High Security ID Card - KNOWLEDGEBASE

# High Security ID Card ## What is the Use/Intention for this Card - Securely storing of ePassport biometric credentials. - Provide visual identity confirmation upon cursory inspection. - Note: It's not simply artwork; the chip is the real magic. ### Non-Negotiable Elements Some design and security elements are non-negotiable in either their presence and possible their exact position and size: - Bearer photograph (large, left side) - Bearer photograph ghost image (small, right side) - MRZ[^3] on the card back side ## My Design Style for All Cards NOTE: The following are my process and inclusions for ***ALL*** cards I have produced. I have printing and encoding equipment that rivals government passport and currency generation. ### Overall Design: Visually and Structurally - First and foremost, **I strive for the "WOW" reaction any time someone picks up a card.** - If I can't achieve "WOW", then I will not bother creating a card at all. - I ensure that every card I produce has more security features than a US Passport, or US currency. - I create many deeply complex, overlapping layers, with transparency. - I want to see incredible depth upon close examination. - My designs are a minimum of 8 overlapping layers. - I choose and assemble a 3-primary color palette, which is unique for every card, including: - Primary color (the dominant color) - Primary accent color - Primary complementary color - Alternate accent color - Alternate accent color - Text colors on light - Text colors on dark - Shades and tints for all colors - Multiple guilloche[^2] backgrounds, zones, and rosettes. - Gradient overlays and fills are consistent throughout. - I incorporate multiple Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 security features. - They're a hefty deterrent against counterfeiting. - I have my own algorithms affecting the placement and rotation of artwork elements. - I create my own unique TrueType fonts for any and all text used on cards. - Each card has a unique, hand selected, edge color. - The Marc of the Creator always appears. - There are multiple tributes to my wife in every piece of work I produce. ### Security Features I Always Implement #### Level 1 - Overt - "Tiny" text, which is not small enough to be considered microtext. The intention is for people to be able to see the tiny text without magnification. - Ghost images created with the laser. - Fine line guilloche patterns. - Intaglio printing for an etched look on card elements. - Tactile text elements marked by heavy laser etching. - Registered hologram card overlays, for authenticity, that reflect in the light. - Artificial hologram strips and/or elements that convey the concept of the light-reflecting hologram overlay. - A EURion Constellation[^1] which implements a confidential Vertisan algorithm. - Laser-drilled holes for a document identifier. - Fractal card UUIDs and minting information. - Vertisan Security Glyphs and the Vertisan Language. - Algorithmic checksums. #### Level 2 - Covert - An ultraviolet overlay with print-on-demand encoding, requiring a 365nm UV light. - Positional overlays - Wireframing - On-demand encoding - Starburst guilloche rosettes - Multiple non-diﬀractive microtext and microprinting elements, as small as 175 microns high, which require a magnifying glass. - Covert Laser Retrievable (CLR) images and characters. - True color micro images, as small as three square millimeters, which require a magnifying loupe to authenticate. - I sign all my work. #### Level 3 - Forensic - Nanoprinting text and elements at 1200dpi, that can only be seen under a microscope. - 40 to 175 micron nanotext, which appear as curved or straight solid lines under a magnifying glass. - Nano imagery, which provides excellent clarity and deﬁnition when viewed under a highly sophisticated, high-powered microscope. ## Notes from Exemplars ### US Passport Card Zones, Fills, and Notes: - One impact element - the E Pluribus Unum[^4] eagle. - They don't do any transparency with their layers. - There are four background fill zones. - Left - Top center - Bottom center - Right - Multiple cross-hatching fills for the impact element. - Holofoil patch over the bottom-left corner of the bearer image. ### US Passport Zones, Fills, and Notes: - One impact element - the E Pluribus Unum[^4] eagle. - They don't do any transparency with their layers. - One edge to edge background zone. - Custom typeface for bearer information. - Mostly transparent laser etching of Mount Rushmore and an eagle. - Laser drilled holes for the document number. ##### Relevant Search Tags > #passport #secure-id #high-security-id **Document properties:** date created: 09 Oct 2026 @ 06:39 last modified: [^1]: [EURion constellation - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation) [^2]: [Guilloché - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilloch%C3%A9) [^3]: [Machine-readable passport - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport) [^4]: [E pluribus unum - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum)