Page Bordering with an image?

Question

I want a custom border for my document. I was thinking of doing something like this, creating a border with a graphics tool(only the outer frame) and then placing it in the beginning of the document, so it cover the entire page as a border.

When I type something now, would it be inside the frame or outside?

I need help in creating my own borders for the page.

Answer 1

You can use the background package to add a frame to every page of your document; the package internally uses PGF/TikZ to place the background material and offers you great control over the attributes. A little example that places a blue frame in every page of the document:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand*\Myframe{%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[ultra thick]
    \draw(0,0) rectangle (1.1\textwidth,1.15\textheight);
  \end{tikzpicture}}

\SetBgScale{1}
\SetBgHshift{-1cm}
\SetBgAngle{0}
\SetBgOpacity{1}
\SetBgContents{}
\SetBgColor{blue}
\SetBgVshift{-0.1cm}

\makeatletter
\AddEverypageHook{%
\ifthenelse{\isodd{\value{page}}}%
  {\SetBgHshift{-1cm}}%
  {\SetBgHshift{1cm}}%
  \SetBgContents{\Myframe}\bg@material}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter title}
\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}

Of course, you can use your own material as frame.