15. A system comprising: a bus; an output device coupled with the bus; a memory coupled with the bus; a processor coupled with the bus to communicate with the memory and with the output device, the processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to provide a graphical user interface on the output device, the processor to present, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of fields including at least an input field to receive user-generated input, wherein the protocol to present the plurality of fields supports only a single format for the input field, to receive the user-generated input via the input field, to parse the user-generated input based on formatting criteria, wherein the formatting criteria comprises N text formatting types to be applied to the user-generated input, wherein N is at least two, to provide an underlay field for each of N−1 text formatting types, to apply one of the text formatting types to each of the N−1 underlay fields and the input field, to align the N−1 underlay fields and the input field, wherein in aligning comprises at least providing proper spacing between text characters and by superimposing a translucent field on top of a corresponding element with a text formatting type and in the one or more underlay fields only showing characters that are stylized in higher layers, replacing other characters with a space so non-space characters in the one or more underlay fields show through, and to display portions of the user-generated input within the corresponding fields while maintaining spacing of the user-generated input.
15. A system comprising: a bus; an output device coupled with the bus; a memory coupled with the bus; a processor coupled with the bus to communicate with the memory and with the output device, the processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to provide a graphical user interface on the output device, the processor to present, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of fields including at least an input field to receive user-generated input, wherein the protocol to present the plurality of fields supports only a single format for the input field, to receive the user-generated input via the input field, to parse the user-generated input based on formatting criteria, wherein the formatting criteria comprises N text formatting types to be applied to the user-generated input, wherein N is at least two, to provide an underlay field for each of N−1 text formatting types, to apply one of the text formatting types to each of the N−1 underlay fields and the input field, to align the N−1 underlay fields and the input field, wherein in aligning comprises at least providing proper spacing between text characters and by superimposing a translucent field on top of a corresponding element with a text formatting type and in the one or more underlay fields only showing characters that are stylized in higher layers, replacing other characters with a space so non-space characters in the one or more underlay fields show through, and to display portions of the user-generated input within the corresponding fields while maintaining spacing of the user-generated input. 17. The system of claim 15 wherein the input field comprises a text area.