Yes, IE6 was amazing, in 2001 the owners of end6.org proclaim, and yes - they are totally right.  They even provide a javascript that you can embed in your page, so that whenever a visitor with IE6 visits your page, the following warning sign appears:

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Having trouble with the right font style for your sites? Typetester is a handy online application for comparing fonts for the screen and was built for web designers. Typetester lets you perform side-by-side comparisons of a number of popular fonts. The list of the common fonts will be updated when the new fonts are bundled into operating systems. There is a number of customization options. You can custom the sample text, font, color, background, size, alignment and more, and then real-time preview the style. Once you find the design you like, it would generate a CSS stylesheet which you can cut and paste directly into on your websites.
http://typetester.maratz.com

Vectorization is the process of converting a raster image to a vector (scalable) image. Raster images are pixel-based, while vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves. Vector art is useful as it allows you to scale/resize an image with no blur or pixelation.

Stanford University has launched Vector Magic recently that is a auto-tracer online tool and converts typical bitmap images into vector format. The tool works perfectly with logos and other images that need to appear both large and small. Vector Magic supports the various uploading format like JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and TIFF, and can export its as EPS, SVG, or PNG files. Simply upload the images with quickly configuration step, you get the ideal images easily.
http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

An em is a relative measurement based on the square of the font size at that particular point. As font sizes can vary across differing systems and displays the result is that the em measurement will always be relative and scalable.

Em Calculator is a simple and handy em calculator that converts px values to em values based upon the current font-size of the text. You can also set margins and paddings automatically depending on the line-height you’ve defined.