Благодаря справке Эрика по моему последнему вопросу, я смог заставить работать мой пример с плавающим символом слева, справа и слева от текста:
http://tanguay.info/web/examples/tablelessItemLayout

(источник: tanguay.info )
Однако, поскольку изображения имеют различную ширину, мне пришлось немного обмануть, добавив встроенные стили в некоторые теги.
Как я могу изменить этот код так:
- нет встроенных стилей
- он поддерживает изображения разной ширины
Код:
<html>
<style>
* { margin: 0; padding: 0 }
body {
padding: 20px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #333;
}
p {
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
#content {
width: 600px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background: brown;
border: 1px solid #555;
text-align: left;
}
.item {
margin: 20px;
background-image:url('paperBackground.jpg');
padding: 20px;
}
.itemIcon {
float:left;
}
.itemIcon p {
font-size: 8pt;
margin: 5px 0 0 0;
}
.itemBody h1 {
font-size: 18pt;
color: brown;
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="content">
<div class="item">
<div class="itemIcon" style="width: 70px; padding-left: -80px">
<img src="icon.png" alt=""/>
<p>This is the caption that is under the image.</p>
</div>
<div class="itemBody" style="margin-left: 80px">
<h1>This is the first item</h1>
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<p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="itemIcon" style="width: 160px; padding-left: -170px">
<img src="bigIcon.png" alt=""/>
<p>This is the caption that is under the image and it is a very long text so it is going to wrap a couple times here in the left column under the image.</p>
</div>
<div class="itemBody" style="margin-left: 170px">
<h1>This is the second item</h1>
<p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p>
<p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>