There’s a common newspaper and print layout method where the text of an article is arranged over several columns. This makes the article easer to read and looks quite nice visually. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do this with CSS? Well, in fact this is perfectly possible using the multi-column layout module that is part of the CSS3 specification. Whilst browser support for this is patchy, the module is approaching candidate recommendation status, and the method can still be implemented using proprietary but well-supported CSS rule prefixes like -moz- and -webkit- in your style sheets. For browsers that do not support the multi-column layout module in any form, there’s a useful JavaScript solution…
Direct link: Multi-column layout with CSS3 and some JavaScript