jquery fade element does not show elements styled 'visibility: hidden'

Question

I have a bunch of thumbnails which I am loading with a style of visibility: hidden; so that they all maintain their correct layouts. Once the page is fully load

Answer 1

I'm Hidden

To Show : $('span').fadeTo(1000,1)

To Hide  : $('span').fadeTo(1000,0)

The space is preserved in the DOM layout

http://jsfiddle.net/VZwq6/