In printing, areas that are not to be printed are cut away from the printing surface, so the areas to be printed are left higher.

Relief Printing

Explanation:

This type of printing is a process that involves the engraving the print surface in a manner that the remaining of the original print surface is the design to be printed.

We can also define it as an art of printmaking that is printed from the ink on raised portions of a wood block or some other form of relief block

Examples of print surface are linocut, woodcut, etc.