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Embossing

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Emboss or Embossing may refer to:

Materials

The term usually refers to several techniques for creating a raised pattern on a material:

  • Paper embossing, the raising of paper and other non-metal products using specific tools to accomplish the task
  • Embossed In Register (EIR) aligns embossing with an underlying image
  • Leather embossing
  • Embossing (manufacturing), commercial scale embossing of sheet metal
  • Repoussé and chasing, by hammering sheet metal by hand
  • Image embossing, the process to create highlights or shadows that will replace light/dark boundaries of an image

Embosser may refer to:

  • Handheld embossers, see embossing tape
  • Braille embosser, an impact printer that renders text as tactile braille cells

Other

  • Embossing can refer to a modification performed on harmonicas, narrowing reeds for the technique of overblowing
  • EMBOSS, an acronym for European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite
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