Inline-block grids without the need for any weird comment hacks are possible if you use Adobe Blank, a special-purpose font that covers all Unicode code points and renders them using a non-spacing and non-marking glyph.
All credit should go to these guys:
- @ken_lunde from Adobe for creating the font
- @ScottKellum for making me aware of its uses
So what now?
- Read Scott Kellum's post about it
- Read Ken Lunde's post about it
- Download Adobe Blank from it's official source
- Check out the font's source code
Click here or clone this repo to see the effect for yourself.
Update 2014/02/18: Check out this pen for an alternative solution with JavaScript.