Disclosed herein are copolyester embossed film and methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the film making process comprises forming a substrate film, wherein the substrate film comprises a copolyester stilbene polymer, embossing the substrate film to form an embossed film, and cross-linking the embossed film. In another embodiment, the process comprises forming a substrate film, embossing the substrate film to form an embossed film, and cross-linking the embossed film. The substrate film comprises a copolyester comprising repeating units derived from stilbene dicarboxylic acid, 1,4 cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, and 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol.