Here’s another, where I’m using `max-content` sizing of my columns to make sure the text never wraps.

It was demos like this that convinced me that this is not just “masonry”. This is a way to use CSS Grid, but turn off the rows. And for the first time to have columnar grids on the web, not just modular ones.

Please do read

UPDATE October 2024: Since this article was published, members of the CSS Working Group have concluded that all of the grid abilities described here — variable-width tracks, explicit placement, spanning, and subgrids — are worth including in masonry layout, and are possible to implement performantly.