Pure CSS Pinterest Columnar Layout

index.html

<div id="columns">
  <figure>
  <img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/cinderella.jpg">
	<figcaption>Cinderella wearing European fashion of the mid-1860’s</figcaption>
	</figure>
	
	<figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/rapunzel.jpg">
	<figcaption>Rapunzel, clothed in 1820’s period fashion</figcaption>
	</figure>
	
  <figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/belle.jpg">
	<figcaption>Belle, based on 1770’s French court fashion</figcaption>
	</figure>
  
	<figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/mulan_2.jpg">
	<figcaption>Mulan, based on the Ming Dynasty period</figcaption>
	</figure>
	
   <figure>
	 <img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/sleeping-beauty.jpg">
	<figcaption>Sleeping Beauty, based on European fashions in 1485</figcaption>
	</figure>
	
   <figure>
	 <img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/pocahontas_2.jpg">
	<figcaption>Pocahontas based on 17th century Powhatan costume</figcaption>
	</figure>
  
	<figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/snow-white.jpg">
	<figcaption>Snow White, based on 16th century German fashion</figcaption>
	</figure>	
  
   <figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/ariel.jpg">
	<figcaption>Ariel wearing an evening gown of the 1890’s</figcaption>
	</figure>
  
    <figure>
	<img src="//s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/tiana.jpg">
    <figcaption>Tiana wearing the <i>robe de style</i> of the 1920’s</figcaption>
	</figure>	
  <small>Art &copy; <a href="//clairehummel.com">Claire Hummel</a></small>
	</div>

pure-css-pinterest-columnar-layout.markdown

Pure CSS Pinterest Columnar Layout

Based on original work by Kushagra Agarwal, updated with HTML5 code, responsive design and up-to-date CSS. Original artwork by Claire Hummel, used with permission. Full write-up on my blog.

A Pen by Dudley Storey on CodePen.

License.

scripts

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

style.css

@font-face{font-family:'Calluna';
 src:url('https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/4273/callunasansregular-webfont.woff') format('woff');
}
body {
	background: url(//subtlepatterns.com/patterns/scribble_light.png);
  font-family: Calluna, Arial, sans-serif;
  min-height: 1000px;
}
#columns {
	column-width: 320px;
	column-gap: 15px;
  width: 90%;
	max-width: 1100px;
	margin: 50px auto;
}

div#columns figure {
	background: #fefefe;
	border: 2px solid #fcfcfc;
	box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(34, 25, 25, 0.4);
	margin: 0 2px 15px;
	padding: 15px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	transition: opacity .4s ease-in-out;
  display: inline-block;
  column-break-inside: avoid;
}

div#columns figure img {
	width: 100%; height: auto;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

div#columns figure figcaption {
  font-size: .9rem;
	color: #444;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

div#columns small { 
  font-size: 1rem;
  float: right; 
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #aaa;
} 

div#columns small a { 
  color: #666; 
  text-decoration: none; 
  transition: .4s color;
}

div#columns:hover figure:not(:hover) {
	opacity: 0.4;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 750px) { 
  #columns { column-gap: 0px; }
  #columns figure { width: 100%; }
}