Using Illustrator CS4 trying to create text with background showing thru in random areas

how can I get this look in Illustrator?
this is a red letter on a blue background which shows thru

ween,
If you have an image or whatever in grayscale with the desired pattern where full black or white corresponds to the background fully showing through the letters, you may:
1) Create the blue background at the bottom;
2) Create the red letters in the middle;
3) Place the grayscale image/whatever at the top;
4) Select 2) and 3) and in the Transparency palette flyout tick Make Opacity Mask with Clip ticked and Invert mask ticked or unticked, depending on the choice of colour (you can see which makes it right).

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