/* ============================================ */
  /* SELF-HOSTED FONTS — latin-subset woff2       */
  /* ============================================ */
  /* Crimson Pro — body serif */
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-400.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-500.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-600.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-400-italic.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 500; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-500-italic.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Crimson Pro'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/crimson-pro-600-italic.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  /* Inter — sans (18 pt optical size) */
  @font-face { font-family: 'Inter'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/inter-400.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Inter'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/inter-500.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Inter'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/inter-600.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  @font-face { font-family: 'Inter'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/inter-700.woff2') format('woff2'); }
  /* JetBrains Mono — code */
  @font-face { font-family: 'JetBrains Mono'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url('fonts/jetbrains-mono-400.woff2') format('woff2'); }

  :root {
    --ink: #0F1E3D;
    --ink-soft: #1F3464;
    --ink-faint: #5C6675;
    --rule: #C9BFA8;
    --rule-faint: #E2D9C2;
    --amber: #7E5310;
    --amber-on-ink: #B97D20; /* brighter amber for navy backgrounds; --amber is AA on light, this is AA on dark */
    --cream: #F2EBDC;
    --paper: #F8F3E5;
    --white: #FDFBF4;
    --serif: 'Crimson Pro', 'Iowan Old Style', 'Georgia', serif;
    --sans: 'Inter', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
    --mono: 'JetBrains Mono', 'Menlo', 'Consolas', monospace;
  }

  * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

  html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }

  body {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.62;
    color: var(--ink);
    background: var(--cream);
    font-feature-settings: "kern" 1, "liga" 1, "onum" 1;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  }

  ::selection {
    background: var(--amber);
    color: var(--cream);
  }

  /* Keyboard focus — visible ring for keyboard users only (no effect on mouse/hover) */
  a:focus-visible,
  button:focus-visible,
  [tabindex]:focus-visible {
    outline: 2px solid var(--amber-on-ink);
    outline-offset: 3px;
    border-radius: 1px;
  }

  /* Skip link — visible on keyboard focus only */
  .skip-link {
    position: absolute;
    left: -9999px;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 100;
    background: var(--ink);
    color: var(--cream);
    padding: 10px 18px;
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 13px;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .skip-link:focus { left: 8px; top: 8px; }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* HEADER — academic-publication masthead       */
  /* ============================================ */
  header.site-head {
    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
    background: var(--cream);
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 50;
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
    backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
    background: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.94);
  }
  .head-inner {
    max-width: 1240px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 22px 40px 18px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) max-content;  /* nav column sizes to fit on one line */
    gap: 40px;
    align-items: center;
  }

  /* Left: the masthead */
  .masthead {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 4px;
  }
  .masthead-top {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 12px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .brand-mark {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 60px;
    height: 60px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    overflow: hidden;
    flex-shrink: 0;
    background: var(--paper);
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--rule), 0 1px 3px rgba(15, 30, 61, 0.12);
  }
  .brand-mark img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    display: block;
  }
  .brand-name {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 26px;
    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
    line-height: 1;
  }
  .brand-name .ai-mark {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--amber);
  }
  .masthead-tagline {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    margin-left: 72px;
    letter-spacing: 0.2px;
  }

  /* Right: navigation + meta line */
  .head-right {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-end;
    gap: 10px;
  }
  .head-meta {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 2.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .head-meta .meta-dot {
    width: 4px;
    height: 4px;
    background: var(--amber);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
    display: inline-block;
  }
  nav.site-nav {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;          /* all items centered on one line (was top-aligned when wrapped) */
    flex-wrap: wrap;              /* if space is genuinely tight, wrap cleanly rather than overflow */
    justify-content: flex-end;
    gap: 9px 18px;               /* tightened so all six sit on one line at desktop */
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 1.1px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  nav.site-nav a {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    text-decoration: none;
    white-space: nowrap;
    transition: color 0.15s ease;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
  }
  nav.site-nav a:hover {
    color: var(--ink);
    border-bottom-color: var(--rule);
  }
  nav.site-nav a.cta {
    color: var(--amber);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--amber);
  }
  nav.site-nav a.cta:hover {
    color: var(--ink);
    border-bottom-color: var(--ink);
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* HERO                                         */
  /* ============================================ */
  section.hero {
    padding: 110px 40px 80px;
    max-width: 1240px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
  }
  .hero-watermark {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    right: -150px;
    width: 500px;
    height: 500px;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    background: url("assets/compass-faint.webp") center / contain no-repeat;
    opacity: 0.06;
    pointer-events: none;
    z-index: 0;
  }
  .hero-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 320px;
    gap: 80px;
    align-items: end;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .hero-eyebrow {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 3.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--amber);
    margin-bottom: 28px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 14px;
  }
  .hero-eyebrow::before {
    content: "";
    width: 28px;
    height: 1px;
    background: var(--amber);
  }
  .hero h1 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: clamp(38px, 6vw, 72px);
    line-height: 1.05;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 32px;
    font-feature-settings: "kern" 1, "liga" 1, "onum" 0, "lnum" 1;
  }
  .hero h1 em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .hero-lede {
    font-size: 22px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    max-width: 32em;
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .hero-lede em {
    font-style: italic;
  }
  .hero-aside {
    border-left: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding-left: 32px;
    padding-top: 8px;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    font-style: italic;
  }
  .hero-aside .marker {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-style: normal;
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 2.5px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--amber);
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  .hero-aside .signature {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-style: normal;
    font-size: 11px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    display: block;
    margin-top: 14px;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
  }

  /* Closing plate — the surveyor lithograph as a sign-off band */
  .closing-plate {
    max-width: 1080px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 56px 40px 88px;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .closing-plate img {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    box-shadow: 0 2px 0 var(--rule-faint), 0 22px 50px rgba(15, 30, 61, 0.13);
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION HEADINGS                             */
  /* ============================================ */
  section {
    padding: 90px 40px;
    max-width: 1240px;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  .section-marker {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 3px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--amber);
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .section-marker .num {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: var(--ink);
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }
  h2 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: clamp(30px, 4vw, 46px);
    line-height: 1.12;
    color: var(--ink);
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
    margin-bottom: 24px;
    max-width: 22em;
  }
  h2 em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
  }
  .section-lede {
    font-size: 20px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    max-width: 36em;
    margin-bottom: 56px;
    font-weight: 400;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION 1: WHAT IT IS                        */
  /* ============================================ */
  .what {
    background: var(--paper);
    max-width: none;
    padding: 90px 0;
  }
  .what-inner {
    max-width: 1240px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 40px;
  }
  .what-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr);
    gap: 60px;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .what-prose {
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.65;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .what-prose p {
    margin-bottom: 18px;
  }
  .what-prose p:first-child::first-line {
    font-variant: small-caps;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
  }
  .what-prose .footnote-ref {
    font-size: 0.72em;
    color: var(--amber);
    text-decoration: none;
    font-feature-settings: "sups" 1;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    vertical-align: super;
    line-height: 0;
    margin-left: 1px;
  }

  /* In-prose / caption citation links: brand blue, not the browser default */
  .what-prose a:not(.footnote-ref),
  .code-caption a {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(31, 52, 100, 0.45);
    transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
  }
  .what-prose a:not(.footnote-ref):hover,
  .code-caption a:hover {
    border-bottom-color: var(--ink-soft);
  }

  /* Code panel — Hokusai-engraving-aware */
  .code-panel {
    background: var(--ink);
    border-radius: 2px;
    padding: 32px 32px 36px;
    position: relative;
    box-shadow:
      0 2px 0 var(--rule),
      0 1px 32px rgba(15, 30, 61, 0.08);
  }
  .code-panel::before {
    content: "krml";
    position: absolute;
    top: 14px;
    right: 18px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 2.5px;
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  .code-panel pre {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 13.5px;
    line-height: 1.7;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin: 0;
    margin-top: 8px;
    overflow-x: auto;
  }
  .code-caption {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 12px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    margin-top: 18px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    font-style: italic;
  }
  .code-caption strong {
    font-style: normal;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
  }

  /* In-section CTA: from The Language into the Casebook */
  .what-more {
    margin-top: 40px;
    padding-top: 22px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    max-width: 54em;
  }
  .what-more a {
    color: var(--amber);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(126, 83, 16, 0.4);
    white-space: nowrap;
    transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
  }
  .what-more a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--amber); }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION 2: PIPELINE                          */
  /* ============================================ */
  .pipeline-section {
    background: var(--cream);
  }
  .pipeline {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 50px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  }
  .pipe-stage {
    padding: 36px 28px;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
    position: relative;
    transition: background 0.2s ease;
  }
  .pipe-stage:last-child { border-right: none; }
  .pipe-stage.solid {
    background: var(--ink);
    color: var(--cream);
  }
  .pipe-stage .step-num {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 13px;
    color: var(--amber);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  }
  .pipe-stage h3 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .pipe-stage.solid h3 {
    color: var(--cream);
  }
  .pipe-stage .role {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 11px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
  }
  .pipe-stage.solid .step-num {
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
  }
  .pipe-stage.solid .role {
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
  }
  .pipe-stage .desc {
    font-size: 14.5px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
  }
  .pipe-stage.solid .desc {
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.8);
  }

  /* Three guarantees beneath pipeline */
  .guarantees {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 48px;
    margin-top: 70px;
  }
  .guarantee {
    border-top: 2px solid var(--amber);
    padding-top: 22px;
  }
  .guarantee h4 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 21px;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .guarantee p {
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION 3: MARKET                            */
  /* ============================================ */
  .market-section {
    background: var(--paper);
  }
  .market-table {
    margin-top: 40px;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  }
  .market-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr 220px;
    gap: 40px;
    align-items: baseline;
    padding: 26px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  }
  .market-row .size {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 30px;
    color: var(--amber);
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    font-feature-settings: "lnum" 1;
  }
  .market-row .name {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 21px;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    line-height: 1.3;
  }
  .market-row .who {
    font-size: 15px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    line-height: 1.5;
    font-style: italic;
  }
  .market-row .verdict {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 11px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 1.5px;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    text-align: right;
    line-height: 1.5;
  }
  .market-row .verdict strong {
    color: var(--ink);
    font-weight: 700;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
  }

  .emerging-callout {
    margin-top: 56px;
    padding: 36px 40px;
    background: var(--ink);
    color: var(--cream);
    border-radius: 2px;
    position: relative;
  }
  .emerging-callout::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;
    width: 4px;
    background: var(--amber-on-ink);
  }
  .emerging-callout .label {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 3px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
    margin-bottom: 16px;
  }
  .emerging-callout h3 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 28px;
    line-height: 1.25;
    color: var(--cream);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    max-width: 24em;
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .emerging-callout p {
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.75);
    max-width: 42em;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION 4: METHODOLOGY / LINEAGE             */
  /* ============================================ */
  .lineage-section {
    background: var(--cream);
  }
  .timeline {
    margin-top: 50px;
    padding-left: 0;
    position: relative;
  }
  .timeline::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 8px;
    bottom: 8px;
    width: 1px;
    background: var(--rule);
  }
  .tl-item {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr;
    gap: 36px;
    padding: 20px 0 20px 32px;
    position: relative;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted var(--rule);
  }
  .tl-item:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
  .tl-item::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    left: -4px;
    top: 30px;
    width: 9px;
    height: 9px;
    background: var(--amber);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
    border: 1px solid var(--cream);
  }
  .tl-year {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 22px;
    color: var(--amber);
    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
    font-feature-settings: "lnum" 1;
  }
  .tl-event {
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .tl-event strong {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .tl-event .source {
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 14.5px;
    display: block;
    margin-top: 2px;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* SECTION 5: FOUNDER                           */
  /* ============================================ */
  .founder-section {
    background: var(--paper);
  }
  .founder-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.4fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 70px;
    align-items: start;
    margin-top: 40px;
  }
  .founder-prose p {
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    font-size: 19px;
    line-height: 1.62;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .founder-prose a {
    color: var(--amber);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(126, 83, 16, 0.4);
    transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
  }
  .founder-prose a:hover {
    border-bottom-color: var(--amber);
  }
  .founder-card {
    background: var(--white);
    border: 1px solid var(--rule);
    padding: 32px;
    border-radius: 2px;
  }
  .founder-card .role-label {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: 3px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--amber);
    margin-bottom: 6px;
  }
  .founder-card h3 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 24px;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    letter-spacing: -0.2px;
  }
  .founder-card .title {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    font-size: 16px;
    margin-bottom: 22px;
  }
  .founder-card ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-faint);
    padding-top: 18px;
  }
  .founder-card li {
    font-size: 14.5px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    padding: 6px 0;
    color: var(--ink-soft);
  }
  .founder-card li a {
    color: var(--ink-soft);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted var(--rule);
    transition: color 0.15s, border-color 0.15s;
  }
  .founder-card li a:hover {
    color: var(--amber);
    border-bottom-color: var(--amber);
  }
  .founder-card li .label {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 10px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
    margin-right: 8px;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* FOOTER                                       */
  /* ============================================ */
  footer.site-foot {
    background: var(--ink);
    color: var(--cream);
    padding: 70px 40px 40px;
  }
  .foot-inner {
    max-width: 1240px;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  .foot-top {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.4fr) minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 60px;
    padding-bottom: 50px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.15);
  }
  .foot-brand h3 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 500;
    font-size: 32px;
    color: var(--cream);
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    max-width: 16em;
  }
  .foot-brand h3 em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
  }
  .foot-brand p {
    font-size: 15px;
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.7);
    line-height: 1.5;
    max-width: 28em;
  }
  .foot-col h4 {
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: 11px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 3px;
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    font-weight: 700;
  }
  .foot-col ul { list-style: none; }
  .foot-col li {
    padding: 5px 0;
  }
  .foot-col a {
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.85);
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 15px;
    transition: color 0.15s;
  }
  .foot-col a:hover {
    color: var(--amber-on-ink);
  }
  .foot-bottom {
    padding-top: 28px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.55);
    font-family: var(--sans);
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
  }
  .foot-bottom .motto {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: rgba(242, 235, 220, 0.7);
    letter-spacing: 0;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* FOOTNOTES (Tufte-style)                      */
  /* ============================================ */
  .footnotes {
    margin-top: 40px;
    padding-top: 20px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    font-size: 14.5px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: var(--ink-faint);
  }
  .footnotes ol {
    list-style: none;
    counter-reset: fn;
    padding: 0;
  }
  .footnotes li {
    counter-increment: fn;
    padding-left: 22px;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
  }
  .footnotes li::before {
    content: counter(fn);
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: -2px;
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 600;
    color: var(--amber);
    font-size: 12px;
    font-feature-settings: "lnum" 1;
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* RESPONSIVE                                   */
  /* ============================================ */
  @media (max-width: 980px) {
    .hero-watermark { display: none; }
    .head-inner {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: 18px;
    }
    .head-right {
      align-items: flex-start;
    }
    .hero-grid {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: 50px;
    }
    .hero-aside { border-left: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); padding-left: 0; padding-top: 28px; }
    .what-grid, .founder-grid {
      grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
      gap: 40px;
    }
    .pipeline {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    }
    .pipe-stage {
      border-right: 1px solid var(--rule);
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }
    .guarantees {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: 32px;
    }
    .market-row {
      grid-template-columns: 100px 1fr;
      gap: 20px;
    }
    .market-row .verdict {
      grid-column: 1 / -1;
      text-align: left;
    }
    .tl-item {
      grid-template-columns: 120px 1fr;
      gap: 20px;
    }
    .foot-top {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: 40px;
    }
  }

  @media (max-width: 600px) {
    body { font-size: 17px; }
    section, .what-inner { padding: 60px 24px; }
    .closing-plate { padding: 40px 24px 64px; }
    .head-inner { padding: 16px 24px; }
    nav.site-nav {
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: 14px 20px;
    }
    .head-meta { font-size: 9px; gap: 8px; }
    .masthead-tagline { margin-left: 0; font-size: 13px; }
    .hero { padding: 70px 24px 60px; }
    .pipeline { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }

    /* mobile hardening (a11y/responsive audit) */
    header.site-head { position: static; }
    .foot-bottom { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; }
    .code-panel { padding: 22px 18px 24px; }
    .code-panel pre { white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; }
    .emerging-callout { padding: 28px 22px; }
    nav.site-nav a { padding: 7px 0; }
    .foot-col li { padding: 8px 0; }
  }

  /* ============================================ */
  /* REDUCED MOTION                               */
  /* ============================================ */
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
    *, *::before, *::after {
      animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
      animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
      transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
      scroll-behavior: auto !important;
    }
  }