diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 936a0f470..ad503b2e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 - Added `diagSolve`, `max`, and `abs` vector operations.
 
+- Improved coding guidelines for developers on floating point conventions.
+
 ## Changes to Re::Solve in release 0.99.2
 
 ### Major Features
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/doxygen-awesome.css b/docs/doxygen/doxygen-awesome.css
index 08238977a..9656dc076 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/doxygen-awesome.css
+++ b/docs/doxygen/doxygen-awesome.css
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ body, table, div, p, dl, #nav-tree .label, .title,
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
-    margin-top: .9em;
+    margin-top: 0.9em;
     font-weight: 600;
     line-height: initial;
 }
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ div.contents, div.header .title, div.header .summary {
 
 div.contents, div.header .title  {
     line-height: initial;
-    margin: calc(var(--spacing-medium) + .2em) auto var(--spacing-medium) auto;
+    margin: calc(var(--spacing-medium) + 0.2em) auto var(--spacing-medium) auto;
 }
 
 div.header .summary {
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ blockquote::before, blockquote::after {
     font-weight: bold;
     font-family: serif;
     font-size: 360%;
-    opacity: .15;
+    opacity: 0.15;
     position: absolute;
 }
 
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ div.dynheader img[src="closed.png"] {
         display: block !important;
         visibility: visible;
         width: calc(100vw - 2 * var(--spacing-large));
-        animation: fade .5s;
+        animation: fade 0.5s;
     }
 
     @keyframes fade {
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ doxygen-awesome-dark-mode-toggle {
 }
 
 doxygen-awesome-dark-mode-toggle > svg {
-    transition: transform .1s ease-in-out;
+    transition: transform 0.1s ease-in-out;
 }
 
 doxygen-awesome-dark-mode-toggle:active > svg {
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ doxygen-awesome-fragment-copy-button {
 }
 
 .doxygen-awesome-fragment-wrapper:hover doxygen-awesome-fragment-copy-button, doxygen-awesome-fragment-copy-button.success {
-    opacity: .28;
+    opacity: 0.28;
 }
 
 doxygen-awesome-fragment-copy-button:hover, doxygen-awesome-fragment-copy-button.success {
@@ -2427,9 +2427,9 @@ a.anchorlink {
     margin-left: var(--spacing-small);
     color: var(--page-foreground-color) !important;
     text-decoration: none;
-    opacity: .15;
+    opacity: 0.15;
     display: none;
-    transition: opacity .1s ease-in-out, color .1s ease-in-out;
+    transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in-out, color 0.1s ease-in-out;
 }
 
 a.anchorlink svg {
@@ -2442,7 +2442,7 @@ h3 a.anchorlink svg, h4 a.anchorlink svg {
 }
 
 a.anchorlink:hover {
-    opacity: .45;
+    opacity: 0.45;
 }
 
 h2:hover a.anchorlink, h1:hover a.anchorlink, h3:hover a.anchorlink, h4:hover a.anchorlink  {
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/developer_guide/coding_guidelines.rst b/docs/sphinx/developer_guide/coding_guidelines.rst
index 54b118101..4ddffc339 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/developer_guide/coding_guidelines.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/developer_guide/coding_guidelines.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ Constants names should be capitalized and words separated by underscores.
       constexpr double SQRTTWO_ = 1.4142 // No, there is a trailing underscore but not between words
       constexpr double EXP = 2.7183 // Yes  
 
+Floating point variables
+------------------------------
+
+Use ``real_type`` for floating point variables. This is a typedef defined in ``Common.h`` and can be set to either ``float`` or ``double`` depending on the precision needed.
+Always use a leading 0 for floating point numbers less than 1 and use a trailing 0 for whole numbers used as floating point numbers.
+
 Exceptions to naming conventions
 --------------------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/vector/VectorHandlerTests.hpp b/tests/unit/vector/VectorHandlerTests.hpp
index 4f0ef8a8d..4f728abd7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/vector/VectorHandlerTests.hpp
+++ b/tests/unit/vector/VectorHandlerTests.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <resolve/Common.hpp>
 #include <resolve/vector/Vector.hpp>
 #include <resolve/vector/VectorHandler.hpp>
 #include <resolve/workspace/LinAlgWorkspace.hpp>
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ namespace ReSolve
         x.setToConst(3.0, memspace_);
         y.setToConst(1.0, memspace_);
 
-        real_type alpha = 0.5;
+        real_type alpha = ReSolve::constants::HALF;
 
         // the result is a vector with y[i] = 2.5 forall i;
         handler_.axpy(alpha, &x, &y, memspace_);
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ namespace ReSolve
           }
           else
           {
-            c = 0.5;
+            c = ReSolve::constants::HALF;
           }
           x.setToConst(ii, c, memspace_);
         }
@@ -224,16 +225,16 @@ namespace ReSolve
 
         V.setToConst(1.0, memspace_);
         yN.setToConst(-1.0, memspace_);
-        xN.setToConst(.5, memspace_);
+        xN.setToConst(ReSolve::constants::HALF, memspace_);
         yT.setToConst(-1.0, memspace_);
-        xT.setToConst(.5, memspace_);
+        xT.setToConst(ReSolve::constants::HALF, memspace_);
 
         real_type alpha = -1.0;
         real_type beta  = 1.0;
         handler_.gemv('N', K, alpha, beta, &V, &yN, &xN, memspace_);
-        status *= verifyAnswer(xN, static_cast<real_type>(K) + 0.5);
+        status *= verifyAnswer(xN, static_cast<real_type>(K) + ReSolve::constants::HALF);
         handler_.gemv('T', K, alpha, beta, &V, &yT, &xT, memspace_);
-        status *= verifyAnswer(xT, static_cast<real_type>(N) + 0.5);
+        status *= verifyAnswer(xT, static_cast<real_type>(N) + ReSolve::constants::HALF);
 
         return status.report(__func__);
       }