diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ba36902..7d1cac0a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
 . Added convenience functions for HTMLModule constructors
 . AttrTypes now has accessor functions that should be used instead
   of directly manipulating info
+. TagTransform_Center deprecated in favor of generic TagTransform_Simple
 
 1.6.1, released 2007-05-05
 ! Support for more deprecated attributes via transformations:
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy/XHTMLAndHTML4.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy/XHTMLAndHTML4.php
index f939d644..a486560e 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy/XHTMLAndHTML4.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy/XHTMLAndHTML4.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy.php';
 
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Center.php';
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Font.php';
 
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php';
@@ -27,7 +26,10 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_Tidy_XHTMLAndHTML4 extends
         $r['font']   = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Font();
         $r['menu']   = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('ul');
         $r['dir']    = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('ul');
-        $r['center'] = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Center();
+        $r['center'] = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('div',  'text-align:center;');
+        $r['u']      = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('span', 'text-decoration:underline;');
+        $r['s']      = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('span', 'text-decoration:line-through;');
+        $r['strike'] = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('span', 'text-decoration:line-through;');
         
         // == deprecated attribute transforms =============================
         
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php
index f5dc5c97..367ec8be 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ class HTMLPurifier_TagTransform
         trigger_error('Call to abstract function', E_USER_ERROR);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Prepends CSS properties to the style attribute, creating the
+     * attribute if it doesn't exist.
+     * @warning Copied over from AttrTransform, be sure to keep in sync
+     * @param $attr Attribute array to process (passed by reference)
+     * @param $css CSS to prepend
+     */
+    function prependCSS(&$attr, $css) {
+        $attr['style'] = isset($attr['style']) ? $attr['style'] : '';
+        $attr['style'] = $css . $attr['style'];
+    }
+    
 }
 
 ?>
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diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Center.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Center.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 571bb9df..00000000
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Center.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php';
-
-/**
- * Transforms CENTER tags into proper version (DIV with text-align CSS)
- * 
- * Takes a CENTER tag, parses the align attribute, and then if it's valid
- * assigns it to the CSS property text-align.
- */
-class HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Center extends HTMLPurifier_TagTransform
-{
-    var $transform_to = 'div';
-    
-    function transform($tag, $config, &$context) {
-        if ($tag->type == 'end') {
-            $new_tag = new HTMLPurifier_Token_End($this->transform_to);
-            return $new_tag;
-        }
-        $attr = $tag->attr;
-        $prepend_css = 'text-align:center;';
-        if (isset($attr['style'])) {
-            $attr['style'] = $prepend_css . $attr['style'];
-        } else {
-            $attr['style'] = $prepend_css;
-        }
-        $new_tag = $tag->copy();
-        $new_tag->name = $this->transform_to;
-        $new_tag->attr = $attr;
-        return $new_tag;
-    }
-}
-
-?>
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diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php
index 6ffd0eab..f8299e11 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php
@@ -3,21 +3,32 @@
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php';
 
 /**
- * Simple transformation, just change tag name to something else.
+ * Simple transformation, just change tag name to something else,
+ * and possibly add some styling. This will cover most of the deprecated
+ * tag cases.
  */
 class HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple extends HTMLPurifier_TagTransform
 {
     
+    var $style;
+    
     /**
      * @param $transform_to Tag name to transform to.
+     * @param $style CSS style to add to the tag
      */
-    function HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple($transform_to) {
+    function HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple($transform_to, $style = null) {
         $this->transform_to = $transform_to;
+        $this->style = $style;
     }
     
     function transform($tag, $config, &$context) {
         $new_tag = $tag->copy();
         $new_tag->name = $this->transform_to;
+        if (!is_null($this->style) &&
+            ($new_tag->type == 'start' || $new_tag->type == 'empty')
+        ) {
+            $this->prependCSS($new_tag->attr, $this->style);
+        }
         return $new_tag;
     }
     
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/TagTransformTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/TagTransformTest.php
index 51317c04..ed9828ad 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/TagTransformTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/TagTransformTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform.php';
 
 // needs to be seperated into files
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Center.php';
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Font.php';
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Simple.php';
 
@@ -104,9 +103,9 @@ class HTMLPurifier_TagTransformTest extends UnitTestCase
         
     }
     
-    function testCenter() {
+    function testSimpleWithCSS() {
         
-        $transformer = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Center();
+        $transformer = new HTMLPurifier_TagTransform_Simple('div', 'text-align:center;');
         
         $this->assertTransformation(
             $transformer,
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Test.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Test.php
index 0fc83b84..169d23ac 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Test.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Test.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Test extends UnitTestCase
         
         $this->assertPurification(
             '<u>Illegal underline</u>',
-            'Illegal underline'
+            '<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Illegal underline</span>'
         );
         
         $this->assertPurification(