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I agree, it's crazy we have to rely on hacks to get decent typography, I heard about two possible technologies for the future.. (god knows when it will be okay to use them, though)
The first is a microsoft-originated technology called EOT (embedded open type), which locks down a true-type or open-type font file (so it can be used with out the owner of the font IP getting their knickers in a twist). Sounds okay in theory, but it's a prohibitive technology, and acts a bit like DRM for fonts (and personally I think DRM is something the devil cooked up).
The second simply allows the font-file to be published unencrypted, which the font-companies understandably don't like.. makes use of the '@font-face' construct.
Re. sIFR - I like this technology, but if you use it.. please _don't_ rely on background transparency, because there a few platforms out there that can't render transparent flash; and the result is your work will look shit. I've attached a shot of the pizza-express site linked above.. see those while rectangles? yuck.
