Typographical Conventions

This book contains a number of typographical conventions to enhance readability and understanding.

• SMALL CAPS are used for the first occurrence of defined terms.

• Italics are used for emphasis, document titles, and coordinate values such as x, y, and z.

• Bold serif is used for language keywords.

• Sans serif is used for macros and symbolic constants that appear in the text.

• Bold sans serif is used for function names.

• Italic sans serif is used for variables, parameter names, spatial dimensions, and matrix components.

• Fixed width is used for code examples.