BLIND EMBOSSING

A colorless relief image applied to the substrate by deforming the material under pressure. On the paper substrate the image is produced by pressure, on the polymer substrate — by pressure and heat (embossing). Visualised in oblique and/or sliding light, has a tactile effect, may have convex or concave relief.

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a — Blind embossing (text and country outlines); 

b — the same. Zoomed fragment. Oblique light

a                                                                         b

a — Polymer substrate. Embossing (marked with arrows);

b — the same. Zoomed fragment. An image of a bird with the contours formed by microprinting. Sliding light

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a — Paper substrate; 

b — the same. Blind embossing. Oblique light