What name is this text effect known by?

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How do I tell people that this is what I am talking about. Is there a commonly used name for this text affect that UI designers would use?

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Kostya · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-10 22:16:43Z

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It's called the letterpress effect. Here's an article with examples and tutorial and here's a video lesson.

answered Sep 10, 2010 at 22:16

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calum_b · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-15 22:37:26Z

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I've also seen it referred to as 'embossed text'.

answered Sep 15, 2010 at 22:37

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Glen Lipka · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-10 22:18:13Z

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Ive heard it as:

answered Sep 10, 2010 at 22:18

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Inner shadow is a different effect. Cutout text is also a different effect, in the example that you link to it is used in combination with embossed text.
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ChrisF · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-10 22:03:18Z

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I think it's just called indented text.

Affordable Website Design has a tutorial that describes how to create the effect in Photoshop.

answered Sep 10, 2010 at 22:03

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Indentation means to move something over to the left as when you indent a paragraph.
– Warren P
Commented Mar 5, 2012 at 17:27
@WarrenP - true. I was looking for a term that was the opposite of "emboss".
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