Private company

Elsner+Flake

Logo: Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German type foundry

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. The collection of digital fonts by Elsner+Flake numbers more than 2500.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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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.2

Timeline

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