# Copper Engraving: motion graphics style

> Engraving text effect: Roman capitals are cut line by line in sepia ink, with swelling face lines, a crosshatched 3D bevel, a sunburst and an ornate border. Prestigious for finance, law, spirits, heritage brands and certificate-style titles.

- Category: [Ink & Hand-drawn](https://aimotions.art/category/ink-hand-drawn/)
- Also known as: engraved text effect, etching animation, crosshatch lettering, line engraving, vintage certificate type, intaglio print
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/engraving-crosshatch/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/engraving-crosshatch/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

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Reveal [TEXT] as a vintage copper-plate line engraving printed in sepia-black ink on aged ivory paper with faint foxing spots. Tall classical Roman capitals: the letter faces are filled with fine horizontal parallel lines that swell thicker on the shaded lower-right edges, a deep 3D extrusion is densely crosshatched, and a long cast shadow is hatched with lighter diagonal lines. Behind the word, a sunburst of thin radiating rays; above and below, ornamental rules with a central diamond. Everything sits inside a double-ruled border with a wavy rope band and looping geometric corner rosettes. Animate it as if an engraver's burin cuts each layer in turn with sweeping reveals, hold, then wipe away diagonally and loop.
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## Visual DNA

- Letter faces filled with parallel lines that swell darker on shaded edges
- Dense crosshatched 3D extrusion and a lighter hatched cast shadow
- Radiating sunburst rays and ornamental rules around the word
- Double-ruled border with wavy rope band and looping rosette corners
- A burin rides the cutting front; aged ivory paper with foxing

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Copper Engraving, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/engraving-crosshatch/