In all banknotes, some features in the obverse have intaglio/embossing which can be felt with your fingertips. When a banknote is new or has been hardly used, the intaglio/embossing can be felt more easily.
This feature is mainly found in the text "Banco de México", in the main figure (character) or motif, in the vignette accompanying the main figure, in the denomination number, in the denomination with letters, and in the inscription. Paper banknotes also include the features of intaglio and embossing perceptible by touch in the color-shifting element and in the marks for blind and visually impaired people. Polymer banknotes, on the other hand, have the features of intaglio and embossing perceptible by touch in the numeral and in the elements appearing on the clear window.
On all F-type banknotes, the relief/embossing can be perceived on the scale of the 20-peso banknote; on the cannons of the F and F1 50-peso banknotes; on the seated men of the 100-peso banknote; on the books, the window and inkwell of the 200-peso banknote; on the gannets, paintbrushes and the woman of the 500-peso banknote; and on the church and bell of the 1000-peso banknote. On the 100-peso banknote commemorating the Mexican Revolution, and on the 200-peso banknote commemorating the beginning of Mexico’s War of Independence, there is tactile embossing on the commemorative legend and on the number "2010", while the 100-peso banknote commemorating the 1917 Constitution also includes embossing on the diagonal lines.
Additionally, on G-type banknotes, the relief is perceived on the main figures (characters), buildings and the archway of the 20-peso banknote commemorating the Bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence; on the symbols “Metztli” of the 50-peso banknote, and on the arches on the 100-peso banknote. Tactile embossing is also included on the diagonal lines of 200- and 500-peso banknotes, and on the locomotive tracks on the 1000-peso banknote.