Type@2X #277
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The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

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Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
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Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 194 #2478
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From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Arrows Background #392
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Prismatic Arrows Background

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 218 #2232
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.

Source Firkin

Padded #61
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.

Source Chris Baldie

Background pattern 213 (colour) #2411
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.

Source Firkin

Silver Scales #189
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

edo pattern-samekomon #2271
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The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.

Source Yamachem