Ragged Paper Effect or Similar

I'm trying to create an effect that looks as if a font was written on paper. Where the ink is not perfect and parts of the paper show through. Almost like a dingy effect as a mask.
I have a font I'm using, but the effect I'm trying to acheive is not built into the font. Perhaps this is a Photoshop requirment but I'm working in Illustrator and my font is converted to an outline. So I figured I would start here first.
Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.
William-01

Read up on opacity masks, particularly applying textures and irregular patterns to them. This is what you want.

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