How to put text over an image without absolute positioning or setting the image as backbround

Question

I\'m trying to see if it is possible to put some text over an image without using position: absolute or having the image being, the background of an element.
The reason

Answer 1

If you use absolute positioning, you should specify both the left and top attributes. Also, you should set position:relative; on some parent element to make it a layer, so that the absolute positioning uses that element as origin. If you don't specify the origin, it may be the window or it may be some other element, and you don't know where your absolutely positioned element will end up.

There are some other alternatives to place elements on top of each other, each with their own limitations.

You can use relative positioning to make text display on top of an image:

   This text will display 50 pixels higher than it's original position,
   placing it on top of the image. However, the text will still take up
   room in it's original position, leaving an empty space below the image.

You can use a floating element inside another element to put text on top of an image:

   

      This text will be on top of the image. The parent element
      gets no height, as it only contains floating elements.
      However, IE7 and earlier has a bug that gives the parent
      element a height anyway.