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by neoswf
HTML
<section>
<h2>Inline blocks:</h2>
<ul class="inline_blocks">
<li>a</li>
<li>b<br>b</li>
<li>c</li>
<li>d</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section>
<h2>Inline blocks w/ vertical-align:top:</h2>
<ul class="inline_blocks vertical_align_top">
<li>a</li>
<li>b<br>b</li>
<li>c</li>
<li>d</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section>
<h2>Inline blocks without whitespaces:</h2>
<ul class="inline_blocks">
<li>a</li><li>b<br>b</li><li>c</li><li>d</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section>
<h2>Floats:</h2>
<ul class="floats">
<li>a</li>
<li>b<br>b</li>
<li>c</li>
<li>d</li>
</ul>
</section>
CSS
body { font-family:sans-serif; color:#fff;}
h2 { color:#000; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:10px; }
section { margin:20px; padding:10px; background:#ddd; overflow:hidden; }
ul li { background:#21a3ca; border:2px solid black; padding:2px; }
.inline_blocks{
word-spacing:-5px;
}
.inline_blocks li { display:inline-block; word-spacing:normal}
.inline_blocks.vertical_align_top li { vertical-align:top; }
.floats li { float:left; }