An acknowledgements page looks awesome

Question

How do I to make this acknowledgements page font looks better?

Any brilliant idea, please ?

 \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
        \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
        \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
        \usepackage{babel}

        \begin{document}
              \clearpage
\thispagestyle{plain}
\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
\par\vspace*{.35\textheight}{\centering Dedicated to my professor\par}
\\
          \centering
   \texttt{ It is with our deepest gratitude and warmest affection \\
        That we dedicate this thesis \\
        To our Professor Dr. X \\
    Who has been a constant source of Knowledge and inspiration.}

        \end{document}

could you please suggest me way to make this acknowledgements page nice looking??

Answer 1

There are two problems with your question;

1. You have an exceedingly subjective requirement that it must be beautiful. Well, for example, I don't find Comic Sans ugly (not an antonym of beautiful in this context!!) but if I use it here our experts will trace my IP and send drones to my address in order to exterminate me. But I like drones so here goes nothing;

   \documentclass{memoir}
   \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
   \usepackage{fontspec,pgfornament,background}
   \setmainfont{Comic Sans MS}
   
   \newenvironment{dedication}
     {\clearpage           % we want a new page
      \thispagestyle{empty}% no header and footer
      \vspace*{\stretch{1}}% some space at the top 
      \centering           % 
     }
     {\par % end the paragraph
      \vspace{\stretch{3}} % space at bottom is three times that at the top
      \clearpage           % finish off the page
     }
   
   \backgroundsetup{
   scale=1,
   opacity=1,
   angle=0,
   color=black,
   contents={%
   \begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={inner sep=0pt}]
   \node[anchor=north west](CNW)
   at (current page.north west) {\pgfornament[width=1.75cm]{61}};
   \node[anchor=north east](CNE)
   at (current page.north east) {\pgfornament[width=1.75cm,symmetry=v]{61}};
   \node[anchor=south west](CSW)
   at (current page.south west) {\pgfornament[width=1.75cm,symmetry=h]{61}};
   \node[anchor=south east](CSE)
   at (current page.south east) {\pgfornament[width=1.75cm,symmetry=c]{61}};
   \end{tikzpicture}%
     }
   }
   \begin{document}
   
   \begin{dedication}
   \begin{tikzpicture}[color=Maroon,
   every node/.style={inner sep=0pt}]
   %\draw[help lines] (-6,-6) grid (6,6);
   \node[minimum size=12cm](vecbox){};
   \node[anchor=north west] at (vecbox.north west)
   {\pgfornament[width=5cm]{61}};
   \node[anchor=north east] at (vecbox.north east)
   {\pgfornament[width=5cm,symmetry=v]{61}};
   \node[anchor=south west] at (vecbox.south west)
   {\pgfornament[width=5cm,symmetry=h]{61}};
   \node[anchor=south east] at (vecbox.south east)
   {\pgfornament[width=5cm,symmetry=c]{61}};
   \node[align=center,text width=10cm] at (0,0) {
   It is with our deepest gratitude and warmest affection that we dedicate this thesis
   \vspace{2em}        
   
           to our Professor Dr. X
   
   \vspace{2em}
       who has been a constant source of Knowledge and inspiration.
   };
   \end{tikzpicture}
   \end{dedication}
   \end{document}
   

   

   Well, fortunately, it will not compile unless you use LuaLaTeX, install comic sans fonts, install pgfornament package and run at least twice. I'm sure you agree with me that Comic Sans adds a personal touch....meanwhile drone noise becomes unbearable... What's that laser pointer on my screen?

   What I did here is first search for dedication on the site. And that would give you egreg's answer on Dedication page in article class and then stole a few ideas from Gonzalo and Harish in ornaments in pgfornament to be at the corners at every page because I know the wonderful package of Alain Matthes.

2. The other problem is that dedication is a personal thing. If you are serious about dedication, design something personal and try to achieve it. Whenever you are stuck with it, paste the incomplete code here and people here would jump on it. But right now you just want something to be designed for free (which is OK) and brilliant (which is not OK) to pay your respect to your professor.