12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS

full article: alistapart.com

1. Everything you know is wrong sort of
2. It's not going to look exactly the same everywhere unless you're willing to face some grief and possibly not even then
3. You will be forced to choose between the ideal and the practicable
4. (with thanks to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry): Perfection is not when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away
5. Some sites are steaming heaps of edge cases
6. Longer lead times

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CSS Background Image Sprites

Using a CSS Background Image Sprite with the CSS background-position and background-image I can display all these icons: . I can even have them show up anywhere on the page!

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