Where is foil stamping used

Because foil stamping was so labor intensive, early foil stamping was primarily restricted to book covers and literary titles. To print gold text on a book cover, printers used separate fonts of lead or brass type, with text assembled by hand, one letter at a time, or a custom engraved die with a single image.

Once the text or die was assembled, it was loaded into a press, which then pressed thin sheets of metallic foil into a book cover or other material. Baby Announcements by Lauren Chism. The development of modern hot foil stamping took place in the late s and early s. Ernst Oeser, a master bookbinder in Berlin, is credited as a pioneer in the development of hot-stamping foils as early as In the s, an English foil manufacturer, George M.

Whiley, introduced atomized gold on thin sheets of polyester film. Hot foil stamping using these rolls of gold foil increased in popularity in the s through the late s. A good rule of thumb: set type loosely and with more leading than you might ordinarily consider. Kerning Examples: Incorrect left and Correct right. Reverses: we recommend avoiding reverses in general when printing with foil. If you do use type in reverse, use minimum of 10 pt for most fonts.

Width of lines: lines should be. No hairlines! When a piece uses both heavy coverage and light coverage in the same color, we may need to create two dies and run those dies in separate passes, increasing the cost. We can accomplish the overprinting look by trapping artwork, and our prepress department will apply trapping as needed.

Pearl foil — These foils are mainly used for adding a lustrous, pearlescent shine to a design. Pearl foils can be either transparent or translucent and are commonly used on wedding invitations and greeting cards.

Effects foil — Effects foils are essentially foils with multiple colored patterns and tones. Popular options include light diffractions, stripes, sparkles, and holographic patterns.

Holographic foil — These foils typically produce 3D or rainbow-colored patterns, and are mainly used for their aesthetic appeal. Credit cards, ID cards, and security seals are a few of the most common applications for holographic foils.

Scratch-off foil — As their name implies, scratch-off foils are designed to be easily removed via scratching. They do not permanently adhere to a printed surface, making them ideal for temporarily concealing sensitive information.

These foils are commonly found on lottery tickets and phone cards. Foil stamping provides designers with a wide array of luxurious texture options, allowing for enhanced aesthetics and unique features. In flat-flat foiling, the foiling dies are either attached to a flat honeycomb chase allowing for variable positioning, or in fixed positions on a flat metal plate, for repeat jobs.

Whichever type of die carrier is used, the sheet and foil will be brought into position between it and the lower counter plate. This is either completely flat, for flat foiling, or mounted with counterparts to the dies, for embossed foiling. The press then brings the upper and lower elements together, delivering uniform pressure across the entire sheet In round-flat hot foil stamping, the flat counterplate is replaced by a rotating cylinder. The die chase moves horizontally in synchronization with this to deliver a narrow linear zone of pressure where the die, foil, substrate, and cylinder meet The round-round principle of hot-foil stamping is based on a rotary principle similar to that used by printing presses.

Here, the dies are mounted on a cylinder that rotates in synchronization with a counter cylinder. The substrate and foil are brought together between the two in the narrow nip point. Advantages Each principle has its advantages: Flat-flat hot foil stamping offers ease of set up and readily available tooling.

Round-flat hot foil stampers are ideal for smaller runs and limited series. Foil stamping machines using the round-round principle deliver very high production speeds and allow for the application of extremely fine details next to large solids.

BOBST expertise and knowledge BOBST hot foil stamping presses cover the complete range of production needs, from straightforward block foiling, through hologram application with pinpoint accuracy, to the creation of highly complex foil effects.

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