I wasn't aware that "
Bookman" was a typo, sorry. However, I had no problems with compiling the document with bookman in capital B. Perhaps tha's why I didn't notice it.
About the minimal working example: I specifically
wanted to include
all packages that I'm currently using, because a solution is useless to me, if I can't include it in my current document where I need all those packages. If I receive a solution that has conflicts with the packages I am currently using, what good is it then?
I am sorry I didn't post more specific errors I got, but I didn't post them because I wasn't even sure where to put the code. And I also tried several combinations of placing the code in different places and trying the "\titleZD" here and there. Each time I got an error and I thought it would be no good to post
all of them. Quite frankly, I didn't really know what I was doing, because I am not an expert at LaTeX. That's why I asked for a simple example, one which I don't really have to understand in detail but just good enough to make little changes and customize it according to my document.
Anyway, thank you for your solution. However, I would also like to point out, that to me, it seems there is a lot of unnecessary stuff in there. I deleted several things and it still works. Currently I have:
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\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,openright]{memoir}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{bookman}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[top=2.4cm, bottom=2cm, left=2cm, right=2cm]{geometry}
\providecommand*{\wb}[2]{\fontsize{#1}{#2}\usefont{U}{webo}{xl}{n}}
\newcommand*{\cdiam}{\prec\kern-2pt\succ}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlingpage}
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
\centering
\begin{picture}(240,0)
\multiput(0,0)(24,0){10}{{\wb{10}{12}4}}
\multiput(-5,-21)(0,-24){15}{\rotatebox{90}{{\wb{10}{12}4}}}
\multiput(0,-360)(24,0){10}{{\wb{10}{12}4}}
\multiput(235,-21)(0,-24){15}{\rotatebox{90}{{\wb{10}{12}4}}}
\put(0,0)
{\begin{minipage}[t]{240pt}
\centering
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
{\Huge Selected Conundrums}\\
{\large\itshape --- puzzles for the mind ---}%
\\[0.5\baselineskip]
{\large WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY} \\[0.5\baselineskip]
{\large THE AUTHOR } \\[0.5\baselineskip]
{\LARGE T. H. E. AUTHOR} \par
\vspace*{5\baselineskip}
$\cdiam$\\[0.25\baselineskip]
$\cdiam\cdiam\cdiam$\\[0.25\baselineskip]
$\cdiam\cdiam\cdiam\cdiam\cdiam$\\[0.25\baselineskip]
$\cdiam\cdiam\cdiam$\\[0.25\baselineskip]
$\cdiam$\par
\vspace*{5\baselineskip}
{\Large THE PUBLISHER}\\
{\Large\scshape year}\par
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
\end{minipage}
}
\end{picture}
\vfill
\null
\end{titlingpage}
\end{document}
It would be nice to get only the solution that I need, without extra stuff that doesn't matter. No disrespect intended, I still am very thankful you took your time to help me.
Also, I am having trouble finding out how to customize the code in order for the outer "box" or "decorative border" to appear larger, perhaps x centimeters from left page border, y from right, v from bottom and w from top, where I can select x,y,v,w.
P.S.
I would also like to stress, as a beginner and a user of LaTeX, that if this site wishes to be even more helpful, it would be necessary to post
as much code and examples as possible. I find it very hard to find examples, even in the manuals and documentation. And I don't really want to get a PHD in LaTeX in order to create a simple fancy document.
In other words, to be more
user friendly, more examples should be posted. I think really a lot of people are put off and refuse to work with LaTeX and chose rather Word precisely because there is a terrible lack of examples.
.