What is the difference between Engraving and Embossing?

Engraving is an incision of a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. Engraving is the method used exclusively for our glass and wood USBs.

Embossing (also known as hot foil stamping) uses dried pigments that come on rolls of “foil”. It appears very much like letterpress and can also be created with or without color. A special press uses heat and high pressure to transfer the pigments onto the surface of a product via a custom die. 

Below is an example of Engraving on our Rose Gold USB and Embossing in the Rose Gold / Copper color on a black box.