Pleae give advise on Typography

[soc86]

I have just finnish my assginments for java and have been advise apart of my grading will be on Typography, is there any advise or common styles that I should addopt?

[Norm]

Typography is the art and techniques of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs.

How does that relate to writing a java program?

[xcallmejudasx]

Typography? Is that like unoffcial coding rules and symantics?
Like a class always begins with a capital, final variables are MADE_LIKE_THIS? If that's what you mean then heres a few.

ClassName classVariable = new ClassName(); //classes are uppercase for each word, variables are lower/upper
final Double PI = 3.14; //final variables are all caps

use meaningful names for things. foo and bar are only accepted when testing and should be changed once the idea works.
Always initialize variables. (int x = 0, String name = ""). It's just a good habit to develop.

Top-down or Bottom-up programming make your code more readable. Don't throw everything into the main method.
Heres a general outline

import java.util.whatever

ClassName

variable declarations

constructor(or main)
      some code for main/constructor
      method call
some method
      code for that method
some other method
      you get the idea

accessor methods(get and set methods) should generally be defined like

String getName()
      return name;
String setAge(int age)
       this.age = age;

You should be able to tell what your method will return just by looking at the name.

[Jordan]

Do you mean layout (ie how you structure your code/program)?

[Norm]

Don't forget to comment the methods and any unusual, complex computations.