980px Width Headers are 980px wide and sit in the center of the page. The alternative to this type of design is a full width header, which spans the full width of the page. Tables are used in many of our header designs so that we can make use of the css property v-align, which can only be applied to a table cell. At the moment it is only possible to vertically align content using this method, which is frustrating but since its the only tool for the job there is no other choice. Vertical alignment is particually important for headers because they usually contain different sized fonts on the same line. The differnt sized fonts need to expand and shrink at different rates while remaining vertically centered relative to each other within the header.

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