba, Yindjibarndi, Yom, Yoruba, Yucateco, Zaghawa, Zande, Záparo, Zapotec, Zarma, Zayse, Zigula, Zulgo-Gemzek, Zulu, and Zuni.

Playfair is published under the Open Font License 1.1, granting you license to use the fonts free of charge, and enables you to extend & modify the family should you wish to. The complete source-files and variable font binaries in TTF and WOFF2 formates are available here.