Can you deboss in gloss without printing any ink?

Yes — a heated die on a matte board burnishes the surface, so the debossed area comes up glossy while everything around it stays flat. It reads only in raking light, so it belongs on a box that gets picked up, not on a shelf-facing panel. Start a quote with this spec.

Studio concept

An emblem you can only see at an angle

A studio concept: a spirits box whose emblem is debossed in gloss on matte ivory board, sitting on a mirror-copper lattice base.

Boxes for Studio concept with matte ivory rigid board, gloss deboss, tone on tone, mirror copper metallised paper base and two-piece rigid construction.

TechniquesGloss Deboss, Deboss, Mirror Copper Paper

Two rules

01Sheen instead of colour. Specify a matte board so the gloss has something to contrast with, and brief the shelf shot in raking light.
02Keep the shine at the base. Mirror copper on the lattice base only, with the debossed lid left entirely matte.

Ivory spirits box gloss white deboss emblem mirror copper lattice base — custom packaging by Print Peppermint, specialty print with gloss deboss, mirror copper paper — ivory spirits box gloss white deboss emblem mirror copper lattice base

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Same paper, foil and finish, locked in — nothing of this piece artwork comes with it.

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Can you deboss in gloss without printing any ink?: Yes — a heated die on a matte board burnishes the surface, so the debossed area comes up glossy while everything around it stays flat. It reads only in raking light, so it belongs on a box that gets picked up, not on a shelf-facing panel. Start a quote with this spec.

An emblem you can only see at an angle

Two rules

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