Best.... Heavy, dry, undercoated, long fibered, cover weight sheets.
Avoid.... Lightweight, heavy coated or varnished papers, which will crack easily when embossed.
Note.... Depth and degree of bevel is determined by choice of stock. Textured stocks become smooth when embossed. You can achieve more depth on a felt finished stock than a linen.

Letterhead: .006 to .010 pts
Business Cards: .008 to .016 pts
Medium Cover Stock: (Up to 12 pt.): .008 to .018 pts.
Heavy Cover Stock: .018 to .024 pts
Kromekote and Currency: .008 to .012 pts.

Recommendations:

• Use sharp, camera-ready black and white art. Provide a film positive to size.
• Finished embosses look slightly smaller than the originals, thus you should slightly increase the size of the art.
• Embossing or debossing can shorten the width of a cover and should be compensated for.
• Rules should be at least a two-point thickness or more.
• Type should be spaced out a little more than normal to provide room for beveling the image to secure greater depth.
• Avoid small type tightly kerned. Small elements placed too close together will not have adequate room to form completely. More letter space (Kerning) should be used.
• For best results, indicate beveled edges or rounded edges.
• Indicate bevel in or bevel out in regards to the ink registration.
• Give the debosser both a line drawing and a photograph of the object if the emboss is sculptured rendering.
• For sharp detail or pointed edges on deeper embosses, the die marker must use beveled edges.
• When emboss is to be registered to four-color printing, supply the embosser with one of the dominant screened four-color negatives, as well as the final printed piece.
• Wax-free inks are not required for registered emboss.
• Avoid large solid areas.
• Allow at least 3/4" gripper margin.
• Clearly mark gripper and side edge.