Retro Circles Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin