Paper embossing: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Moon-type-map.jpg|right|thumbnail|A debossed map of the [[British Isles]], from [[Moon type|William Moon]]'s ''Light for the Blind'', published in 1877.]]

[[File:Embosser at Huntington FL jeh.jpg|thumb|Hand-operated embossing machine]]

'''Embossing''' and '''debossing''' are the processes of creating either raised or recessed relief images and designs in [[paper]] and other materials. An '''embossed''' pattern is raised against the background, while a '''debossed''' pattern is sunken into the surface of the material (but might protrude somewhat on the reverse, back side).