![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s 25 thousands of an inch. Your average emboss is about 1/64th of an inch. This is usually done with a male counterpart underneath the paper, so that the paper is sandwiched between the two and the design is transferred to the paper.Īlthough embossing seems to be quite deep visually, it is commonly no more than 15 microns and at most, 25 microns. Emboss can be used by itself or together with foil, coatings or printing.Įmbossing is done by pressing a sheet of paper (or other substrate) into a female die, that has a design engraved or etched into it. It’s a great way to give your design another dimension that print simply cannot do. It’s the real world equivalent to bevel effects and likely derives from relief sculptures-resembling most closely the bas-relief where the depth is perceived as a lot more than is actually there. The word itself is old French, coming from em (into) and boce (protuberance).Īs for how it relates to graphic design-embossing has been used as a finish for high end printed products for hundreds of years. Everything you need to know to start using embossing in your design projects and appear to know what the hell you’re doing.Įmbossing is simply raising the surface of your design so that it has some depth.
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