Security element for a security document, wherein the security element comprises - a substrate with a surface, - at least a first, second, third and fourth pattern (M1, M2, M3, M4) with a first, second, third and fourth pattern angle (phi1, phi2, phi3, phi4), each pattern (M1, M2, M3, M4) comprising an embossed structure (P1, P2, P3, P4) of the substrate, wherein the embossed structures (P1, P2, P3, P4) are designed such that when the substrate surface is viewed straight on, the patterns (M1, M2, M3, M4) are visible and when the substrate surface is viewed at an oblique angle from at least one predetermined viewing direction, at least a part of at least one of the patterns (M1, M2, M3, M4) is occluded by at least a part of at least one of the embossed structures (P1, P2, P3, P4) such that a visual latent image effect occurs during the alternate viewing of the substrate surface between straight on and oblique, - a first security information item configured as a first localized distribution of the first and second patterns (M1, M2), comprising a first area and a second area of the substrate, wherein the first pattern is disposed in at least a part of the first area and wherein the second pattern is disposed in at least a part of the second area, and - a second security information item configured as a second localized distribution of the third and fourth patterns (M3, M4), comprising a third area and a fourth area of the substrate, wherein the third pattern is disposed in at least a part of the third area and wherein the fourth pattern is disposed in at least a part of the fourth area, wherein the first security information item and the second security information item are arranged at least partially overlapping, wherein the security element further comprises: - first grid cells, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are exclusively arranged in the first grid cells, - second grid cells, wherein the third pattern and the fourth pattern are exclusively arranged in the second grid cells, wherein the first grid cells and the second grid cells are arranged next to one another in a non-overlapping fashion on the substrate, wherein the first grid cells and the second grid cells are arranged in a first and in a second direction (99,98) parallel to the substrate on at least a part of the substrate in a mutually alternating fashion, wherein at least the first grid cells and the second grid cells each comprise first grid cell types and second grid cell types, and wherein the first grid cell types are designed such that they surround the second grid cell types, and wherein for each pair of a first and a second grid cell (RZ1, RZ2), the pair comprising the second grid cell type and the first grid cell type surrounding the second grid cell type, either * the first pattern and the second pattern are arranged exclusively in the first grid cell type and the third pattern and the fourth pattern are arranged exclusively in the second grid cell type, or * the first pattern and the second pattern are arranged exclusively in the second grid cell type and the third pattern and the fourth pattern are arranged exclusively in the first grid cell type. - a substrate with a surface, - at least a first, second, third and fourth pattern (M1, M2, M3, M4) with a first, second, third and fourth pattern angle (phi1, phi2, phi3, phi4), each pattern (M1, M2, M3, M4) comprising an embossed structure (P1, P2, P3, P4) of the substrate, wherein the embossed structures (P1, P2, P3, P4) are designed such that when the substrate surface is viewed straight on, the patterns (M1, M2, M3, M4) are visible and when the substrate surface is viewed at an oblique angle from at least one predetermined viewing direction, at least a part of at least one of the patterns (M1, M2, M3, M4) is occluded by at least a part of at least one of the embossed structures (P1, P2, P3, P4) such that a visual latent image effect occurs during the alternate viewing of the substrate surface between straight on and oblique, - a first security information item configured as a first localized distribution of the first and second patterns (M1, M2), comprising a first area and a second area of the substrate, wherein the first pattern is disposed in at least a part of the first area and wherein the second pattern is disposed in at least a part of the second area, and - a second security information item configured as a second localized distribution of the third and fourth patterns (M3, M4), comprising a third area and a fourth area of the substrate, wherein the third pattern is disposed in at least a part of the third area and wherein the fourth pattern is disposed in at least a part of the fourth area, - first grid cells, wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are exclusively arranged in the first grid cells, - second grid cells, wherein the third pattern and the fourth pattern are exclusively arranged in the second grid cells,