| The Electronic Font Foundry | |
| Foundation: | UK |
| Founder: | Edward Detyna |
| Location City: | Ascot, Berkshire |
| Location Country: | UK |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | Edward Detyna, Kevin Simpson, Aaron Timbrell |
| Industry: | Computer software |
| Products: | Computer fonts |
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 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 fonts were the first (besides those produced by) to contain kerning data. Dr Detyna was instrumental in the inclusion of several advanced typographical features into later versions of . 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 CD-ROM, released in 1997, includes conversions of public domain fonts to the format. It also includes a cataloguing tool.[5]
The EFF has produced many different fonts within many font families;[6] [7]
Outline Fonts For RISC-OS released in 1993. Was a user manual for those using RISC-OS with the intentions of understanding fonts.