A good workflow and application to develop themes (emb. font tip also)

[flamenco]

On the fonts side of things , why don't you use @font-face and host them locally on your sites server.

I use www.fontsquirrel.com for my fonts and has hundreds of @font-face kits already prepackaged and ready to go for your sites.....

I also use font-face all the time now. Font squirrel is extremely helpful. The designers I work with love having fonts available. You can generate web-friendly fonts from any decent font file there.

I've found that when generating these there, using "optimal" gives you nicer results than "basic". Of course, having a decent quality font file matters. There are loads of good free fonts, and paid ones aren't necessarily too expensive.

Cheers, Dave