Lettering on mountboard - is this blocking?

[WannabeFramer]

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A customer would like me to replicate this type of lettering on their mount (sorry for the blurriness, it is a photo of a photo). Is this referred to as foil stamping so I am googling properly? I am finding printers but not framers so I'm possibly not searching correctly.

Or do any of you offer this service and would be able to help me out please? I could either send the mount or you cut it, whatever works.

I have tried with my CMC pen tool but I can't get it neat enough.

[pramsay13]

I'm not sure many framers will offer that, seems like it's probably older technology that has been replaced by a cmc or even laser.
If you can find someone that can do it you could cut the mountboard and take it to them to stamp, although it might be easier and cheaper to offer to redo that one as well as the new one using your cmc so they are both the same.

[WannabeFramer]

It’s a point about the CMC and would be quicker.

I only have that blurred image, but it looks like the kind of thing I often have brought in on graduation photos though, with the university name stamped on. Someone somewhere must still do it, although it could be a case of needing a die for large runs only.

[JFeig]

Some of the foil stamping machines used loose type similar to letterpress that was held in a chuck that was designed to hold loose(movable) type.

amazon.com/ZONEPACK-Digital-Embossing-Stamping-Microsoft/dp/B07BT9DP27/ref=sr_1_19?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eelnffzAD-_UKmR7GwGQjOFVGk48zDVlHJm4cgrQDPMeqzQVgrJN_B2sC4i5gQ5UKLcv30C5ubBlwts-_-sPO_hCy40dyNxMvURyV9umFddUOQM4sRWA8tz2kLm6LfjNMtpeM4lZWBEzJIVAzAh5YIrAkGIvXPzxd5S-msgPiyDq-J1NyI7KPbtW1Non_cETRf7koVlUwIHGsM1LhGgsQX7tf_PrzZa5xjexj4pnaj7gjyU2-YsS7jnn6mrAxEulwxHqhL25xtGjWeKTq5HJrrVzbLDoH9ESH_J2rH_5h2U.nqL-DHcxKDOeTyNPyhWr0NYmCr-qrhN8qR9j7VeYClg&dib_tag=se&keywords=hot%2Bfoil%2Bstamping%2Bmachine&qid=1782355299&sr=8-19

[WannabeFramer]

Ah thanks, that looks like it. A little to much for me to invest in for a one-off job, but now I know what I am looking for I may know someone with a similar machine.