TYPOGRAPHIC AND OTHER CONVENTIONS

This section contains a summary of the typographic styles we use throughout the text to identify various entities, including a list of our file extension conventions.

  1. An italic font like this is used for technical terms (and possibly variations thereof) that are appearing either for the first time, or later in a different context, or perhaps to call your attention to the term again for some reason, as well as for emphasizing ordinary words like this. The reader should have no difficulty in telling from the context which usage is in effect.

  2. A bold font like this is used from time to time for a longer passage that is of particular importance, either in context, or for the longer term. It may also be used to ...

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