Place floating div vertically inside text

Question

I am trying to find pure CSS solutions for creating an article with a section of quoted citations that starts 50px (or so) down the page. This section should be 50% wide and the text should wrap around it (top and bottom).

Current I have a standard floating point solution where it appears at the top of the text.

Screenshot

 .inset-text { display:block; width: 50%; float: left; background: pink; margin: 0 5% 2% 0; } 

Answer 1

What about another wrapper div and a bit of top fill and negative margin?

Demo

HTML

 <div class="article-container"> <div class="inset-text"> Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. </div> <div class="article-text"> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p> </div> </div> 

CSS

 .article-container { padding-top: 50px; } .inset-text { /* display:block; */ width: 50%; float: left; background: pink; /* margin: 0 5% 2% 0; */ margin-right: 2%; } .article-text { margin-top: -50px; } /* Because of the top padding set to the article-container the top margin of the first p element does not collapse anymore. So just set the top margin to 0. */ .article-text p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }