Embossed and Debossed Business Cards

[Davidw]

Hi Everybody

Thought I'd start a thread to share my interest in letterpress embossed and debossed business cards.

This can be somewhere to post photo's of these type of cards - I don't suppose the source of the photo matters - either a card you've come across yourself or from one of the card design websites like cardobserver or cardnerd etc. - and to discuss the options and limitations of this process.

I'll kick off with a very minimalist card from one of the above sites for Milk Design.

It couldn't be more simple - but the black foil with a blind DEBOSSED logo looks great to me.

- David

[Squevasquidge]

I love it! Debossing and Embossing really interests me at the moment and I find myself numb to everything else as design using these techniques seem to really hit the spot at the moment! My knowledge of printing processes are so limited, is it a specialised technique? Is it hard to find printing companies that can deal with it well? And is it extortionate?

Looking forward to seeing more examples!

[Davidw]

Hello Squevasquidge

I'm pleased to hear of your enthusiasm for the 'old techniques'.

In answer to your questions: yes it's specialised and yes it's quite hard to find - expensive compared to litho these days - but not extortionate :)

I do these cards mainly as a hobby as I'm semi-retired - I first got interested in this process 40 years ago as an apprentice compositor (typesetter) - our main business these days is litho print.

Here's one I did a couple of weeks ago. It's foiled onto G F Smith's Colorplan 540gsm card - duplexed (different colour card each side).

Best wishes - David

[Boss Hog]

Hey Davidw

Saw this and thought of you > Shell LiveWIRE Discussion Forums - Recommendation for a printer: Letterpress stock

[Davidw]

Thanks for the thought Damon

Kind regards - David

[Davidw]

Terenzio contacted me recently for some cards for his architect business in Italy.

The black cards are DEBOSSED logo + clear gloss foil - the text is white foil.

The white cards are blind EMBOSSED logo - the text is black foil.

Both cards are G F Smith Colorplan 540gsm.