A process for producing a rolled tissue product comprising: providing a wet pressed base sheet comprising at least one ply, the ply having a basis weight of from about 10 gsm to about 40 gsm, the ply comprising pulp fibers, the ply not being through-air dried; embossing the ply according to a background embossing pattern, the embossed ply having a geometric mean tensile strength of less than about 1,400 g/ 7.62 cm (3 inches), and wherein the background pattern covers at least 90 percent of the surface area of one side of the ply; the method further comprising: winding the base sheet into a wound roll, wherein the background embossing pattern (300, 302, 303, 306, 314, 315) comprises a pattern of discrete shapes, the discrete shapes being present in an amount of from 50 to 400 shapes per 6.45 cm 2 (square inch); wherein the shapes have a maximum dimension of from about 0.076 cm (0.03 inches) to about 0.25 cm (0.10 inches); wherein the discrete shapes appear in rows, the shapes being spaced from about 0.1 cm (0.04 inches) to about 0.23 cm (0.09 inches) apart in each row from a center of one shape to a center of an adjacent shape; and wherein the rows are spaced from about 0.15 cm (0.06 inches) to about 0.36 cm (0.14 inches) apart from a center of one row to a center of an adjacent row, characterised in that the ply is embossed in a substantially dry state in a nip between a pattern roll and a backing roll including a rubber coating; and wherein the ply is embossed in such a manner that the wound roll has a roll bulk in relation to a Kershaw roll firmness such that: Roll bulk cm 3 / g > 1.55 * Kershaw Roll Firmness mm + 3.7, the Kershaw roll firmness being measured in accordance with the method described in the section of the description entitled "The Kershaw Test". providing a wet pressed base sheet comprising at least one ply, the ply having a basis weight of from about 10 gsm to about 40 gsm, the ply comprising pulp fibers, the ply not being through-air dried; embossing the ply according to a background embossing pattern, the embossed ply having a geometric mean tensile strength of less than about 1,400 g/ 7.62 cm (3 inches), and wherein the background pattern covers at least 90 percent of the surface area of one side of the ply; the method further comprising: winding the base sheet into a wound roll, wherein the background embossing pattern (300, 302, 303, 306, 314, 315) comprises a pattern of discrete shapes, the discrete shapes being present in an amount of from 50 to 400 shapes per 6.45 cm 2 (square inch); wherein the shapes have a maximum dimension of from about 0.076 cm (0.03 inches) to about 0.25 cm (0.10 inches); wherein the discrete shapes appear in rows, the shapes being spaced from about 0.1 cm (0.04 inches) to about 0.23 cm (0.09 inches) apart in each row from a center of one shape to a center of an adjacent shape; and wherein the rows are spaced from about 0.15 cm (0.06 inches) to about 0.36 cm (0.14 inches) apart from a center of one row to a center of an adjacent row, characterised in that the ply is embossed in a substantially dry state in a nip between a pattern roll and a backing roll including a rubber coating; and wherein the ply is embossed in such a manner that the wound roll has a roll bulk in relation to a Kershaw roll firmness such that: Roll bulk cm 3 / g > 1.55 * Kershaw Roll Firmness mm + 3.7, the Kershaw roll firmness being measured in accordance with the method described in the section of the description entitled "The Kershaw Test". winding the base sheet into a wound roll, wherein the background embossing pattern (300, 302, 303, 306, 314, 315) comprises a pattern of discrete shapes, the discrete shapes being present in an amount of from 50 to 400 shapes per 6.45 cm 2 (square inch); wherein the shapes have a maximum dimension of from about 0.076 cm (0.03 inches) to about 0.25 cm (0.10 inches); wherein the discrete shapes appear in rows, the shapes being spaced from about 0.1 cm (0.04 inches) to about 0.23 cm (0.09 inches) apart in each row from a center of one shape to a center of an adjacent shape; and wherein the rows are spaced from about 0.15 cm (0.06 inches) to about 0.36 cm (0.14 inches) apart from a center of one row to a center of an adjacent row, characterised in that the ply is embossed in a substantially dry state in a nip between a pattern roll and a backing roll including a rubber coating; and wherein the ply is embossed in such a manner that the wound roll has a roll bulk in relation to a Kershaw roll firmness such that: Roll bulk cm 3 / g > 1.55 * Kershaw Roll Firmness mm + 3.7, the Kershaw roll firmness being measured in accordance with the method described in the section of the description entitled "The Kershaw Test".