<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body { width: 500px; -moz-column-count: 2; }
body:first-letter { float: right; }
#s { padding: 0pt 200px; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function boom()
{
document.getElementById("s").appendChild(document.createElement("span"));
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="boom();">x <span id="s"></span></body>
</html>