 <!DOCTYPE html>
<link href="resources/grid.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="resources/grid-alignment.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
body { margin: 0; }
.block {
   background: grey;
   float: left;
   margin: 5px;
   text-orientation: sideways;
}
.block > :nth-child(1) { font-size:24px; }
.block > :nth-child(2) { font-size:32px; }
.block > :nth-child(3) { font-size:48px; }
.block > :nth-child(4) { font-size:64px; }
.item {
   display: inline-block;
   border-width: 2px 5px 3px 4px;
   border-style: solid;
   padding: 6px 3px 7px 8px;
   margin: 10px 6px 4px 12px;
}
.extraBottomPadding { padding-bottom: 30px; }
.extraLeftPadding { padding-left: 30px; }
.area { display: inline-block; }
.area:nth-child(1) { width: 60px;  }
.area:nth-child(2) { width: 60px;  }
.area:nth-child(3) { width: 75px;  }
.area:nth-child(4) { width: 100px; }
.verticalLR.area, .verticalRL.area { width: auto; }
.verticalLR > .area:nth-child(1), .verticalRL > .area:nth-child(1) { height: 60px; }
.verticalLR > .area:nth-child(2), .verticalRL > .area:nth-child(2) { height: 60px; }
.verticalLR > .area:nth-child(3), .verticalRL > .area:nth-child(3) { height: 75px; }
.verticalLR > .area:nth-child(4), .verticalRL > .area:nth-child(4) { height: 100px; }
.block { height: 125px; }
.block.verticalLR, .block.verticalRL {
   width: 125px;
   height: auto;
}
</style>

<p>1x4 with parallel items.<br>All items share 'first-row' Baseline Context. No item shares any column-like Baseline Context.<br>The 'align-self' property (orthogonal to the shared context) aligns all items along the baseline-axis using the row-like baseline.</p>
<div class="block"><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>
<div class="block"><div class="area"><div class="item extraBottomPadding">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>

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<div class="block verticalLR"><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>
<div class="block verticalLR"><div class="area"><div class="item extraLeftPadding">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>
<div class="block verticalRL"><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>
<div class="block verticalRL"><div class="area"><div class="item extraLeftPadding">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div><div class="area"><div class="item">A</div></div></div>