Editing Paper embossing (section)

{{Short description|Process to create reliefs in paper materials}}
{{for|embossing metal|Repoussé and chasing}}
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[[File:CollègeGeneve1974-1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Embossed paper seal]]
[[File:Embossed Postcard, Carnegie Library, Houston, Texas.jpg|right|thumb|An embossed postcard, Carnegie Library, Houston, Texas (circa 1900–1924).]]
[[Image:Moon-type-map.jpg|right|thumbnail|A debossed map of the [[British Isles]], from [[Moon type|William Moon]]'s ''Light for the Blind'', published in 1877.]]
[[File:Embosser at Huntington FL jeh.jpg|thumb|Hand-operated embossing machine]]
[[File:Vitprägel.jpg|thumb|Hand-operated embossing for a [[photographer]]'s [[copyright notice]].]]

'''Embossing''' and '''debossing''' are the processes of creating either raised or recessed relief images and designs in [[paper]] and other materials. An '''embossed''' pattern is raised against the background, while a '''debossed''' pattern is sunken into the surface of the material but might protrude somewhat on the reverse side.