/* Stax — Path B surface.
   Deep Basalt + Warm Concrete + Strained Sunlight + Molten Iron + Slate Ink.
   Brutalist · Cathedral · Chisel marks. No corners, no glow, no sweetness. */

/* ============================== Self-hosted fonts ==================== */

@font-face {
    font-family: "Fraunces";
    src: url("../fonts/Fraunces-Variable.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
    font-weight: 100 900;
    font-style: normal;
    font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4";
    src: url("../fonts/SourceSerif4-Variable.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
    font-weight: 200 900;
    font-style: normal;
    font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: "Inter";
    src: url("../fonts/Inter-Variable.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
    font-weight: 100 900;
    font-style: normal;
    font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
    font-family: "JetBrains Mono";
    src: url("../fonts/JetBrainsMono-Variable.woff2") format("woff2-variations");
    font-weight: 100 800;
    font-style: normal;
    font-display: swap;
}

/* ============================== Tokens =============================== */

:root {
    --bg: #121212;            /* Deep Basalt */
    --bg-raised: #1a1a1a;     /* code, panels, hover plates */
    --text: #E8E4E0;          /* Warm Concrete */
    --text-soft: #B8B4B0;
    --meta: #888888;          /* Slate Ink */
    --accent-light: #FFD6A0;  /* Strained Sunlight */
    --accent-heat: #F85F5F;   /* Molten Iron — audit errors only */
    --link: #FFD6A0;
    --rule: #2a2a2a;
    --rule-strong: #3a3a3a;

    --font-display: "Fraunces", Georgia, serif;
    --font-serif: "Source Serif 4", Charter, "Bitstream Charter", Cambria, serif;
    --font-sans: "Inter", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
    --font-mono: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;

    --measure: 68ch;
    --line-height: 1.65;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html {
    background-color: var(--bg);
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

body {
    background-color: var(--bg);
    color: var(--text);
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-size: 1.125rem;
    line-height: var(--line-height);
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

::selection {
    background: var(--accent-light);
    color: var(--bg);
}

/* ============================== Layout =============================== */

main, .site-header, .site-footer {
    max-width: var(--measure);
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 1.5rem;
}

/* Wider desktop gutters: cathedral negative space.
   The body still holds measure at 68ch; padding widens the well. */
@media (min-width: 1100px) {
    main, .site-header, .site-footer {
        padding: 0 3rem;
    }
}

/* ============================== Header =============================== */

.site-header {
    margin-top: 4rem;
    margin-bottom: 5rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    padding-bottom: 1.5rem;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: baseline;
    gap: 2rem;
}

.brand {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.brand-mark {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--text);
}

.brand-tag,
.brand-sub {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    margin-top: 0.3rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

nav {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    display: flex;
    gap: 1.75rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

nav a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text);
    font-weight: 500;
    border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
}

nav a:hover {
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
    color: var(--text);
}

.site-header nav a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* ============================== Typography =========================== */

h1, h2, h3, h4 {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1.15;
    margin-top: 3rem;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    color: var(--text);
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "SOFT" 30;
}

h1 {
    font-size: 2.6rem;
    margin-top: 0;
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
}
h2 {
    font-size: 1.65rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-top: 2.5rem;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
h3 { font-size: 1.25rem; }
h4 {
    font-size: 1rem;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    color: var(--text-soft);
}

p { margin: 0 0 1.5rem; }

strong, b { color: var(--text); font-weight: 700; }

em, i { color: var(--text); font-style: italic; }

a {
    color: var(--link);
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-underline-offset: 3px;
    text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
    text-decoration-color: var(--rule-strong);
}

a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    text-decoration-color: var(--accent-light);
}

.meta {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    margin-bottom: 3rem;
}

/* Section chisel ornament. */
hr {
    border: none;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 3.5rem 0;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    line-height: 1;
    height: 1.5rem;
}
hr::before { content: "\00a7"; }

/* Hazard-tape divider — use sparingly. */
.hazard-tape {
    height: 4px;
    background: repeating-linear-gradient(
        45deg,
        var(--accent-light) 0,
        var(--accent-light) 8px,
        var(--bg) 8px,
        var(--bg) 16px
    );
    margin: 3rem 0;
    border: none;
}

/* ============================== Code ================================= */

pre, code, kbd, samp {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-feature-settings: "liga" 0, "calt" 0;
    font-size: 0.9em;
}

code {
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    color: var(--text);
    padding: 0.12em 0.4em;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

pre {
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    color: var(--text);
    padding: 1.5rem;
    margin: 2rem 0;
    overflow-x: auto;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-light);
    line-height: 1.55;
}

pre code {
    background: transparent;
    border: none;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: inherit;
}

blockquote {
    margin: 3rem 0;
    padding: 0.5rem 0 0.5rem 1.5rem;
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-light);
    color: var(--text-soft);
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-style: italic;
}

blockquote p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

/* ============================== Essay list =========================== */

.essay-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
}

.essay-list li {
    margin-bottom: 3rem;
}

.essay-list a {
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    color: var(--text);
}

.essay-title {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    color: var(--text);
    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}

.essay-list a:hover .essay-title {
    color: var(--accent-light);
}

.essay-meta {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
}

/* Screen-reader-only separator. */
.essay-sep {
    position: absolute;
    width: 1px;
    height: 1px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: -1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
    white-space: nowrap;
    border: 0;
}

.essay-summary {
    color: var(--text-soft);
    font-size: 1rem;
    display: block;
}

/* Quoted-word essay title marker — Inter caps, literal quotes as content. */
.essay-title-marker {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    display: inline-block;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.essay-title-marker::before { content: "\201C"; }
.essay-title-marker::after  { content: "\201D"; }

/* Construction-site version stamp. */
.version-stamp {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-top: 1rem;
    margin-top: 4rem;
    display: flex;
    gap: 1.5rem;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    line-height: 1.4;
}
.version-stamp .stamp-version { color: var(--accent-light); }
.version-stamp .stamp-audited { color: var(--text-soft); }

/* Lede — the opening synthesis. */
.lede {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-size: 1.35rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--text);
    margin-bottom: 5rem;
    font-style: italic;
}

/* ============================== Archive arcs ========================= */

.arcs {
    margin-top: 2rem;
    margin-bottom: 4rem;
    padding-bottom: 3rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.arcs h2,
.all-essays h2 {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--meta);
    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
    border-top: none;
    padding-top: 0;
    font-weight: 700;
}

.arc-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.arc-list li {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 1rem;
}

.arc-list a {
    color: var(--text);
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}

.arc-list a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
}

/* ============================== TOC ================================== */

.toc {
    margin: 3rem 0 4rem 0;
    padding: 1.5rem 2rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-light);
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.95rem;
}

.toc-title {
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
}

.toc ol {
    margin: 0;
    padding-left: 1.5rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

.toc li { margin-bottom: 0.4rem; }

.toc a {
    color: var(--text);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}
.toc a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
}

main h2[id] { scroll-margin-top: 1.5rem; }

/* ============================== Series nav =========================== */

.series-nav {
    margin-top: 5rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 2rem;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.series-nav a {
    color: var(--text);
    text-decoration: none;
    max-width: 48%;
    line-height: 1.4;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}

.series-nav a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
}

.series-next { text-align: right; margin-left: auto; }

@media (max-width: 640px) {
    .series-nav { flex-direction: column; gap: 1.2rem; }
    .series-nav a { max-width: 100%; }
    .series-next { text-align: left; margin-left: 0; }
}

/* ============================== Footnotes ============================ */

.footnote-ref {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.75em;
    line-height: 1;
    vertical-align: super;
}
.footnote-ref a {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 0 0.15em;
}
.footnote-ref a:hover { color: var(--accent-light); text-decoration: underline; }

.footnotes {
    margin-top: 4rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    color: var(--text-soft);
    line-height: 1.55;
}

.footnotes ol { padding-left: 1.5rem; }
.footnotes li { margin-bottom: 0.75rem; }
.footnotes li:target {
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-light);
    padding: 0.5rem 0.75rem;
    margin-left: -0.75rem;
}

.footnote-back {
    color: var(--meta);
    text-decoration: none;
    margin-left: 0.4em;
}
.footnote-back:hover { color: var(--accent-light); }

/* ============================== Codex wiki tags ===================== */

.wiki-codex {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--text);
    border-bottom: 1px dotted var(--meta);
    cursor: help;
}

.wiki-link {
    color: var(--link);
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-color: var(--rule-strong);
}

/* ============================== Footer =============================== */

.site-footer {
    margin-top: 8rem;
    padding-top: 3rem;
    padding-bottom: 6rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-align: left;
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}

.site-footer a { color: var(--text-soft); text-decoration: none; }
.site-footer a:hover { color: var(--accent-light); text-decoration: underline; }

/* ============================== Mobile =============================== */

@media (max-width: 640px) {
    body { font-size: 1.05rem; }
    h1 { font-size: 1.9rem; }
    h2 { font-size: 1.4rem; }
    .site-header { margin-top: 2rem; flex-direction: column; gap: 1.5rem; align-items: flex-start; }
    nav { gap: 1rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
    .lede { font-size: 1.15rem; }
    main, .site-header, .site-footer { padding: 0 1.25rem; }
}

/* ============================== Section: Lab ========================= */

.section-lab main.lab-main,
.section-lab main.lab-entry {
    max-width: 88ch;
}

.lab-table {
    width: 100%;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    margin: 3rem 0;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.95rem;
}

.lab-table th {
    text-align: left;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    padding: 0.6rem 0.8rem;
    font-weight: 700;
}

.lab-table td {
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding: 0.9rem 0.8rem;
    vertical-align: top;
    color: var(--text);
}

.lab-table tr:hover td { background: var(--bg-raised); }

.lab-date code,
.lab-entry-meta code {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    background: transparent;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    color: var(--meta);
    font-size: 0.85rem;
}

.lab-project-tag {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--text);
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
}

.lab-title a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
}
.lab-title a:hover { color: var(--accent-light); }

.lab-entry-evidence-pill,
.evidence-pill {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    padding: 0.15rem 0.6rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    background: var(--bg);
    color: var(--meta);
    white-space: nowrap;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-differential-tested,
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-unit-tested,
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-audited,
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-tested,
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-compiled,
.evidence-pill.ev-tested,
.evidence-pill.ev-compiled,
.evidence-pill.ev-benchmarked {
    color: var(--text);
    border-color: var(--accent-light);
}
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-sketch,
.lab-entry-evidence-pill.ev-unknown {
    color: var(--text-soft);
    border-color: var(--rule-strong);
    font-style: italic;
}

/* Lab entry sidebar + body. */
.lab-entry {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 18rem 1fr;
    gap: 3rem;
    align-items: start;
}

.lab-entry-sidebar {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-right: 2rem;
    position: sticky;
    top: 2rem;
    color: var(--text-soft);
}

.lab-entry-meta dt {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    margin-top: 1rem;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.lab-entry-meta dt:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.lab-entry-meta dd {
    margin: 0.2rem 0 0;
    color: var(--text);
}

@media (max-width: 800px) {
    .lab-entry {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 1.5rem;
    }
    .lab-entry-sidebar {
        border-right: none;
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
        padding-right: 0;
        padding-bottom: 1.5rem;
        position: static;
    }
}

/* ============================== Section: Objects ===================== */

.section-objects main.objects-main,
.section-objects main.object-entry {
    max-width: 92ch;
}

.objects-grid {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 3rem 0;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(18rem, 1fr));
    gap: 2.5rem;
}

.object-card a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text);
    display: block;
}

.object-hero {
    aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
    background-color: var(--bg-raised);
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
}

.object-hero-placeholder {
    background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
        45deg,
        var(--bg-raised) 0,
        var(--bg-raised) 8px,
        var(--bg) 8px,
        var(--bg) 16px
    );
}

.object-card-meta {
    margin-top: 1rem;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: baseline;
    gap: 1rem;
}

.object-card-title {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    color: var(--text);
}

.object-card a:hover .object-card-title { color: var(--accent-light); }

.object-status-pill,
.workshop-status-pill {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    background: var(--bg);
    color: var(--meta);
    white-space: nowrap;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.object-status-pill.st-shipped,
.workshop-status-pill.st-shipped {
    color: var(--text);
    border-color: var(--accent-light);
}
.object-status-pill.st-prototype,
.workshop-status-pill.st-active {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-color: var(--accent-light);
}
.object-status-pill.st-concept,
.workshop-status-pill.st-paused {
    color: var(--text-soft);
    border-color: var(--rule-strong);
    font-style: italic;
}

.object-bleed-hero {
    margin: 0 -1.5rem 3rem;
}
.object-bleed-hero img {
    width: 100%;
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
}
.object-bleed-hero-placeholder {
    aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
    background-color: var(--bg-raised);
    background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
        45deg,
        var(--bg-raised) 0,
        var(--bg-raised) 12px,
        var(--bg) 12px,
        var(--bg) 24px
    );
    border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
}
.object-bleed-hero-fill { width: 100%; height: 100%; }

.object-entry-header h1 {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
}

.object-materials {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 1rem 0 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 0.5rem;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
}
.object-materials li {
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem;
    color: var(--text-soft);
}

/* ============================== Section: Workshop ==================== */

.section-workshop main.workshop-main,
.section-workshop main.workshop-entry-page {
    max-width: 80ch;
}

.workshop-log {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 3rem 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.workshop-entry {
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.workshop-entry a {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 7rem 1fr auto;
    gap: 1.5rem;
    align-items: baseline;
    padding: 1.2rem 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text);
}
.workshop-entry a:hover { background: var(--bg-raised); }

.workshop-entry-date code {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    background: transparent;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    color: var(--meta);
    font-size: 0.85rem;
}

.workshop-entry-title {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    color: var(--text);
}

.workshop-entry-meta {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}

.workshop-status-paused .workshop-entry-title,
.workshop-status-shipped .workshop-entry-title {
    color: var(--text-soft);
}

.workshop-meta code {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    background: transparent;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    color: var(--meta);
}

.workshop-entry-body h2 {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 1rem;
    text-transform: none;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    border-top: 1px dashed var(--rule);
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
    margin-top: 2.5rem;
    color: var(--accent-light);
}

.workshop-entry-body pre {
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-light);
}

.workshop-note {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    margin-top: 2rem;
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
    .workshop-entry a {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 0.4rem;
    }
}

/* ============================== Section: Canon ======================= */

.section-canon main.canon-main,
.section-canon main.canon-entry-main {
    max-width: 64ch;
    hanging-punctuation: first last;
}

.canon-intro {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    line-height: 1.65;
    color: var(--text);
    margin: 2rem 0 4rem;
    padding-bottom: 3rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.canon-intro a {
    color: var(--text);
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration-color: var(--accent-light);
}

.canon-arc {
    margin: 3.5rem 0;
}

.canon-arc h2 {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-size: 1.7rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
    color: var(--text);
}

.canon-arc h2 a { color: var(--text); text-decoration: none; }
.canon-arc h2 a:hover { color: var(--accent-light); }

.canon-arc-count {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    color: var(--meta);
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-left: 0.8rem;
}

.canon-arc-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
    counter-reset: canon-counter;
    column-count: 2;
    column-gap: 2.5rem;
}

.canon-arc-list li {
    break-inside: avoid;
    margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
    line-height: 1.4;
    text-indent: -2.5rem;
    padding-left: 2.5rem;
}

.canon-arc-list a {
    color: var(--text);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}
.canon-arc-list a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
}

.canon-roman {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-variant: small-caps;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    margin-right: 0.6rem;
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
    .canon-arc-list { column-count: 1; }
}

.canon-entry-main {
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
    font-feature-settings: "kern" 1, "liga" 1, "calt" 1, "onum" 1;
}

.canon-entry-eyebrow {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.canon-entry-eyebrow a {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
}
.canon-entry-eyebrow a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light); }

.canon-entry-title {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-size: 2.6rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1.1;
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
    color: var(--text);
}

.canon-entry-title .canon-roman {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
    font-variant: normal;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
}

.canon-entry-meta,
.meta.canon-entry-meta {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    margin-bottom: 3rem;
}

.canon-entry-body {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    line-height: 1.7;
}

/* Drop cap, recolored to Strained Sunlight on Deep Basalt. */
.canon-entry-body > p:first-of-type::first-letter {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    float: left;
    font-size: 4.4rem;
    line-height: 0.85;
    margin: 0.4rem 0.5rem 0 0;
    color: var(--accent-light);
}

.canon-entry-body .footnotes {
    margin-top: 4rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    color: var(--text-soft);
    line-height: 1.55;
}

.canon-entry-source {
    margin-top: 5rem;
    padding-top: 2rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-align: center;
    font-style: normal;
}

/* ============================== Audit error / Molten Iron =========== */

.audit-failed,
.audit-error {
    border-left: 3px solid var(--accent-heat);
    background: var(--bg-raised);
    padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
    margin: 2rem 0;
    color: var(--text);
}

.audit-failed .audit-label,
.audit-error .audit-label {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--accent-heat);
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
}

/* Crossed-out poetry — striking through wrong assumptions inline. */
.struck {
    text-decoration: line-through;
    text-decoration-color: var(--accent-heat);
    text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
    color: var(--text-soft);
}

/* ============================== Homepage: hero / canon / series ===== */

/* Hero — manifesto block */
.hero {
    margin-bottom: 6rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-bottom: 4rem;
}

.hero-mark {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    display: inline-block;
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
}
.hero-mark::before { content: "\201C"; }
.hero-mark::after  { content: "\201D"; }

.hero-tagline {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 2.25rem;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin: 0 0 2rem;
    color: var(--text);
}

.hero-lede {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    font-size: 1.35rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--text);
    margin: 0;
}

/* Shared section labels — quoted-word Inter caps */
.section-label {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-top: 2.5rem;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
}
.section-label::before { content: "\201C"; }
.section-label::after  { content: "\201D"; }

.section-intro {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    color: var(--text-soft);
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    margin: 0 0 2.5rem;
    max-width: 56ch;
}

.canon-start,
.recent-section,
.series-section {
    margin-bottom: 5rem;
}

/* Canon list — numbered, hierarchic */
.canon-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    counter-reset: canon;
}

.canon-list > li {
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-top: 1.5rem;
}
.canon-list > li:first-child {
    border-top: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
}

.canon-list a {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 3.5rem 1fr;
    gap: 1.25rem;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--text);
    align-items: baseline;
}

.canon-number {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 1rem;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.canon-body {
    display: block;
}

.canon-title {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.35rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    color: var(--text);
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0.35rem;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}

.canon-list a:hover .canon-title {
    color: var(--accent-light);
}

.canon-meta {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    display: block;
}

/* Archive link — quiet pointer at end of Recent */
.archive-link {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    margin-top: 2.5rem;
    text-align: right;
}
.archive-link a {
    color: var(--accent-light);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
    padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
}
.archive-link a:hover {
    border-bottom-color: var(--accent-light);
}

/* Series navigation */
.series-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.series-list li {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding: 1.25rem 0;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(8rem, 12rem) 8rem 1fr;
    gap: 1.5rem;
    align-items: baseline;
}

.series-list li:last-child {
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.series-list a {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    color: var(--text);
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.series-list a:hover {
    color: var(--accent-light);
}

.series-count {
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: var(--meta);
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.series-blurb {
    font-family: var(--font-serif);
    color: var(--text-soft);
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
}

/* Hero / series collapse on narrow screens */
@media (max-width: 720px) {
    .hero-tagline { font-size: 1.75rem; }
    .hero-lede { font-size: 1.15rem; }
    .canon-list a {
        grid-template-columns: 2.5rem 1fr;
        gap: 1rem;
    }
    .canon-title { font-size: 1.15rem; }
    .series-list li {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 0.4rem;
    }
}

/* ============================== Reduced motion ====================== */

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    *,
    *::before,
    *::after {
        animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
        animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
        transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    }
}

/* Subtle page-load smoothing for motion-tolerant readers only. */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
    a, nav a, .essay-list a, .arc-list a {
        transition: color 100ms linear, border-color 100ms linear;
    }
}

/* ============================== Subscribe (newsletter) ============== */
/* Brand-coherent capture: Deep Basalt frame, Strained Sunlight border,
   Inter all-caps label, no rounded corners, no glow, no friendly UI. */

.subscribe {
    margin: 4rem 0 2rem;
    padding: 2rem 1.5rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--accent-light);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent-light);
    background: var(--bg);
}

.subscribe h2 {
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}

.subscribe-blurb {
    max-width: 60ch;
    margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
}

.subscribe-form {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: 0;
    margin: 0;
    max-width: 540px;
    border: 1px solid var(--accent-light);
}

.subscribe-label {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--accent-light);
    padding: 0.75rem 0.9rem;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--accent-light);
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.subscribe-input {
    flex: 1 1 auto;
    min-width: 0;
    font-family: var(--font-mono);
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    padding: 0.75rem 0.9rem;
    background: var(--bg);
    color: var(--fg, #E8E4E0);
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    outline: none;
}

.subscribe-input::placeholder {
    color: #666666;
    font-style: normal;
}

.subscribe-input:focus {
    outline: 2px solid var(--accent-light);
    outline-offset: -2px;
}

.subscribe-button {
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--bg);
    background: var(--accent-light);
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    padding: 0.75rem 1.25rem;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.subscribe-button:hover,
.subscribe-button:focus {
    background: var(--fg, #E8E4E0);
    outline: none;
}

.subscribe-fine {
    margin-top: 0.75rem;
    font-family: var(--font-sans);
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
    color: #666666;
}