/* ============================================================
   Considered Gear — Direction B: Masthead
   Heavy green newspaper masthead. Cream body. Hairline placeholders.
   ============================================================ */

:root {
  --paper:       #F5EFE2;
  --paper-warm:  #F0E8D6;
  --paper-deep:  #EAE0C5;
  --ink:         #1A1815;
  --ink-soft:    #3D3A33;
  --ink-light:   #6B6760;
  --rule:        #D9CFB6;
  --green:       #1B3A2A;
  --green-deep:  #0F2A1D;
  --green-soft:  #2C5240;
  --saddle:      #8B5A2B;
  --cognac:      #C8A877;

  --serif: "Cormorant Garamond", Garamond, Georgia, serif;
  --sans:  "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;
  --mono:  "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, Menlo, monospace;

  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1);
  --dur:  280ms;

  --photo-shadow: 0 30px 60px -22px rgba(15, 42, 29, 0.28),
                  0 8px 16px -10px rgba(15, 42, 29, 0.15);
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html, body {
  margin: 0; padding: 0;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

img { max-width: 100%; display: block; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease); }
::selection { background: var(--green); color: var(--paper); }

/* ============ Layout ============ */
.container { max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 40px; }
.container-narrow { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 40px; }

.hairline { height: 1px; background: var(--rule); border: 0; margin: 0; }

/* ============================================================
   FIELD STAMP — Brand identity primitives
   Cognac seal · dark-green serif C and italic G ·
   bracket corners pulled in to frame the letters as one unit.
   ============================================================ */

.cg-seal {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background: var(--cognac);
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 8px;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  position: relative;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(15,42,29,0.18);
}
.cg-seal .c { color: var(--green-deep); font-style: normal; }
.cg-seal .g { color: var(--green-deep); font-style: italic; margin-left: 0.04em; }
.cg-seal .corner {
  position: absolute;
  border: 0 solid var(--green-deep);
  opacity: 0.7;
}
/* brackets pulled inward to frame the CG, drawn as L-shapes */
.cg-seal .corner.tl { top: 22%; left: 14%; width: 14%; height: 16%; border-top-width: 1.5px; border-left-width: 1.5px; }
.cg-seal .corner.tr { top: 22%; right: 14%; width: 14%; height: 16%; border-top-width: 1.5px; border-right-width: 1.5px; }
.cg-seal .corner.bl { bottom: 22%; left: 14%; width: 14%; height: 16%; border-bottom-width: 1.5px; border-left-width: 1.5px; }
.cg-seal .corner.br { bottom: 22%; right: 14%; width: 14%; height: 16%; border-bottom-width: 1.5px; border-right-width: 1.5px; }

.cg-seal--lg { width: 96px; height: 96px; font-size: 46px; }
.cg-seal--md { width: 56px; height: 56px; font-size: 28px; }
.cg-seal--sm { width: 36px; height: 36px; font-size: 18px; border-radius: 5px; }
.cg-seal--xs { width: 24px; height: 24px; font-size: 13px; border-radius: 3px; }
.cg-seal .corner { display: none; }

/* End-of-article ornament: hairline · seal · hairline */
.cg-end {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 16px;
  margin: 56px auto 40px;
  max-width: 200px;
}
.cg-end .line { flex: 1; height: 1px; background: var(--rule); }

/* ============ MASTHEAD (the signature) ============ */

.masthead {
  background: var(--green-deep);
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 28px 40px 14px;
}
.mast-top {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(245, 239, 226, 0.25);
  padding-bottom: 14px;
}
.mast-title {
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(54px, 9vw, 124px);
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.018em;
  margin: 28px 0 22px;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--paper);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 40px);
}
.mast-title a {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 40px);
  color: inherit;
}
.mast-title em { font-style: italic; color: var(--cognac); font-weight: 500; }
.mast-title .cg-seal {
  width: clamp(64px, 8vw, 104px);
  height: clamp(64px, 8vw, 104px);
  font-size: clamp(32px, 4.4vw, 52px);
}
.mast-rule {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
  gap: 32px;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(245, 239, 226, 0.7);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(245, 239, 226, 0.25);
  padding-top: 14px;
}
.mast-rule .center {
  color: var(--cognac);
  font-style: italic;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  font-size: 16px;
  text-align: center;
}
.mast-rule nav {
  display: flex;
  gap: 28px;
  justify-content: flex-end;
}
.mast-rule nav a:hover { color: var(--cognac); }
.mast-rule .left {
  display: flex;
  gap: 28px;
}

/* fixed compact header that takes over on scroll */
.compact-bar {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 50;
  background: rgba(15, 42, 29, 0.96);
  backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(10px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(10px);
  color: var(--paper);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 14px 40px;
  height: 56px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform: translateY(-100%);
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.compact-bar.is-shown { transform: translateY(0); }
.compact-bar .cb-word {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 19px;
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.compact-bar .cb-word em { font-style: italic; color: var(--cognac); }
.compact-bar nav { display: flex; gap: 28px; }
.compact-bar nav a:hover { color: var(--cognac); }

/* ============ Eyebrow / utility ============ */

.eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.eyebrow.green { color: var(--green); }
.eyebrow .dot {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 4px; height: 4px;
  background: var(--cognac);
  border-radius: 50%;
  margin: 0 10px 2px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.meta {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.marginalia {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}

/* ============ HERO ============ */

.hero {
  padding: 80px 0 100px;
}
.hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 80px;
  align-items: center;
}
.hero-thesis {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 5.6vw, 78px);
  line-height: 1.18;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  margin: 24px 0 64px;
  padding-bottom: 16px;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.hero-thesis em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--green);
  font-weight: 500;
}
.hero-sub {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 36ch;
  margin: 0;
}

/* ============ Photo placeholder (locked treatment) ============ */
.ph {
  position: relative;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--green);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 24px;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.ph::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(27, 58, 42, 0.05) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 18px 18px;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.ph .ph-corner { position: absolute; width: 14px; height: 14px; border: 1px solid var(--green); }
.ph .ph-corner.tl { top: 8px; left: 8px; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.ph .ph-corner.tr { top: 8px; right: 8px; border-left: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.ph .ph-corner.bl { bottom: 8px; left: 8px; border-right: 0; border-top: 0; }
.ph .ph-corner.br { bottom: 8px; right: 8px; border-left: 0; border-top: 0; }
.ph .ph-label {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  z-index: 1;
}
.ph .ph-title {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 24px;
  color: var(--green);
  margin-top: 10px;
  z-index: 1;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.ph.green {
  background: var(--green);
}
.ph.green::before { background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(245,239,226,0.06) 1px, transparent 1px); }
.ph.green .ph-corner { border-color: var(--paper); }
.ph.green .ph-label { color: var(--cognac); }
.ph.green .ph-title { color: var(--paper); }

.hero-photo .ph { aspect-ratio: 4/5; }
.hero-photo .caption {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-top: 18px;
}

/* ============ Section ============ */
.section { padding: 90px 0; }
.section-warm { background: var(--paper-warm); }
.section-head {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
  padding-bottom: 16px;
}
.section-title {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 36px;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0;
}

/* ============ Latest article door ============ */
.latest {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.1fr 1fr;
  gap: 72px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 50px 0;
}
.latest-image .ph { aspect-ratio: 5/4; }
.latest-image {
  transition: transform 600ms var(--ease);
}
.latest-image:hover { transform: scale(1.01); }
.latest-headline {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(36px, 4vw, 54px);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin: 18px 0 22px;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.latest-dek {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0 0 36px;
  max-width: 36ch;
}
.read-more {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 19px;
  color: var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  transition: gap var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.read-more:hover { gap: 14px; }
.read-time { display: block; margin-top: 22px; }

/* ============ Archive list ============ */
.archive-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.archive-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 130px 1fr auto;
  gap: 36px;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: 28px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.archive-row:first-child { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.archive-row a { display: contents; }
.archive-row:hover { transform: translateX(8px); }
.archive-row:hover .archive-headline { color: var(--green); }
.archive-date {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.archive-headline {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin: 0 0 6px;
  color: var(--ink);
  transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.archive-dek {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0;
}
.archive-tag {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  align-self: baseline;
}

.browse-all { margin-top: 40px; }

/* ============ What I'm using ============ */
.using-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 56px;
}
.using-card {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  padding-top: 22px;
}
.using-num {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  color: var(--green);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.using-name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}
.using-note {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.45;
}
.using-link {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 14px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
}
.using-link:hover { border-color: var(--green); }

/* ============ Active Themes ============ */
.themes-lede {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 60ch;
  margin: 0 0 50px;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.themes-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
}
.theme-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  padding: 32px 30px 30px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
  background: var(--paper);
  transition: background var(--dur) var(--ease);
  position: relative;
}
.theme-card:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.theme-card:hover { background: var(--paper-deep); }
.theme-card--active::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--green);
}
.theme-card-top {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.theme-status {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
}
.theme-meta {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.theme-name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 16px;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.theme-q {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0 0 22px;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.theme-current {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  padding-top: 16px;
  border-top: 1px dashed var(--rule);
}
.theme-current-label {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.theme-cta {
  margin-top: auto;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  align-self: flex-start;
}
.themes-foot {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  margin: 32px 0 0;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 16px;
}
.themes-foot-meta {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}

/* ============ Row kind badges (Ranked / Using) ============ */
.row-kind {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 2px 7px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  vertical-align: 2px;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 2px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  font-weight: 500;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.row-kind--ranked {
  background: var(--green);
  border-color: var(--green);
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.row-kind--using {
  background: transparent;
  border-color: var(--rule);
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .themes-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .theme-card { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .theme-card:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .row-kind { font-size: 8px; padding: 1px 5px; margin-left: 6px; }
}

/* ============ Editor's note (the human moment, on green) ============ */
.editors-note {
  background: var(--green);
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 100px 0;
  text-align: center;
}
.editors-note .eyebrow-italic {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.editors-note p {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--paper);
  max-width: 28ch;
  margin: 0 auto 24px;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.editors-note .signoff {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 18px;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.editors-note .ornament {
  width: 24px; height: 24px;
  margin: 0 auto 36px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  opacity: 0.85;
}

/* ============ Footer ============ */
.footer {
  background: var(--green-deep);
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 90px 0 50px;
}
.footer-newsletter { max-width: 720px; }
.footer-newsletter .eyebrow { color: var(--cognac); margin-bottom: 22px; }
.footer-newsletter h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(34px, 3.6vw, 50px);
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin: 0 0 32px;
  color: var(--paper);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.footer-form {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 14px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(245,239,226,0.4);
  padding-bottom: 12px;
  max-width: 540px;
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.footer-form:focus-within { border-color: var(--cognac); }
.footer-form input {
  flex: 1;
  background: transparent; border: 0; outline: 0;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 6px 0;
}
.footer-form input::placeholder { color: rgba(245,239,226,0.55); }
.footer-form button {
  background: transparent; border: 0; cursor: pointer;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac); padding: 8px 0;
}
.footer-form button:hover { color: var(--paper); }
.footer-rule { height: 1px; background: rgba(245,239,226,0.18); border: 0; margin: 80px 0 36px; }
.footer-bottom {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 40px;
  align-items: end;
}
.footer-wordmark {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 28px;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.footer-wordmark em { font-style: italic; color: var(--cognac); }
.footer-tagline {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.7);
  margin-top: 6px;
}
.footer-disclosure {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.55);
  max-width: 520px;
  text-align: right;
}
.footer-meta {
  display: flex;
  gap: 24px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.5);
  margin-top: 36px;
}
.footer-meta a:hover { color: var(--cognac); }

/* ============ Article ============ */
.article { padding: 0 0 100px; }
.article-header {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0 auto 50px;
}
.article-eyebrow { margin-bottom: 28px; }
.article-title {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(40px, 5vw, 64px);
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.article-dek {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0 0 36px;
  max-width: 38ch;
}
.byline {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 18px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 14px 0;
}
.byline .sep { color: var(--rule); }
.article-hero {
  max-width: 1100px;
  margin: 0 auto 60px;
}
.article-hero .ph { aspect-ratio: 16/9; }

.article-body {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.article-body > p:first-of-type::first-letter {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 5em;
  float: left;
  line-height: 0.86;
  margin: 0.06em 0.08em 0 0;
  color: var(--green);
}
.article-body p { margin: 0 0 1.4em; text-wrap: pretty; }
.article-body em { color: var(--ink); }
.article-body h2 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 32px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 2.4em 0 0.8em;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.article-body blockquote { margin: 2em 0; padding: 0; text-align: center; border: 0; }
.article-body blockquote p {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 28px;
  line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--green);
  max-width: 24ch;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.article-body blockquote cite {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-top: 20px;
}
.article-body figure { margin: 2.4em 0; }
.article-body figure.figure-bleed { margin: 2.4em -80px; }
.article-body figure .ph { aspect-ratio: 5/4; }
.article-body figcaption {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 14px;
}
.article-body hr {
  border: 0;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 3em 0;
}
.article-body hr::before {
  content: "✦";
  color: var(--cognac);
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: 1em;
}

.disclosure {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 0 auto 50px;
  padding: 18px 24px;
  background: var(--paper-warm);
  border-left: 3px solid var(--green);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.verdict {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 60px auto;
  padding: 36px 40px;
  background: var(--green);
  color: var(--paper);
}
.verdict .eyebrow { color: var(--cognac); margin-bottom: 14px; }
.verdict h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 28px;
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.verdict p {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 19px;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.85);
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.verdict .buy-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 19px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--cognac);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  transition: gap var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.verdict .buy-link:hover { gap: 14px; color: var(--paper); border-color: var(--paper); }
.verdict .price-note {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.6);
  margin-top: 12px;
}

.next-piece {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 80px auto 0;
  padding-top: 48px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.next-piece .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 18px; }
.next-piece h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 32px;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin: 0 0 12px;
}
.next-piece h3 a:hover { color: var(--green); }
.next-piece p {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 19px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0;
}

/* ============ AGGREGATOR TEMPLATE ============ */

/* RANKED / USING marginal stamp on chronological rows */
.archive-row .row-stamp {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  white-space: nowrap;
  margin-left: auto;
}
.archive-row .row-stamp::before {
  content: "";
  width: 28px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--rule);
  display: inline-block;
}

/* Active themes section */
.themes-strip {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 36px 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0;
}
.themes-strip .theme {
  padding: 0 56px;
  text-align: center;
  position: relative;
}
.themes-strip .theme + .theme::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0; top: 4px; bottom: 4px;
  width: 1px;
  background: var(--cognac);
}
.themes-strip .theme-name {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0 0 6px;
}
.themes-strip .theme-pov {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin: 0;
}
.themes-strip.themes-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  padding: 48px 0;
}
.themes-strip.themes-grid .theme { padding: 8px 32px; text-align: left; }
.themes-strip.themes-grid .theme + .theme::before { top: 8px; bottom: 8px; }
.themes-strip.themes-grid .theme-name { font-size: 12px; }
.themes-strip.themes-grid .theme-pov { font-size: 16px; max-width: 28ch; }

/* Aggregator: layout with sticky shortlist */
.agg-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 280px minmax(0, 680px) 280px;
  gap: 60px;
  max-width: 1320px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 40px;
  align-items: start;
}
.agg-layout.sticky-left { grid-template-columns: 280px minmax(0, 680px) 280px; }
.agg-layout.sticky-right { grid-template-columns: 280px minmax(0, 680px) 280px; }
.agg-main { grid-column: 2; min-width: 0; }

/* Sticky shortlist sidebar */
.shortlist-sticky {
  position: sticky;
  top: 100px;
  max-height: calc(100vh - 140px);
  overflow-y: auto;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  padding: 0;
  scrollbar-width: thin;
  scrollbar-color: var(--rule) transparent;
}
.shortlist-sticky.is-left { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; }
.shortlist-sticky.is-right { grid-column: 3; grid-row: 1; }
.agg-layout.sticky-left .shortlist-sticky.is-right,
.agg-layout.sticky-right .shortlist-sticky.is-left { display: none; }

.shortlist-sticky .sl-eyebrow {
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  padding-bottom: 14px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.shortlist-sticky ol { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.shortlist-sticky li { padding: 14px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.shortlist-sticky li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.shortlist-sticky a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 22px 1fr auto;
  gap: 10px;
  align-items: baseline;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.shortlist-sticky a:hover { color: var(--green); }
.shortlist-sticky a.is-active { color: var(--green); }
.shortlist-sticky a.is-active .sl-num { color: var(--cognac); }
.shortlist-sticky .sl-num {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.shortlist-sticky .sl-name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.shortlist-sticky .sl-score {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--green);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.shortlist-sticky .sl-jump {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin-top: 18px;
  display: block;
}

/* Mobile collapsing top bar */
.shortlist-mobile {
  display: none;
  position: sticky;
  top: 64px;
  z-index: 30;
  background: rgba(245,239,226,0.96);
  backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(10px);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(10px);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 12px 24px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.shortlist-mobile summary {
  list-style: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.shortlist-mobile summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.shortlist-mobile summary::after {
  content: "▾";
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  transition: transform var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.shortlist-mobile[open] summary::after { transform: rotate(180deg); }
.shortlist-mobile ol { list-style: none; padding: 14px 0 4px; margin: 0; }
.shortlist-mobile li { padding: 10px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 12px; }
.shortlist-mobile li a { display: contents; color: var(--ink); }
.shortlist-mobile .sl-num { font-family: var(--serif); font-style: italic; color: var(--ink-light); width: 18px; }
.shortlist-mobile .sl-name { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 16px; flex: 1; letter-spacing: -0.005em; }
.shortlist-mobile .sl-score { font-family: var(--serif); font-style: italic; color: var(--green); }

/* Aggregator article header — wider */
.agg-header {
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto 60px;
  padding: 0 40px;
}
.agg-header .article-title { font-size: clamp(44px, 5.6vw, 72px); }
.agg-header .meta-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 28px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 14px 0;
  margin-top: 36px;
}
.agg-header .meta-row .refresh { color: var(--cognac); font-style: italic; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 14px; }

/* The "at a glance" shortlist near top of article body */
.shortlist-glance {
  margin: 50px 0 70px;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  padding: 18px 0 0;
}
.shortlist-glance ol {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 18px 0 0;
}
.shortlist-glance li {
  padding: 22px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 32px 1fr auto;
  gap: 22px;
  align-items: baseline;
}
.shortlist-glance li:first-child { border-top: 0; }
.shortlist-glance .sg-num {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 28px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  line-height: 1;
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 24px;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 4px;
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-verdict {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.4;
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-score {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 28px;
  color: var(--green);
  text-align: right;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-score .of {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-left: 4px;
}
.shortlist-glance .sg-foot {
  padding: 14px 0;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

/* Pick blocks — the repeating unit */
.pick {
  margin: 80px 0;
  scroll-margin-top: 120px;
}
.pick-header {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 32px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 18px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.pick-header .ph-rank {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin: 0 0 8px;
}
.pick-header .ph-name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 38px;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

/* Score treatment A — Quietest (Cormorant italic, no rule) */
.score-a {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 64px;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--green);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.score-a .of {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 14px;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-left: 6px;
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* Score treatment B — Middle (with hairlines) */
.score-b {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 88px;
  line-height: 0.95;
  color: var(--green);
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 6px 14px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.score-b .of {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-top: 4px;
  font-weight: 500;
}

/* Score treatment C — Loudest (keyline box) */
.score-c {
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 116px; height: 116px;
  border: 1px solid var(--green);
  position: relative;
}
.score-c::before, .score-c::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute;
  width: 8px; height: 8px;
  border: 1px solid var(--cognac);
}
.score-c::before { top: -4px; left: -4px; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.score-c::after { bottom: -4px; right: -4px; border-left: 0; border-top: 0; }
.score-c .num {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 56px;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--green);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}
.score-c .of {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-top: 4px;
}

.pick-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 28px;
  margin: 22px 0 32px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
}
.pick-meta .price-reality { color: var(--green); }
.pick-meta .price-reality em { color: var(--cognac); font-style: italic; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 14px; }

.pick-section { margin: 32px 0; }
.pick-section h4 {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0 0 12px;
}
.pick-section p {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0 0 1.2em;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.pick-section p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.pick-section .verdict-30 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--cognac);
  padding-left: 24px;
  margin: 0;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.pick-section .who {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 19px;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0;
}

.pick-sources {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-top: 14px;
  margin-top: 36px;
}

/* Runners-up + excluded blocks */
.runners-up, .excluded {
  margin: 80px 0;
  padding: 32px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.runners-up h3, .excluded h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 28px;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.runners-up h3 em, .excluded h3 em { color: var(--green); font-style: italic; }
.runners-up ul, .excluded ul { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.runners-up li, .excluded li {
  padding: 14px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(160px, 1fr) 3fr;
  gap: 32px;
  align-items: baseline;
}
.runners-up li:first-child, .excluded li:first-child { border-top: 0; }
.runners-up .name, .excluded .name {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: var(--green);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.runners-up .reason, .excluded .reason {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0;
}

/* Methodology footer block */
.methodology-foot {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 80px auto 0;
  padding: 40px 0 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.methodology-foot .mf-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.methodology-foot p { margin: 0 0 1.2em; text-wrap: pretty; }
.methodology-foot a { color: var(--green); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--cognac); padding-bottom: 1px; }
.methodology-foot a:hover { color: var(--cognac); }
.methodology-foot .mf-source-line {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-top: 24px;
}

/* Personal-review eyebrow on personal article template */
.personal-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--cognac);
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--cognac);
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}
.personal-eyebrow a {
  color: var(--cognac);
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
  transition: border-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.personal-eyebrow a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--cognac); }

/* Methodology page (the document) */
.doc-page { padding: 80px 0 120px; }
.doc-page .doc-inner { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 40px; }
.doc-page .doc-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.doc-page h1 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 5.4vw, 68px);
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.doc-page h1 em { color: var(--green); font-style: italic; }
.doc-page .doc-lede {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin: 0 0 60px;
  padding-bottom: 36px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.doc-page .doc-body {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.doc-page .doc-body p { margin: 0 0 1.4em; text-wrap: pretty; }
.doc-page .doc-body em { color: var(--ink); font-style: italic; }
.doc-page .doc-body strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 500; }
.doc-page .doc-body a { color: var(--green); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--cognac); }
.doc-page .doc-body a:hover { color: var(--cognac); }
.doc-page .doc-body h2 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 2em 0 0.6em;
  padding-bottom: 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.doc-page .doc-body h3 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 22px;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 1.6em 0 0.4em;
}
.doc-page .doc-body ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 1.4em 0;
}
.doc-page .doc-body ul li {
  padding: 10px 0 10px 28px;
  position: relative;
}
.doc-page .doc-body ul li::before {
  content: "—";
  position: absolute; left: 0; top: 10px;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.doc-page .doc-body .four-axes {
  margin: 1.6em 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.doc-page .doc-body .four-axes > div {
  padding: 22px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr;
  gap: 32px;
  align-items: baseline;
}
.doc-page .doc-body .four-axes h4 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 22px;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.doc-page .doc-body .four-axes h4 .pct {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  color: var(--ink-light);
  margin-left: 8px;
}
.doc-page .doc-body .four-axes p { margin: 0; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.55; }
.doc-page .doc-colophon {
  margin-top: 80px;
  padding-top: 36px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--green);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--green);
}

/* Theme archive page header */
.theme-header {
  background: var(--green-deep);
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 100px 0 70px;
}
.theme-header .container { max-width: 1100px; }
.theme-header .te-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.theme-header h1 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(60px, 7vw, 112px);
  line-height: 0.95;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.theme-header h1 em { color: var(--cognac); font-style: italic; }
.theme-header .te-pov {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.85);
  max-width: 60ch;
  margin: 0 0 36px;
}
.theme-header .te-meta {
  display: flex;
  gap: 36px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.6);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(245,239,226,0.2);
  padding-top: 22px;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .agg-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; max-width: 720px; padding: 0 24px; }
  .agg-main { grid-column: 1; }
  .shortlist-sticky { display: none; }
  .shortlist-mobile { display: block; }
  .agg-header { padding: 0 24px; }
}
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .pick-header { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .pick-header .pick-score-cell { justify-self: start; }
  .shortlist-glance li { grid-template-columns: 28px 1fr; }
  .shortlist-glance .sg-score { grid-column: 2; text-align: left; padding-top: 4px; }
  .runners-up li, .excluded li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 4px; }
  .doc-page .doc-body .four-axes > div { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 6px; }
  .themes-strip { flex-direction: column; gap: 20px; padding: 28px 24px; }
  .themes-strip .theme + .theme::before { display: none; }
  .themes-strip .theme { padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 20px; }
  .themes-strip .theme:first-child { border-top: 0; padding-top: 0; }
  .themes-strip.themes-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

/* ============ Page header (Archive / About / Methodology) ============ */
.page-header {
  padding: 80px 0 56px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
}
.page-header h1 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(44px, 5.4vw, 76px);
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 18px 0 24px;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}
.page-header h1 em { color: var(--green); font-weight: 500; }
.page-header .lede {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin: 0;
}

/* About prose */
.about-body {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 60px auto;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.about-body p { margin: 0 0 1.4em; text-wrap: pretty; }
.about-body em { color: var(--ink); }
.about-body h2 {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 28px;
  margin: 2em 0 0.6em;
  color: var(--green);
}
.about-body ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 1.5em 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.about-body ul li {
  padding: 18px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 130px 1fr;
  gap: 24px;
  align-items: baseline;
}
.about-body ul li strong {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--green);
}

/* Year groupings on archive */
.year-block { padding: 40px 0; }
.year-label {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 56px;
  color: var(--green);
  margin: 0 0 30px;
}

/* Reading progress */
.progress {
  position: fixed; left: 0; right: 0; height: 2px;
  background: var(--cognac);
  transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left;
  z-index: 49;
  transition: transform 80ms linear;
  top: 0;
}

/* Entrance */
@keyframes fadeUp { from { opacity:0; transform: translateY(12px); } to { opacity:1; transform: translateY(0); } }
.fade-up { animation: fadeUp 900ms var(--ease) both; }
.fade-up-2 { animation-delay: 120ms; }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .fade-up { animation: none; }
  * { transition: none !important; }
}

/* ============================================================
   Magazine cover hero (full-bleed, title overlaid)
   ============================================================ */
.cover-hero {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: min(92vh, 880px);
  min-height: 620px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--green-deep);
  color: var(--paper);
  isolation: isolate;
}

.cover-photo {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  /* Layered "photo" placeholder: warm dark gradient + soft spotlight + dot grid + grain.
     Reads as a moody, hand-shot still life until a real image is dropped in. */
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse 60% 50% at 68% 38%, rgba(200,168,119,0.30) 0%, rgba(200,168,119,0.10) 38%, rgba(200,168,119,0) 65%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse 80% 70% at 30% 110%, rgba(15,42,29,0.85) 0%, rgba(15,42,29,0.30) 50%, rgba(15,42,29,0) 80%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #0F2A1D 0%, #1A1815 55%, #0B1F15 100%);
}
.cover-photo::before {
  /* Faint dot grid — paper texture, subtle */
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(245,239,226,0.06) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 4px 4px;
  mix-blend-mode: overlay;
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.cover-grain {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background-image:
    repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(245,239,226,0.025) 0 1px, transparent 1px 3px),
    repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(15,42,29,0.04) 0 1px, transparent 1px 3px);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.cover-vignette {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse 100% 80% at 50% 50%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 40%, rgba(0,0,0,0.45) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(15,42,29,0.55) 0%, rgba(15,42,29,0) 28%, rgba(15,42,29,0) 60%, rgba(10,18,12,0.75) 100%);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.cover-credit {
  position: absolute;
  right: 28px; bottom: 22px;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.55);
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  transform: rotate(180deg);
  z-index: 2;
}

.cover-overlay {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.cover-grid {
  flex: 1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto auto;
  padding-top: 40px;
  padding-bottom: 36px;
  gap: 0;
}

/* Top register: tiny wordmark + issue line */
.cover-meta-top {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 18px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.cover-meta-top .cover-issue {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  text-transform: none;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.cover-meta-top .cover-issue em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.cover-meta-top .cover-rule {
  flex: 0 0 80px;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(245,239,226,0.35);
}

/* Title stack — the show */
.cover-stack {
  align-self: center;
  max-width: min(900px, 90%);
  padding: 40px 0;
}
.cover-eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.28em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 14px;
}
.cover-eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  width: 28px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--cognac);
}
.cover-title {
  font-family: "Playfair Display", "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(64px, 11vw, 168px);
  line-height: 0.92;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
  color: var(--paper);
  margin: 0;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.cover-title .line {
  display: block;
}
.cover-title .line-2 {
  color: var(--cognac);
  padding-left: clamp(40px, 7vw, 110px);
  margin-top: 0.08em;
}
.cover-title .line-2 em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--paper);
}

.cover-dek {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(20px, 1.6vw, 26px);
  line-height: 1.4;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.82);
  max-width: 36ch;
  margin: clamp(28px, 3vw, 44px) 0 0 clamp(40px, 7vw, 110px);
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

/* Bottom register: byline grid */
.cover-meta-bottom {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 28px;
  padding-top: 26px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(245,239,226,0.28);
}
.cover-byline {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 6px;
  min-width: 0;
}
.cover-byline .k {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.cover-byline .v {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 18px;
  color: var(--paper);
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}
.cover-byline--date .v {
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}

.cover-scroll {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  bottom: 18px;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(245,239,226,0.7);
  z-index: 4;
  transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease);
}
.cover-scroll:hover { color: var(--cognac); }
.cover-scroll-arrow {
  display: inline-block;
  animation: cover-bob 2.4s var(--ease) infinite;
}
@keyframes cover-bob {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
  50%      { transform: translateY(4px); }
}

/* ============================================================
   Article shell + sticky verdict rail
   ============================================================ */
.article-shell {
  padding-top: 70px;
}
.article-shell .disclosure {
  margin-bottom: 70px;
  max-width: 720px;
}

.article-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 320px;
  gap: 90px;
  align-items: start;
}
@media (max-width: 1079px) {
  .article-layout {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 60px;
    max-width: 720px;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  .article-main .article-body { max-width: 100%; }
  .rail-sticky { position: static; }
}
.article-main {
  min-width: 0;
}
.article-main .article-body {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 640px;
}
.article-main .cg-end {
  margin: 70px 0 0;
}

.article-rail {
  position: relative;
}
.rail-sticky {
  position: sticky;
  top: 80px;
}

/* Verdict in rail mode — narrower, taller, denser */
.verdict--rail {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: none;
  padding: 32px 28px;
}
.verdict--rail h3 {
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.18;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.verdict--rail > p:not(.eyebrow):not(.price-note) {
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  margin: 0 0 22px;
}
.verdict-specs {
  margin: 0 0 26px;
  padding: 18px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(200,168,119,0.32);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(200,168,119,0.32);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 14px 18px;
}
.verdict-specs > div {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2px;
  min-width: 0;
}
.verdict-specs dt {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 9.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cognac);
}
.verdict-specs dd {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--paper);
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}

/* In-body figure (constrained to text column) */
.article-body figure.figure-inline { margin: 2.4em 0; }
.article-body figure.figure-inline .ph { aspect-ratio: 5/4; }

/* Hide the old centered-verdict if it ever leaks back in */
.article-shell > .verdict:not(.verdict--rail) { display: none; }


  .container, .container-narrow { padding: 0 24px; }
  body { font-size: 17px; }
  .masthead { padding: 22px 24px 12px; }
  .mast-title { font-size: 56px; }
  .mast-rule { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 12px; text-align: center; }
  .mast-rule nav, .mast-rule .left { justify-content: center; }
  .hero { padding: 50px 0 70px; }
  .hero-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 50px; }
  .hero-photo { order: -1; }
  .section { padding: 60px 0; }
  .latest { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 36px; padding: 30px 0; }
  .archive-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 8px; padding: 22px 0; }
  .archive-row:hover { transform: none; }
  .archive-tag { display: none; }
  .using-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
  .editors-note { padding: 60px 0; }
  .editors-note p { font-size: 22px; }
  .footer { padding: 60px 0 40px; }
  .footer-bottom { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; }
  .footer-disclosure { text-align: left; }
  .article-body { font-size: 19px; }
  .article-body figure { margin: 2em 0; }
  .about-body ul li { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 4px; }

  /* Cover hero responsive */
  .cover-hero { height: auto; min-height: 0; padding: 0; }
  .cover-overlay { padding: 32px 0 56px; }
  .cover-grid { padding-top: 24px; padding-bottom: 0; gap: 32px; }
  .cover-meta-top { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; }
  .cover-meta-top .cover-rule { flex: 1; min-width: 40px; }
  .cover-stack { padding: 28px 0; max-width: 100%; }
  .cover-title { font-size: clamp(56px, 16vw, 110px); line-height: 0.92; }
  .cover-title .line-2 { padding-left: 28px; }
  .cover-dek { margin-left: 28px; font-size: 18px; }
  .cover-meta-bottom { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; padding-top: 22px; }
  .cover-credit { display: none; }
  .cover-scroll { display: none; }

  /* Article layout collapses to single column; rail moves to end */
  .article-shell { padding-top: 50px; }
  .article-shell .disclosure { margin-bottom: 40px; }
  .article-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 50px; }
  .article-main .article-body { max-width: 100%; }
  .rail-sticky { position: static; }
  .verdict--rail { padding: 32px 28px; }
}