2025 update

Visual 'manipulation' of the DOM using display: contents which plays nicely with grid/flex.

Taken from the following stackoverflow question/answer:

• What does display:contents do?

With Source:

• https://caniuse.com/css-display-contents

span {
    display: contents;
    font-size-adjust: 0;  /* or other adjustment method */
}

span:before {
    display: inline-block; /* or as preferred */
    font-size-adjust: initial;  /* and reset other adjustment method */
}