CSS: The Definitive Guide
Provides you with a comprehensive guide to CSS implementation, along with a thorough review of all aspects of CSS 2.1. Updated to cover Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's vastly improved browser, this new edition includes content on positioning, text wrapping (nowrap), lists and generated content, table layout, user interface, paged media, and more.
Rogie King has found a new method to alleviate this problem in the latest versions of Firefox and more specifically the Safari 4 beta. Instead of using a solid background colour Rogie explains that using a 99% transparent text-shadow colour creates the same result. E.g.: