After my successful attempt with sIFR3, I also tried Flir. But this was miserable failure. I just could not work it out to use it.
Then today I got sIFR alternative javascript cufon. This was so easy to implement. I downloaded a free true type font and used a generator and download it. All I need to do is to add cufon.js and the downloaded js. It was so smooth and easy to implement.
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