Vertically align floating divs

Question

I am trying to float two divs with different font-sizes. I can\'t find a way to align the text on the same baseline. Here is what I have been trying:

Answer 1

If you put the right floated div before the left floated div in the HTML and they'll line up vertically.

Alternatively, you can float both divs left - that's perfectly valid - and how most CSS designs are coded.