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Blind embossing

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In graphic design, blind embossing means: Raising a design in a material without adding ink or foil to that impression.

In Turkish: boyasız kabartma

How it is used

Use when the relief itself supplies the visible and tactile effect.

Example sentences

  1. Blind embossing gives the unprinted cover a subtle emblem.

    Light and shadow reveal the raised shape without coloured ink.

  2. The blind embossing was difficult to see under flat lighting.

    Visibility depends partly on how light falls across the relief.

Common collocations

  • blind embossing
  • blind-embossed cover
  • print-readyDescribes a final file that meets the printer's requirements and can go straight to press, with correct size, bleed, colour mode, image resolution and fonts.
  • proofA trial version of a design, on paper or as a PDF, that the designer and client check carefully for mistakes and colour before the full print run starts.

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