42 Free Vintage Paper Textures

I recently acquired a flat-bed scanner for my iMac and it has opened up a whole new world of texture creation for me. I wanted to break in my new toy the right way: so I went a little overboard and created 42 (forty two!) vintage paper textures for you guys. These textures were scanned from late 19th and early 20th century books that I bought from a used book store around here. I love how each and every piece of paper has it's own character and tells just as much of a story as the actual words in the book.

Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file using the link below. Enjoy!

   

   

Comments

[BRA$E]

Yeah man, the used bookstores are the best. I used to sit for hours finding good books for cheap in the mission in SF.

[Heather]

Have I ever told you you're my hero?

[Brant Wilson]

Thanks Heather! I appreciate you reading my site.

Caleb

[Keith Ikeda-Barry]

Thanks again, Caleb. And great new header image, btw.

[Andy]

Thanks for the beautiful paper! Thanks also to @lovetextures for tweeting this awesome link.

[Angela (Toucan Scraps)]

thank you very much, these will come in very handy for a project I'm working on.

[Mark Hewitt]

Thank you for the great images...

[Sue]

Your textures are wonderful! Thank you!

[david]

Sonuva... This post warrants at least a few caffeine contributions! Thanks so much for an invaluable resource!

[komoly]

Thanks for the great work and, beyond that, thanks for paying tribute to the old, good quality paper on which our civilization kept depending for centuries.
Just fantastic!

PS: I love paper too (as much as my Mac, but it's different. Times are just different).

[Jewel]

What a treasure trail I followed today... from WDL to bittbox to you! Thank yous o mcuh for all these textured goodness :D

[Wolfgang]

Thank you thank you thank you! :)

[bunchie]

tyvm I love vintage papers!

[hellothisisjeff]

This is what I've been looking for for a long time! Thank you so much!

[Hallor]

I absolutely love these!
LaT is my favourite texture resource online, there's always so much great stuff!

[Tanner]

Man Alive you rock!
These are so awesome!

Thanks from the depths of my little designer heart!

BTW I love the new site looks really great

[alexis]

thank you from the bottom of my photoshop loving heart!

[Justin Cherry]

These are awesome, thank you so much for sharing!

[bruce e johhno]

you get the bruce johnno ranking of legend status, thanks mate.

[jacq]

thanks alot for your scans.! (:

[528491]

Jesus Christ man. Thanks

[jean]

oh my god all is here. I love you and thank you

[Jen]

Thanks so much for the free papers!