All i can hear here is css is good tables are bad or vice versa.
I am designing weblayouts for over 8 year now and i tried everything.And i have to say CSS alone isnt enough to keep all your customers happy.But neverless it make a huge differents when it come to fonts design.No more <fonts> tags all over the coding.But still you need tables also,if you dont wanna loose customers.Because 45% of all internet users are using old browsers.Its sad but true.So why say CSS is bad and only tables are good when you can have a hybrid system with the best of both.
But thats just my opinion and worked for me very well and keeps customers coming back.And it works in any browser and looks the same.
