The good folks at FeedBurner have pushed some changes recently that has affected the design of the feed count badges. See some example below:

The lower half of the badge where it says "By FeedBurner" is no longer rendered as a transparent graphic and hence you see that ugly bar at the bottom.
If you are displaying this FeedBurner badge on your site, read this workaround to hide that lower portion of the graphic.
Open your blog template and enclose the badge image inside the following div code.
<div style="overflow:hidden; width:88px; height:19px"></div>
Related: Change Text of FeedBurner Badges
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/clean-feedburner-feedcount-badge/4253/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org


Reader Comments
my feed chicklet is clean… whereas, i can see the grey bar below yours..!!
Written by Rupesh on 08.18.08
I can still see the black bar on this site… do u prefer that ways?
Written by ROW on 08.18.08
thats right
Written by film izle on 08.18.08
hmmm..but your blog shows that ugly part
Written by AboutOnlineTips on 08.18.08
Hey Amit - this is something we’re aware of (dropping “By FeedBurner” wasn’t deliberate) and we’re working on a fix. In the meantime, nice job coming up with a work-around!
–Rick
Written by Rick Klau on 08.18.08
Thanks Rick. The surprising part is that this ‘bug’ is not spread across all feeds.. maybe something to do with FeedBurner MyBrand pro.
Written by Amit Agarwal on 08.18.08
Nice workout… It won’t look so odd on my theme as it will be embedded on a dark background…. But looks odd on yours….
Written by Pavan Kumar on 08.18.08
Hurry up with that fix Rick. The gray band is really ugly.
Written by Nathan Bowers on 08.27.08