Print techniques
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- shitehawke0
Silkscreening it is what they mean i'd imagine, would give a (very) slightly raised surface and would make it more tactile.
Also consider embossing a pattern on yourself, but would maybe be a bit much for letterheads, unless you bit only a small place.
As orbit suggested thermography would give you a raised surface, foiling an area would give you a difference in texture as you touched different areas of the paper, you can get white or clear foil too which would replicate the effect of a spot uv but could go through a laser printer.
What it really comes down to is price and use, all these methods will be more costly than regular litho and you'll need to check with your printer as to weither or not they'll be useful as stationery items. Coverage is a big thing, if you're going to do a whole letterhead in any of these it'd probably be a bit of a folly but consider using special processes on small areas for maximum effect and impact.
And whatever you decide to go for, post it up here after to let us know how you got on.