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A hot-foil stamp is a printing method where a metallic foil is transferred to paper using heat and pressure, leaving a reflective, slightly sunken design.
Crafting Reflective Contrast
Pair with matte stocks like deep charcoal, forest green, or navy cotton. The stark contrast between a non-reflective, textured paper and the mirror-like sheen of the hot-foil stamp maximizes the visual impact of the debossed foil edges.
Mind the line weight in your designs. Extremely fine hairlines can fail to transfer cleanly or bleed together; use medium-weight serifs or bold geometric graphics to give the foil a solid, well-defined channel to settle into.
Full Prompts:
A close-up of a heavy charcoal cotton business card, featuring a minimalist serif monogram applied as a metallic gold hot-foil stamp, deep crisp indentation into the paper fiber, raking side light catching the reflective gold foil texture, high contrast shadow, studio macro --ar 3:2 --style raw --s 50 --no photography clutter
