Nowadays, most web designers can use images or sIFR to produce some very beautiful typography, but there is something unique and special about using only CSS. It is incredibly useful too, if you know the extent you can take CSS you end up with much more flexible websites.

There are a lot of great sites out there that have beautiful Typography using only CSS, however simply looking at them is only half of the picture. We want to know what did they do, and how/why does it result in beautiful type?

3.7Designs has pointed out an important point. We should not simply steal the design/code/style, learn from it instead. He has seen a few sites that have ripped off the design elements of these beautiful typography and the site is awful.

Source: 10 Examples of Beautiful CSS Typography and How They Did It