<!DOCTYPE html>
<style>
body { overflow: hidden; } /* Disable auto-scrollbars, to hide crbug.com/534751 */
.mc { -webkit-columns:2; -webkit-column-gap:20px; column-fill:auto; overflow:hidden; width:520px; height:80px; font-size:12px; line-height:20px; background:#ddd; }
table { border-spacing:5px; }
td:first-child { width:30px; }
td { padding:5px; }
.mc span { font-size:2em; line-height:30px; }
</style>
<p>The big text should be in the first column, and baseline-aligned with the line in its neighbor cell on the left:</p>
<div class="mc">
<table>
<tr style="vertical-align:baseline">
<td>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
</td>
<td>
<span>1st column</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<hr>
<p>The big text should be near the top in the first column:</p>
<div class="mc">
<table>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
</td>
<td>
<span>1st column</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<hr>
<p>The big text should be at the top in the second column:</p>
<div class="mc">
<table>
<tr style="vertical-align:middle">
<td>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
</td>
<td>
<span>2nd column</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<hr>
<p>The big text should be near the bottom in the second column:</p>
<div class="mc">
<table>
<tr style="vertical-align:bottom">
<td>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
line<br>
</td>
<td>
<span>2nd column</span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>