<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
background:gold;
width: 24em;
overflow: hidden;
-moz-column-count: 2;
columns: 2;
-moz-column-rule: solid;
column-rule: solid;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Some<br>text</p>
</body>
</html>