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embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the depth of the design needed. A felt counter or female die is employed for embossing fabrics, while metal, millboard, or cardboard is used for embossing metal, cardboard, or paper. Leather for bookbinding and wood for furniture ornamentation are die stamped while wet. Embossing differs from other relief design processes, such as repoussé, chasing, carving, and leather tooling, in being machine wrought.
embossing [em′bäs·iŋ]
(graphic arts)
Producing a raised pattern on the surface of paper or wood by means of a die.


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The company added a 90" embossing line to compliment its R-Series smooth release film formulations.
Some pressure-sensitive materials are converted into labels and other products through embossing, printing, stamping and die cutting, and some are sold in unconverted form as base materials, tapes and reflective sheeting.
Since 1997, when he was studying for his MFA at UCLA, Sandeep Mukherjee has exhibited subtly dynamic drawings made by embossing Duralene--a stiff, vellumlike material--with motifs of flowers, leaves, starbursts, and rippling water.
 
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