How can I create equidistant space between words based on their lengths?

Question

Supposed I have a horizontal list:

About Admissions Academics Research News Events

I want them to be n-unit apart from the proceeding word based on their length.

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| About | Admissions | Academics | Research | News | Events |

The illustration above is essentially the heart of my question. How can I make the words equidistant from each other? How can I vary the area of the rectangles in order to create equidistance?

For example, "Research" will have a much greater area than "News" but their distance is the same as the words such as "About" and "Admissions" and "Admissions" and "Academics".

 .school_info {
      background-color: black;
      text-align: center;
    }

    .school_info_row {
      margin: 0 10% 0 10%;
      width: auto;
      padding-bottom: 15px;
    }
    
    .public_info_container {
      padding-left: 0;
      padding-right: 0;
    }
    
    .public_info {
      font-size: 20;
      font-family:'Cinzel', serif;
      color: white;
      width: 150px;
    }

<div class="school_info">
          <div class="row school_info_row">
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">About</a>
            </div>
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">Admissions</a>
            </div>
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">Academics</a>
            </div>
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">Research</a>
            </div>
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">News</a>
            </div>
            <div class="col-lg-2 col-md-4 public_info_container">
              <a class="public_info" href="">Events</a>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Answer 1

You almost got it. Bootstrap column totals must add up to 12. Your col-lg-x is correct, it adds up to 12, your col-md-x needs to have value 2 as well. Since both lg and md media-breakpoints use the value 2, you can just replace it with col-2. I'm assuming this is bootstrap because those are bootstrap classes. Bootstrap also has mx-auto class so you can make the margins on the x-axis equidistant.

.school_info {
  background-color: black;
  text-align: center;
}


.public_info {
  font-size: 20;
  font-family:'Cinzel', serif;
  color: white;
  /*width: 150px;*/  
}

.hilite {
  border-left: 1px solid red;
  border-right: 1px solid red;
}

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<div class="school_info">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">About</a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">Admissions</a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">Academics</a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">Research</a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">News</a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-2 hilite">
          <a class="public_info mx-auto" href="">Events</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
</div>