Typographic Style is More than Cosmetic

Abstract

There is disagreement about the role and importance of typographicstyle 1990 in program comprehension.Results from experiments and opinions in programming style books aremixed. This article presents principles of typographic style consistentand compatible with the results of program comprehension studies. Fourexperiments demonstrate that the typographic style principles embodiedin the book format significantly aid program comprehension and reducemaintenance effort. © 1990, ACM. All rights reserved.