The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Here's a new gray "fabric" pattern. Use it as backgrounds for websites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
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
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning