As you may have read in my previous article, there is a limited set of fonts widely available to the users of the internet. However, if you do require the need to use a custom font, there is general solution called sIFR. It uses Adobe Flash to render the custom fonts on the visitor’s machine.

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One of the problems of modern web design, is the lack of a wide variety of fonts to work with. I stumbled upon this problem when checking my website on a Linux computer. This article tell you a bit about fonts that you can actually use on the web.

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Ever had trouble making you website compatible with Internet Explorer 6? Most of you, if not everyone, will have to say: yes. One of the (smaller) issues Internet Explorer 6 has, is the lack of compatibility with (semi) transparent PNG images. Instead of displaying the PNG files transparently, Internet Explorer 6 adds a gray box to the images, destroying the transparency effects added to the image. To fix this issue, most of you will have used the PNG fix by TwinHelix. While very effective, it’s rather difficult to setup. For quite some time now, there’s an easier alternative.

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When working with CSS attribute float, there are a few key things that require your attention. This articles describes these key things and provides solutions for the most common problems encountered with the use of the CSS float attribute.

The float attribute

Whenever you require an object to be pushed to the side, you may consider using the CSS attribute float. This attribute allows you to push an object to the (horizontal) sides of its parent element. For example: applying “float: right;” to the float div, results in the object being pushed to right.

While this is a very useful feature, it does come with a few drawbacks.

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