One aspect of markup language misused by many designers is the display of images. The IMG tag, one of the staples of HTML, was not designed to handle the kind of content that images on the Web aim to represent.
Images play a central role in Web design today, but too often they're overused or misused.
Here are some tips for making sure your images work as intended. It's important to know when not to use images. Too many sites still put most of their readable copy into bit-mapped images. You might enjoy seeing your Web site in your signature font. However, on the Web, turning your site into one big image is not the solution.