# Braille embossed business card?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296 "2007-10-02T19:30:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296/1 "2007-10-02T19:30:47Z")

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I was handed a business card this morning that was Braille-embossed, presumably with just the basics of the card - name, phone number.

I was instantly jealous - what a good idea!

How can I do this? Can I order a custom die and hand-press my existing cards? Must I find a printer that does this and re-order, paying for a new setup graphic fee?

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296/2 "2007-10-02T19:36:59Z")

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This looks promissing for DIY. [http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13243&productid=158739&trail=22,13134](http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13243&productid=158739&trail=22,13134)

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296/3 "2007-10-02T19:45:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Gfactor]  
This looks promissing for DIY. [http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13243&productid=158739&trail=22,13134](http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&top=13243&productid=158739&trail=22,13134)  
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As I have noted before and will undoubtedly have occasion to note again… you rock.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296/4 "2007-10-02T19:48:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Bricker]  
As I have noted before and will undoubtedly have occasion to note again… you rock.  
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😃 despite my inability to spell _promising_.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braille-embossed-business-card/421296/5 "2007-10-03T04:09:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Bricker]  
I was handed a business card this morning that was Braille-embossed, presumably with just the basics of the card - name, phone number.

I was instantly jealous - what a good idea!

How can I do this? Can I order a custom die and hand-press my existing cards? Must I find a printer that does this and re-order, paying for a new setup graphic fee?  
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If your existing printer does embossing they should be able to do it next time around. Hand stamping it would be quite a chore unless you had a proper embossing tool to do a whole card at a time. Might want to do a few and keep them in the office just in case.