The Electronic Font Foundry

The Electronic Font Foundry
IndustryComputer software
FoundedUK (1984 (1984))
FounderEdward Detyna
Headquarters
Ascot, Berkshire
,
UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Edward Detyna, Kevin Simpson, Aaron Timbrell
ProductsComputer fonts
Websitethefonts.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 19, 2015)

The Electronic Font Foundry (EFF) was a business engaged in the design and sale of computer fonts. It was established in 1984 by Polish physicist Dr Edward Detyna, in the United Kingdom. They tailored and produced fonts in PostScript, TrueType and RISC OS formats.[1][2][3] It produced fonts in more than 60 languages.[4]

EFF produced high quality RISC OS versions of many popular fonts and typefaces, as well as a large collection of exclusive designs.

EFF RISC OS fonts were the first (besides those produced by Acorn Computers) to contain kerning data. Dr Detyna was instrumental in the inclusion of several advanced typographical features into later versions of RISC OS. He designed the MetaFont, used internally by Acorn, EFF and other font foundries to generate fonts for less common Latin and Cyrillic character sets.

The company's public domain RISC OS CD-ROM, released in 1997, includes conversions of public domain fonts to the RISC OS format. It also includes a cataloguing tool.[5]

Font Families

The EFF has produced many different fonts within many font families;[6][7]

  • IcePick
  • Fancy Dress
  • Autograph
  • AutographS
  • Remington
  • Adrian
  • Courier
  • NewSwiss
  • Utamura
  • Venice
  • Sans Serif CC (for TV)

Released Text

Outline Fonts For RISC-OS released in 1993. Was a user manual for those using RISC-OS with the intentions of understanding fonts.

References

  1. ^ alib-ms (24 November 2023). "Registered font vendors - Typography". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "The Electronic Font Foundry". Archive Today. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "About EFF Fonts". 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Chriswhy.co.uk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Free PD fonts CD ROM from EFF" (PDF). Acorn Clan newsletter. May 1997. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Electronic Font Foundry Type Foundry, EFF Type Foundry|Electronic Font Foundry-United Kingdom Type Foundry-Fontke.com For Mobile". eng.m.fontke.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Electronic Font Foundry". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 12 December 2023.


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