alternative for <dl compact>

Hi everyone,

I have lists, encoded as <dl compact>...</dl> which runs perfectly under IE
6.0 (for the time being) but not in NN 7.0,
as it was obedient enough to the standards that call this feature
'deprecated'.

It is suggested to solve the problem with css
But how?

is it done by setting the properties for the dt and dd element?
and what properties are involved?

I would like to know, because it's a beautiful feature that may live not
much longer...

Thanks in advance,

Peter Crom.