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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 28, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge of goodwill and trademarks, Total	$ 93,324,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment	$ 93,324,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment	$ 24,226,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
Goodwill impairment	55,923,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	55,923,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	18,626,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Trademarks impairment charges	37,400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill
Estimated useful life of asset		9 years 6 months	7 years 1 month 6 days
Amortization of trade names, customer lists, and patent		5,779,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	4,216,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	3,278,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Goodwill acquired		5,205,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	12,024,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Wisco and NIC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill acquired		12,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember	12,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember
Sovereign [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill acquired		945,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember
Kay Toledo [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill acquired		4,200,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember
Apparel Segment [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge of goodwill and trademarks, Total		93,324,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember			24,226,000us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Goodwill impairment		55,923,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember	18,626,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember		18,626,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Percentage of carrying value of goodwill and impairment		88.00%ebf_PercentageOfCarryingValueOverFairValueOfGoodwillForTwoStepGoodwillImpairmentTest / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Apparel Segment [Member] | Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks impairment charges		37,400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember			5,600,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_ApparelSegmentMember
Print Segment [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment		0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember
Goodwill acquired		$ 5,205,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember	$ 12,024,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ebf_PrintSegmentMember
Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of asset		1 year
Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of asset		15 years

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