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FIR - Dwyer Method

<h3 id="header">
<span>Revised Image Replacement</span>
</h3>

/* css */

#header {
	width: 329px;
	height: 25px;
	background-image: url(sample-opaque.gif);
	}
#header span {
	display: block;
	width: 0;
	height: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	}

This technique is buggy in IE5.5 on Windows 98. The hidden text within the spans while not displaying will actually still create a box which will flow to the total natural height of the measure. So if you have something that flows to 3 lines in the width of that h3 tag the h3 box will be 3 line-heights in depth dispite the fact you’ve told it not to display.

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