Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 108,033	$ 93,419
Type of revenue [extensible list]	ebf:CommercialPrintedProductMember	ebf:CommercialPrintedProductMember
Cost of goods sold	$ 75,337	$ 63,228
Type of cost, good or service [extensible list]	ebf:CommercialPrintedProductMember	ebf:CommercialPrintedProductMember
Gross profit margin	$ 32,696	$ 30,191
Selling, general and administrative	19,703	17,735
Gain from disposal of assets		(4)
Income from operations	12,993	12,460
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(317)	(261)
Other, net	340	130
Total other income (expense)	23	(131)
Earnings before income taxes	13,016	12,329
Income tax expense	3,384	3,082
Net earnings	$ 9,632	$ 9,247
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic	26,028,337	25,333,673
Diluted	26,028,337	25,363,772
Earnings per share
Basic	$ 0.37	$ 0.37
Diluted	0.37	0.36
Cash dividends per share	$ 0.225	$ 0.200