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Elsner+Flake

Elsner+Flake is a trademark used by German type foundry originally called EF Designstudios, but later renamed Elsner+Flake Type Consulting GmbH, and is currently based in Hamburg. The company was founded in 1986 by Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake after their ten-year freelance experience in type design, typography and digitizing of fonts and logos.

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Elsner+Flake
Company type
Private
Industry
Founded1986 (1986)
Founders
  • Veronika Elsner
  • Günther Flake
Headquarters
Hamburg
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Germany
Websitewww.elsner-flake.com Edit this on Wikidata
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Elsner+Flake is a trademark used by German type foundry originally called EF Designstudios,3 but later renamed Elsner+Flake Type Consulting GmbH, and is currently based in Hamburg.2 The company was founded in 1986 by Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake after their ten-year freelance experience in type design, typography and digitizing of fonts and logos.

The collection of digital fonts by Elsner+Flake numbers more than 2500.1 The fonts are available in Mac PostScript, PC PostScript, PC TrueType and Plain OpenType.4

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  1. Haley, Allan; Poulin, Richard; Tselentis, Jason; Seddon, Tony; Leonidas, Gerry; Saltz, Ina; Henderson, Kathryn; Alterman, Tyler (2012). Typography, Referenced. Beverly, MA: Rockport Publishers. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-59253-702-0. LCCN 2011040805. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  2. "About f4e". fonts4ever. n.d. Archived from the original on 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  3. "Elsner+Flake". FontShop. n.d. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  4. "Elsner+Flake". MyFonts. n.d. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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