Elsner+Flake

{{Short description|German type foundry}}

{{Infobox company

| type = Private

| industry = {{unbulleted list|Type design}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1986|}}

| founders = {{unbulleted list|Veronika Elsner|Günther Flake}}

| hq_location_city = Hamburg

| hq_location_country = Germany

| footnotes =

}}

Elsner+Flake is a trademark used by German type foundry originally called EF Designstudios,{{Cite web |title=Elsner+Flake |url=http://www.fonts4ever.com/about_f4e.php |last= |date=n.d. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528115446/http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/elsner_flake/ |archive-date=2009-05-28 |access-date=2009-09-02 |website=FontShop}} but later renamed Elsner+Flake Type Consulting GmbH, and is currently based in Hamburg.{{Cite web |title=About f4e |url=http://www.fonts4ever.com/about_f4e.php |last= |date=n.d. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502020930/http://www.fonts4ever.com/about_f4e.php#familyName |archive-date=2010-05-02 |access-date=2009-09-03 |website=fonts4ever}} 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.{{Cite book |title=Typography, Referenced |last1=Haley |first1=Allan |date=2012 |publisher=Rockport Publishers |isbn=978-1-59253-702-0 |location=Beverly, MA |pages=126 |url=https://archive.org/details/typographyrefere0000unse |last2=Poulin |first2=Richard |last3=Tselentis |first3=Jason |last4=Seddon |first4=Tony |last5=Leonidas |first5=Gerry |last6=Saltz |first6=Ina |last7=Henderson |first7=Kathryn |last8=Alterman |first8=Tyler |lccn=2011040805 |access-date=2025-04-01}} The fonts are available in Mac PostScript, PC PostScript, PC TrueType and Plain OpenType.{{Cite web |title=Elsner+Flake |url=https://www.myfonts.com/collections/elsner-flake-foundry |last= |date=n.d. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328105538/https://www.myfonts.com/collections/elsner-flake-foundry/ |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=MyFonts}}