Font, Text, and Printing
All text typed on a computer, a Web page, or a typewriter requires a font. The number and variety of fonts available to users is astounding. How many of us fuss with our documents, picking just the right font? I've seen programmers spend hours customizing the code windows they live in to evoke just the right feel. Take the book you are reading, for instance; a typesetter or layout artist has chosen just the right set of fonts to make the consumption of the material appetizing. The code listings are set in a monospaced font, in which all the characters in the font are of the same size. This enables you to easily compare lines of code and visually see blocks of code and nesting.
All application development requires some ...
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