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emulating desired result
#set page(width: auto, height: auto)
//#set page(width: auto, height: 12cm)
#grid(
columns: (5cm, 5cm),
column-gutter: 2em,
align: (left + top, left + top),
[I want this part to align at the top:
#lorem(20)
#v(1fr) // this pushes it all the way to the bottom of the page, but I am just looking for it to consume the rest of the space in the grid; to see what this looks like uncomment the first line which will set the page height to auto to simulate this.
I want this part to align at the bottom],
[I want this part to align at the top:
#lorem(40)
I want this part to align at the bottom]
)
// Not looking for a solution where another grid row has to be added, as this is to solve a much more substantial problem using subfigures and caption alignment, using the grid function, which this emulates.