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
