/* Issue-page styles — extends base.css */

  /* Breadcrumb */
  .crumbs {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 22px;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
  }
  .crumbs a {
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.8;
    transition: color 0.2s, opacity 0.2s;
  }
  .crumbs a:hover { color: var(--mango); opacity: 1; }
  .crumb-sep { color: var(--rule-strong); }
  .crumb-current { color: var(--mango); font-weight: 600; }

  /* IN THIS ISSUE rail */
  .contents {
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 50;
  }
  @media (min-width: 961px) {
    .contents.is-stuck {
      background: rgba(10, 63, 63, 0.82);
      -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(8px);
      backdrop-filter: saturate(140%) blur(8px);
      margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw);
      margin-right: calc(50% - 50vw);
      padding-left: calc(50vw - 50%);
      padding-right: calc(50vw - 50%);
    }
  }
  .contents-panel {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 28px;
    padding: 14px 0 24px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  }
  .contents-toggle { display: none; }
  .contents .lbl {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-weight: 600;
    padding-right: 22px;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .contents a {
    color: var(--cream);
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 400;
    transition: color 0.2s;
    display: flex;
    align-items: baseline;
    gap: 8px;
  }
  .contents a:hover { color: var(--mango); }
  .contents a span {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
    font-size: 11px;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.65;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  }
  .contents a em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-size: 17px;
  }
  .contents a[aria-current="true"] { color: var(--cream); }
  .contents a[aria-current="true"] em {
    color: var(--cream);
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-color: var(--mango);
    text-decoration-thickness: 1.5px;
    text-underline-offset: 5px;
  }

  #lead, #briefs, #ledger, #almanac, #register, #plate, #letter {
    scroll-margin-top: 80px;
  }

  /* ===== SECTION HEADER pattern ===== */
  .section-head {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto;
    align-items: end;
    gap: 28px;
    padding: 0 0 16px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--rule-strong);
    margin: 80px 0 36px;
  }
  .section-num {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-size: clamp(48px, 6vw, 86px);
    line-height: 0.85;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  }
  .section-name {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 90;
    font-size: clamp(36px, 4.4vw, 60px);
    line-height: 0.95;
    letter-spacing: -0.035em;
    color: var(--cream);
  }
  .section-name em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .section-meta {
    text-align: right;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    line-height: 1.7;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .section-meta b { color: var(--mango); font-weight: 600; }

  /* ===== THE LEAD ===== */
  .lead {
    padding: 56px 0 88px;
    position: relative;
  }
  .lead-kicker {
    display: flex;
    gap: 16px;
    align-items: center;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 28px;
  }
  .lead-kicker::before {
    content: "❊";
    color: var(--coral);
    font-size: 14px;
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  .lead-kicker span.div {
    width: 6px; height: 6px;
    background: var(--fern-bright);
    border-radius: 50%;
    opacity: 0.5;
  }
  h1.lead-title {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--cream);
    font-size: clamp(56px, 8.2vw, 124px);
    line-height: 0.9;
    letter-spacing: -0.045em;
    margin-bottom: 32px;
    max-width: 18ch;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 95;
  }
  h1.lead-title .w-narrow { font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 75; color: var(--spring-pale); font-weight: 500; }
  h1.lead-title .w-wide { font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 125; }
  h1.lead-title em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-variation-settings: normal;
  }

  .lead-dek {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: clamp(20px, 1.7vw, 24px);
    line-height: 1.4;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    max-width: 52ch;
    margin-bottom: 48px;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 24;
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .lead-dek b { color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }

  .lead-art {
    margin: 0 -8px 56px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    background: var(--spring-mid);
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
  }
  .lead-art svg { width: 100%; display: block; }
  .lead-art-cap {
    padding: 14px 20px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .lead-art-cap em {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    text-transform: none;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    color: var(--cream);
    font-size: 14px;
  }

  .lead-body {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 48px;
    max-width: 1080px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    color: var(--cream);
  }
  .lead-body p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    line-height: 1.65;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 22px;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 18;
  }
  .lead-body .col-1 p:first-child::first-letter {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-size: 78px;
    float: left;
    line-height: 0.85;
    padding: 6px 12px 0 0;
    color: var(--coral);
  }
  .lead-body p i { color: var(--mango); font-style: italic; }
  .lead-body a.letter-section-link {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-color: var(--mango);
    text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
    text-underline-offset: 4px;
    transition: color 0.15s ease;
  }
  .lead-body a.letter-section-link:hover { color: var(--coral); }

  .lead-pull {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 16px 0 32px;
    margin: 12px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  }
  .lead-pull blockquote {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 500;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 90;
    color: var(--cream);
    font-size: clamp(28px, 3vw, 42px);
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.025em;
    max-width: 26ch;
    margin: 18px auto 0;
  }
  .lead-pull blockquote em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .lead-pull cite {
    display: block;
    margin-top: 22px;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .lead-pull cite b { color: var(--coral); font-weight: 600; }

  /* ===== THE LEAD — EDITOR'S NOTE VARIANT =====
     A smaller, recurring opening: fixed kicker + title, per-issue dek + body.
     No SVG art, single-column body, ~⅓ the page weight of a feature Lead. */
  .lead.lead--note {
    padding: 56px 0 64px;
  }
  .lead.lead--note h1.lead-title {
    font-size: clamp(48px, 6.6vw, 96px);
    max-width: 14ch;
    margin-bottom: 28px;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-dek {
    margin-bottom: 40px;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    max-width: 1080px;
    margin: 0;
    gap: 0;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body .col-1 {
    columns: 2 320px;
    column-gap: 56px;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body p {
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.7;
    margin-bottom: 24px;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body p b {
    color: var(--cream);
    font-weight: 600;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body .sig {
    column-span: all;
    margin-top: 28px;
    padding-top: 24px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .lead.lead--note .lead-body .sig em {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    text-transform: none;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-size: 14px;
    margin-left: 10px;
  }

  /* ===== THE BRIEFS ===== */
  .briefs-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    column-gap: 56px;
    row-gap: 0;
  }
  .brief {
    padding: 32px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 56px 1fr;
    gap: 22px;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .brief:nth-child(1), .brief:nth-child(2) { border-top: none; padding-top: 0; }
  .brief-num {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    font-size: 38px;
    color: var(--mango);
    line-height: 0.85;
  }
  .brief-tag {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 8px;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--coral);
    margin-bottom: 12px;
  }
  .brief-tag::after {
    content: "";
    width: 5px; height: 5px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: var(--fern-bright);
    opacity: 0.6;
    margin: 0 4px;
  }
  .brief-tag .place { color: var(--spring-pale); font-weight: 500; }
  .brief.t-civic .brief-tag { color: var(--fern-bright); }
  .brief.t-sighting .brief-tag { color: var(--mango); }
  .brief.t-closing .brief-tag { color: var(--coral); }
  .brief.t-change .brief-tag { color: var(--spring-pale); }
  .brief.t-opening .brief-tag { color: var(--mango); }
  .brief.t-reopening .brief-tag { color: var(--fern-bright); }
  .brief.t-permit .brief-tag { color: var(--mango); }
  .brief.t-anniversary .brief-tag { color: var(--mango); }
  .brief.t-hire-departure .brief-tag { color: var(--fern-bright); }

  .brief h3 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 36, "wdth" 95;
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  .brief h3 em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .brief p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    margin-bottom: 0;
  }
  .brief p b { color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }

  /* The editorial sentence — the Pulse voice line. One per Brief. */
  .brief-take {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 16.5px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin: 14px 0 0;
    padding-left: 14px;
    border-left: 2px solid var(--coral);
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 16;
  }
  .brief-take b {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--mango);
  }

  /* Source link — every Brief points to a canonical source. */
  .brief-source {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 8px;
    margin-top: 18px;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--mango);
    text-decoration: none;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    transition: border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
  }
  .brief-source::before {
    content: "↗";
    font-size: 13px;
    color: var(--coral);
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  .brief-source:hover {
    color: var(--cream);
    border-bottom-color: var(--mango);
  }

  /* ===== THE ALMANAC ===== */
  .almanac-list {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .event {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 130px 1fr auto;
    gap: 36px;
    padding: 24px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    align-items: center;
    transition: background 0.25s;
  }
  .event:hover { background: rgba(255, 176, 46, 0.04); }
  .event-date {
    line-height: 1;
  }
  .event-date .day {
    display: block;
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-size: 56px;
    line-height: 0.85;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  }
  .event-date .mo {
    display: block;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    margin-top: 6px;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .event-body h4 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 36, "wdth" 100;
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 5px;
  }
  .event-body h4 em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .event-body .meta {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--fern-bright);
    font-size: 15px;
  }
  .event-body .meta b { font-style: normal; color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }
  .event-body .event-source {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 6px;
    margin-top: 8px;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--mango);
    text-decoration: none;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    transition: border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
  }
  .event-body .event-source::before {
    content: "↗";
    font-size: 12px;
    color: var(--coral);
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  .event-body .event-source:hover {
    color: var(--cream);
    border-bottom-color: var(--mango);
  }
  .event-loc {
    text-align: right;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    line-height: 1.7;
  }
  .event-loc b { color: var(--mango); font-weight: 600; }
  .event-loc .free { color: var(--fern-bright); }

  /* ===== FIELD NOTE ===== */
  .field-note-wrap {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.05fr;
    gap: 56px;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 16px 0 32px;
  }
  .field-note-intro h3 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 80;
    font-size: clamp(40px, 4.5vw, 64px);
    line-height: 0.95;
    letter-spacing: -0.035em;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 22px;
  }
  .field-note-intro h3 em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .field-note-intro p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    max-width: 38ch;
  }
  .field-note-intro p b { color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }

  .postcard {
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--cream) 0%, var(--cream-warm) 100%);
    color: var(--ink);
    padding: 36px 36px 30px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    position: relative;
    transform: rotate(-1.5deg);
    box-shadow:
      0 30px 60px -25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55),
      0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 176, 46, 0.3);
    overflow: hidden;
  }
  .postcard::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: -60px; right: -60px;
    width: 180px; height: 180px;
    background: var(--spring-pale);
    border-radius: 50%;
    opacity: 0.55;
  }
  .postcard::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -90px; left: -50px;
    width: 220px; height: 110px;
    background: var(--mango);
    border-radius: 50% 50% 0 0;
    opacity: 0.22;
  }
  .pc-stamp {
    position: absolute;
    top: 22px; right: 26px;
    width: 56px; height: 66px;
    background: var(--coral);
    color: var(--cream);
    border: 3px double var(--cream-warm);
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
    line-height: 1.2;
    transform: rotate(5deg);
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .pc-stamp span { display: block; font-size: 9px; opacity: 0.85; margin-top: 2px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
  .pc-eyebrow {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-mid);
    font-weight: 700;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    border-bottom: 1px dashed rgba(11, 63, 63, 0.35);
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .pc-eyebrow b { color: var(--coral-deep); }
  .postcard h4 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 48, "wdth" 95;
    font-size: 30px;
    line-height: 1.05;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 16px;
    max-width: 14ch;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .postcard h4 em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral-deep);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .postcard p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 15.5px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .postcard p:last-of-type { margin-bottom: 22px; }
  .pc-foot {
    border-top: 1px dashed rgba(11, 63, 63, 0.35);
    padding-top: 14px;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-mid);
    line-height: 1.7;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .pc-foot b { color: var(--coral-deep); font-weight: 700; }

  /* ===== THE PLATE ===== */
  .plate-hero {
    position: relative;
    padding: 20px 0 36px;
    margin-bottom: 44px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  }
  .plate-hero::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: -32px;
    right: -60px;
    width: 420px;
    height: 420px;
    border: 2px solid rgba(255, 107, 74, 0.16);
    border-radius: 50%;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
  .plate-hero::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 4px;
    right: -24px;
    width: 348px;
    height: 348px;
    border: 1px dashed rgba(255, 176, 46, 0.22);
    border-radius: 50%;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
  .plate-kicker {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 14px;
    align-items: center;
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--mango);
    margin-bottom: 26px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .plate-kicker::before {
    content: "◖";
    color: var(--coral);
    font-size: 14px;
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  .plate-kicker .div {
    width: 5px; height: 5px;
    background: var(--fern-bright);
    border-radius: 50%;
    opacity: 0.55;
  }
  .plate-kicker .place { color: var(--cream); }

  .plate-title {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--cream);
    font-size: clamp(52px, 7.4vw, 108px);
    line-height: 0.9;
    letter-spacing: -0.04em;
    margin-bottom: 26px;
    max-width: 14ch;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 95;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .plate-title .w-narrow {
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 75;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-weight: 500;
  }
  .plate-title .w-wide {
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 125;
  }
  .plate-title em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-variation-settings: normal;
    margin: 0 0.04em;
  }

  .plate-flourish {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: clamp(18px, 1.5vw, 22px);
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    max-width: 46ch;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 22;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .plate-flourish em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--mango);
  }

  .plate-body {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1.35fr 1fr;
    gap: 56px;
    align-items: start;
    margin-bottom: 28px;
  }
  .plate-prose p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.65;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 17;
  }
  .plate-prose p:first-of-type::first-letter {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-size: 64px;
    float: left;
    line-height: 0.85;
    padding: 4px 12px 0 0;
    color: var(--coral);
  }
  .plate-prose p i { color: var(--mango); font-style: italic; }
  .plate-prose p b { color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }

  .plate-aside {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 28px;
  }

  .plate-facts {
    background: var(--spring-mid);
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-top: 3px solid var(--coral);
    padding: 24px 26px 22px;
    border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
  }
  .plate-facts h4 {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--mango);
    margin-bottom: 18px;
  }
  .plate-facts dl {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 84px 1fr;
    gap: 12px 18px;
  }
  .plate-facts dt {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.7;
    padding-top: 3px;
  }
  .plate-facts dd {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 15px;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: var(--cream);
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
  }
  .plate-facts dd b { color: var(--mango); font-weight: 600; }
  .plate-facts dd a {
    color: var(--cream);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .plate-facts dd a:hover { color: var(--mango); border-color: var(--mango); }

  .plate-quotes h4 {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: var(--coral);
    margin-bottom: 22px;
  }
  .plate-quote {
    position: relative;
    padding: 4px 0 20px 28px;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--rule);
  }
  .plate-quote:last-child { border-bottom: none; margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 4px; }
  .plate-quote::before {
    content: "“";
    position: absolute;
    top: -16px;
    left: -6px;
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-size: 52px;
    color: var(--coral);
    line-height: 1;
    opacity: 0.9;
  }
  .plate-quote p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  .plate-quote cite {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.8;
  }

  .plate-goskip {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 8px;
    border-top: 3px double var(--rule-strong);
    border-bottom: 3px double var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .plate-goskip > div { padding: 28px 32px; }
  .plate-goskip > div + div { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .plate-eyebrow {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.24em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-bottom: 12px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 10px;
  }
  .plate-eyebrow-go { color: var(--fern-bright); }
  .plate-eyebrow-go::before { content: "↗"; font-size: 14px; }
  .plate-eyebrow-skip { color: var(--coral); }
  .plate-eyebrow-skip::before { content: "—"; font-size: 14px; }
  .plate-goskip p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 15.5px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--cream);
  }
  .plate-goskip p i { color: var(--mango); font-style: italic; }
  .plate-goskip p a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-color: var(--mango);
    text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
    text-underline-offset: 3px;
    transition: color 0.15s ease;
  }
  .plate-goskip p a:hover { color: var(--coral); }

  /* ===== THE LEDGER ===== */
  .ledger-wrap {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1.55fr 1fr;
    gap: 56px;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .ledger-eyebrow {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    padding-bottom: 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .ledger-eyebrow a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    transition: border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
  }
  .ledger-eyebrow a:hover {
    color: var(--cream);
    border-bottom-color: var(--mango);
  }
  .ledger-list {
    list-style: none;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  .ledger-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 56px 1fr auto;
    gap: 24px;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 22px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    transition: background 0.25s;
  }
  .ledger-row:hover { background: rgba(255, 176, 46, 0.04); }
  #register .ledger-row { grid-template-columns: 56px 1fr; }
  .lr-num {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 75;
    font-size: 38px;
    line-height: 0.85;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.5;
    letter-spacing: -0.04em;
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
  }
  .lr-body h4 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 36, "wdth" 105;
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 5px;
  }
  .lr-body .place {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 14.5px;
    color: var(--fern-bright);
    margin-bottom: 6px;
  }
  .lr-body .meta {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
    opacity: 0.85;
  }
  .lr-price {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 90;
    font-size: 26px;
    color: var(--mango);
    letter-spacing: -0.025em;
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
    text-align: right;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  .anomaly {
    background: rgba(255, 107, 74, 0.06);
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 107, 74, 0.22);
    border-left: 4px solid var(--coral);
    padding: 28px 28px 26px;
    border-radius: 0 12px 12px 0;
    position: relative;
  }
  .anomaly-eyebrow {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
  }
  .anomaly-eyebrow::before {
    content: "❊ ";
    color: var(--mango);
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  .anomaly h3 {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 48, "wdth" 90;
    font-size: 26px;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
  }
  .anomaly h3 em {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--coral);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .anomaly p {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    margin-bottom: 16px;
  }
  .anomaly p b { color: var(--cream); font-weight: 600; }
  .anomaly-foot {
    font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 13px;
    color: var(--mango);
    padding-top: 10px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 107, 74, 0.18);
  }

  .ledger-medians {
    margin-top: 56px;
    padding-top: 28px;
    border-top: 3px double var(--rule-strong);
  }
  .medians-eyebrow {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 22px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: baseline;
  }
  .medians-eyebrow .right {
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.7;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  }
  .medians-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  }
  .medians-grid.medians-grid-6 {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
  }
  .ledger-disclaimer {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.65;
    margin-top: 18px;
    max-width: 68ch;
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .ledger-disclaimer a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    transition: border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
  }
  .ledger-disclaimer a:hover {
    color: var(--cream);
    border-bottom-color: var(--mango);
  }
  .med {
    padding: 22px 20px;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
    position: relative;
  }
  .med:last-child { border-right: none; }
  .med-name {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 10.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    font-weight: 500;
    margin-bottom: 12px;
  }
  .med-num {
    font-family: "Bricolage Grotesque", sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 85;
    font-size: 32px;
    line-height: 0.95;
    color: var(--cream);
    letter-spacing: -0.025em;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    font-feature-settings: "tnum";
  }
  .med-delta {
    font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    color: var(--spring-pale);
    opacity: 0.75;
  }
  .med.next {
    background: rgba(255, 176, 46, 0.06);
  }
  .med.next::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0 0 auto 0;
    height: 2px;
    background: var(--mango);
  }
  .med.next .med-name { color: var(--mango); font-weight: 600; }
  .med.next .med-num {
    color: var(--mango);
    font-variation-settings: "opsz" 96, "wdth" 95;
    font-size: 28px;
  }
  .med.next .med-delta { color: var(--mango); opacity: 0.75; }

  /* ===== FLOURISH ===== */
  .flourish {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 22px;
    padding: 64px 0 0;
  }
  .flourish-line { flex: 1; height: 1px; background: var(--rule-strong); }
  .flourish-dot {
    font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
    color: var(--mango);
    font-size: 24px;
    font-style: normal;
  }


  /* ===== Decorative fronds ===== */
  .frond {
    position: absolute;
    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: 0.4;
    z-index: 0;
  }
  .frond-1 { top: 220px; right: -90px; width: 320px; transform: rotate(22deg); }
  .frond-2 { top: 1200px; left: -80px; width: 260px; transform: rotate(-18deg); }


  /* ===== Responsive (issue) ===== */
  @media (max-width: 960px) {
    .section-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 12px; align-items: start; }
    .section-meta { text-align: left; }
    .contents {
      padding: 12px 0 14px;
      position: sticky;
      top: 0;
      z-index: 50;
      background: var(--spring);
      margin: 0 -24px;
      padding-left: 24px;
      padding-right: 24px;
    }
    .contents-toggle {
      display: flex;
      width: 100%;
      align-items: center;
      justify-content: space-between;
      background: transparent;
      border: 1px solid var(--rule-strong);
      border-radius: 999px;
      padding: 12px 20px;
      color: var(--cream);
      cursor: pointer;
      font-family: "Figtree", sans-serif;
      font-size: 11px;
      letter-spacing: 0.2em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      font-weight: 600;
      -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
    }
    .contents-toggle-left {
      display: flex;
      align-items: baseline;
      gap: 12px;
      min-width: 0;
    }
    .contents-toggle .lbl {
      color: var(--mango);
      border-right: none;
      padding-right: 0;
      flex-shrink: 0;
    }
    .contents-toggle .cur {
      font-family: "Caprasimo", serif;
      font-style: normal;
      text-transform: none;
      color: var(--cream);
      letter-spacing: 0.01em;
      font-size: 16px;
      white-space: nowrap;
      overflow: hidden;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }
    .contents-toggle .chev {
      width: 9px;
      height: 9px;
      border-right: 1.5px solid var(--spring-pale);
      border-bottom: 1.5px solid var(--spring-pale);
      transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-2px, -2px);
      transition: transform 0.2s ease;
      flex-shrink: 0;
    }
    .contents-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] .chev {
      transform: rotate(-135deg) translate(-2px, -2px);
    }
    .contents-panel {
      display: none;
      flex-direction: column;
      align-items: stretch;
      gap: 0;
      padding: 6px 4px;
      margin-top: 12px;
      background: var(--spring-mid);
      border-radius: 16px;
      flex-wrap: nowrap;
    }
    .contents-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] + .contents-panel {
      display: flex;
    }
    .contents-panel .lbl { display: none; }
    .contents a {
      padding: 14px 18px;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
      font-size: 17px;
    }
    .contents a:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
    .contents a em { font-size: 18px; }
    #lead, #briefs, #ledger, #almanac, #register, #plate, #letter {
      scroll-margin-top: 72px;
    }
    .lead-body { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 16px; }
    .briefs-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .brief:nth-child(2) { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-top: 32px; }
    .field-note-wrap { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 32px; }
    .plate-body { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 36px; }
    .plate-goskip { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .plate-goskip > div + div { border-left: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
    .plate-hero::before, .plate-hero::after { display: none; }
    .event { grid-template-columns: 80px 1fr; row-gap: 6px; }
    .event-loc { grid-column: 2; text-align: left; }
    .ledger-wrap { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 32px; }
    .medians-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
    .medians-grid.medians-grid-6 { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
    .med:nth-child(2n) { border-right: none; }
    .med:nth-child(n+3) { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
    .ledger-row { grid-template-columns: 40px 1fr; row-gap: 8px; }
    #register .ledger-row { grid-template-columns: 40px 1fr; }
    .lr-price { grid-column: 2; text-align: left; }
    .medians-eyebrow { flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; align-items: flex-start; }
  }