Real shine ink can’t reach.
Foil stamping bonds a thin layer of metal foil to the sheet with a heated die. Gold, silver, copper, holographic, and matte pigment foils — run in-house, with the weight and reflection a printed metallic simply can’t fake.
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Metal pressed into the sheet, not printed onto it.
A heated die presses a roll of metallic or pigment foil against the stock; under heat and pressure the foil releases from its carrier and bonds only where the die strikes. The result is a true mirror finish with edges sharp enough to register against type — not a metallic ink approximating shine.
Foil is actual metal, so it catches light at an angle the way a printed metallic never will — mirror gold, brushed silver, warm copper.
Holographic foils throw a shifting spectrum; matte pigment foils lay down opaque color — including a clean white — that ink can’t hold on a dark stock.
Foil registers over an emboss for a sculpted, dimensional mark — struck in the same building so the metal lands exactly on the relief.
Struck here, checked against the proof.
Foil is heat, dwell, and pressure — too cool and it skips, too hot and it fills in. We dial it in on our own presses and check every strike against the proof you approved.
The die is made and the foil is struck under one roof — nothing handed to a finisher who loses the thread between proof and press.
Foil sits next to engraving, letterpress, and emboss in the same shop — combine finishes on one piece, in register.
Where it earns its place.
A foiled monogram or edge that throws light the moment the card leaves the holder.
Gold or copper on a heavy invitation sets the occasion before a single word is read.
A foiled mark on a carton or label reads as quality the hand registers, not a printed claim.
Holographic and metallic foils that make a document hard to copy and easy to trust.
- Process
- Heated die bonds metal foil to the sheet
- Foils
- Gold, silver, copper, holographic, matte pigment
- Finish
- Mirror, brushed & matte — pending
- Combination
- Foil-over-emboss in register
- Turnaround
- Business days — pending
Ready to order foil stamping? It’s available now on Business Cards, Invitations, and Presentation Folders.