: Incorporating text into a patterned background I am working on an invitation for print and have been coming up short with a good way to incorporate text into the piece. Here is the background

@Rivera951

You could also opt to use a simpler aspect of the centerpiece to frame/partially frame the section where you want to put the text. That way the circle remains the centerpiece but the text is somewhat decorated without being too busy. Rather than deleting the dots from inside the frame you could tone them back by dropping the opacity though that may not be needed as Scott has already mentioned.
Here is a brief example, naturally positioning, frame size, font size/colour are all a matter of preference and dependent on the layout of the verse.



Good luck with this.

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@Nimeshi706

Contrast/Color. If the text contrasts against the pattern well enough you may not need to pull any "tricks" or special appearance items. Text the color of the dots shouldn't present any real issue provided....

Size. The size of the text will play a large factor. If your text has strokes and counters the same, or relatively the same, size as the dots in the pattern that will cause visual confusion. However, if the text strokes and counters are much larger than the pattern dots there should be no issue.

You have not provided enough information to more accurately address your issue.

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@Kevin459

I tried with Inkscape


creating a text box
duplicate it as background (bg)
with bg I did


change color
grow (outset)
added some transparency
added some blur



And this what it looks like:



This is a sketch only, so the relation between size, transparency and blur of the text background are far from being perfect ;)

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@Rivera951

This is a bit of an "opinionated" question; wich is not ideal for GD. But I would suggest make the text wholly or partly transparent, but with a shadow only. You could get something like this (but with your pattern "shining" through.

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