Creative uses for typeface in web design were limited until recently. Today's new operating systems have made it possible for website designers to move away from the limitations of using standard system fonts.Scalable Inman Flash Replacement, better known as sIFR text are giving many website designers creative leeway. In simple terms, sIFR text is a flash rendering technique whereby designers can replace on-screen text elements with flash equivalents. In order to display correctly on someone's web browser, sIFR requires the following: JavaScript and a Flash plug-in.

HTML 5 is the latest specification of HTML. And it was just made into a working draft. So more browsers will begin supporting more parts of the specification. So now is a great time to start learning HTML 5.