We also offer 40 standard ink colors. Your Crane's retailer can help you select the style that best matches your taste and attitude. To see our full selection of papers, monograms, letterstyles, and ink colors, be sure to visit a Crane's retailer near you. If you need assistance, we've provided a directory for you to find a retailer while you're here. For starters, engraving has been with us for hundreds of years.
Engraving is a highly skilled form of raised printing.
The beauty of engraving lies in the contrasting thick and thin lines and in its three-dimensional quality. First, ink is applied to an etched copper plate. Then, a weight forces the paper into the cavity and raises the surface of the paper, with the ink adhering to the raised surface. Finely detailed, raised letters with a slight bruise on the reverse side of the paper. Once you've made the investment, you can use your engraving die again and again for subsequent stationery orders.