Cufon, a sIFR alternative

Over the past 24 hours I have refreshed the layout/look of my blog and it has given me a chance to simplify my layout and a chance to test out something new, Cufon.

Cufon is a text replacement system much like sIFR but much quicker and easier to configure and without the need for flash. Instead of flash, Cufon uses canvas and VML for cross-browser support and converts fonts into VML paths for use by javascript.

It sounds ugly, but it is actually quite elegant in both design and usage. It is quick and well supported and whilst there are still known bugs I think that in comparison to sIFR it is infinitely quicker and easier to setup. It is in use on this blog now and it is definitely something I will be considering for future projects and recommendation to others.