How to fix halftones?

[NattoKatto]

I am new to gimp and is trying to make a halftone text that looks like the text here https://imgur.com/a/qOuWdo8. But mine appears like this and I don't know how to fix it or make it look like the one in the reference image https://imgur.com/a/ABNZLiA.

[Ofnuts]

Probably because your layer is nearly white and you are applying a black and white halftone, so there is little black. Try a gray layer.