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As var­ied as they are excit­ing, print fin­ishes encom­pass a wide range of pro­cesses for design­ers to invest­ig­ate and use. A fin­ish may be applied once a sub­strate has been prin­ted, to provide the fin­ish­ing touch to a graphic object. They can be used to add a dec­or­at­ive aspect to a piece, or a tex­tural qual­ity. In some cases a fin­ish might aid graph­ical func­tion, or even rep­res­ent an integ­ral com­pon­ent of a piece’s form. Seven print fin­ishes have been chosen for this art­icle based on their powers to cap­tiv­ate, dazzle and add weight to ideas. Read on, take notes, and choose one for your next pro­ject to turn a mere good response into a graph­ical tour-de-force…