/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Rowena Pendragon — built page designs, 3 Aug 2026 PROPOSAL. Nothing here has been applied to the live site. Palette A "Veil of Avalon" as deployed. Gilda Display + Crimson Pro + Cormorant Garamond, as deployed. What changes is the DESIGN: the nine items in DESIGN-HANDOFF.md §4, in leverage order. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */ *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; } :root { /* Palette A — Veil of Avalon (unchanged) */ --cream: #FDFAF6; --bone: #F5F0EC; --water: #2A4B6E; --grove: #1E4A4A; --blossom: #ECCBC4; --sage: #8BA49C; --violet: #3B1A5E; --amethyst: #B888F0; --silver: #C8D5DC; --thread: #C4A45E; /* antique gold */ --ink: #2C3845; --wellspring: #00A99B; --sage-text: #547065; --gold-text: #8C6F28; --teal-text: #17605A; /* ── OPEN QUESTION: link colour ── Grove teal by default. Put data-link="water" on to swap the whole site to Water navy in one keystroke. */ --link: var(--teal-text); --link-rule: var(--wellspring); --link-hover: var(--grove); --shadow-soft: 0 24px 60px -30px rgba(30, 74, 74, 0.45); --shadow-lift: 0 40px 90px -40px rgba(42, 75, 110, 0.55); } html[data-link="water"], .link-water { --link: #24527F; --link-rule: #2A4B6E; --link-hover: #16324F; } html { scroll-behavior: smooth; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; } body { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.78; color: var(--ink); background: var(--cream); overflow-x: hidden; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } /* ── §4.6 · paper grain on the GROUND, not only in the pictures. One surface, page and picture printed together. ── */ body::after { content: ""; position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 9000; pointer-events: none; opacity: 0.055; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='180' height='180'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.8' numOctaves='4'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='180' height='180' filter='url(%23n)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); } img { display: block; max-width: 100%; } a { color: inherit; } .sprite { position: absolute; width: 0; height: 0; overflow: hidden; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ TYPE — §4.5. Type is most of what separates "designed" from "templated", and it costs nothing. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .eyebrow { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: 0.72rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.34em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.85rem; } .eyebrow::before { content: ""; width: 34px; height: 1px; background: var(--thread); flex: none; } .eyebrow--center { justify-content: center; } .eyebrow--center::after { content: ""; width: 34px; height: 1px; background: var(--thread); flex: none; } .eyebrow--plain::before, .eyebrow--plain::after { display: none; } .display { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 0.96; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: var(--water); } .display--xl { font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 10.5vw, 8.5rem); } .display--l { font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 7.5vw, 5.6rem); line-height: 1.0; } .display--m { font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.2vw, 3.1rem); line-height: 1.12; } .display--s { font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 2.4vw, 1.9rem); line-height: 1.24; } /* Rowena's own voice — always Cormorant italic, always a wider measure. */ .voice { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.6vw, 2.15rem); line-height: 1.5; color: var(--grove); letter-spacing: 0.005em; } .voice--pale { color: var(--blossom); } .voice--sm { font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.8vw, 1.35rem); line-height: 1.7; } .prose p + p { margin-top: 1.15em; } .prose em { font-style: italic; color: var(--water); } .measure { max-width: 36rem; } .measure--wide { max-width: 44rem; } /* Drop cap for long-form openings. */ .dropcap::first-letter { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: 4.6em; line-height: 0.78; float: left; margin: 0.06em 0.11em 0 0; color: var(--violet); } .lede { font-size: 1.16rem; line-height: 1.85; } .link-inline { color: var(--link); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--link-rule); transition: color .2s, border-color .2s; } .link-inline:hover { color: var(--link-hover); border-color: var(--link-hover); } /* Small-caps action link */ .action { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.7rem; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: 0.74rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.26em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--link); text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--link-rule); transition: color .25s, border-color .25s, gap .25s; } .action:hover { color: var(--link-hover); gap: 1.1rem; } .action--pale { color: var(--blossom); border-bottom-color: rgba(236,203,196,.55); } .action--pale:hover { color: #fff; border-bottom-color: var(--blossom); } .action svg { width: 16px; height: 8px; } .btn { display: inline-block; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: 0.78rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 1rem 2.4rem; background: var(--blossom); color: var(--grove); text-decoration: none; border-radius: 2px; transition: transform .25s, box-shadow .25s; } .btn:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: 0 14px 30px -14px rgba(0,0,0,.5); } /* On a light ground the blossom button disappears. This is the light-ground one. */ .btn--dark { background: var(--grove); color: var(--cream); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ MOTIF SYSTEM — §4.3 Image Bible §8.8 already assigns the meanings. triquetra → Avalon, Rowena, Earth flower → Zemiya spiral → creation, the Dance stone ring → thresholds, portals, crossings ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .motif { display: block; fill: none; stroke: currentColor; } .motif--sigil { width: 74px; height: 74px; margin: 0 auto 1.6rem; color: var(--thread); opacity: .92; } .motif--rule { width: 40px; height: 40px; color: var(--thread); flex: none; } /* Section divider: one fine rule with a centred motif. */ .divider { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.4rem; max-width: 460px; margin: 0 auto; color: var(--thread); } .divider::before, .divider::after { content: ""; flex: 1; height: 1px; background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, var(--silver), transparent); } .divider--dark::before, .divider--dark::after { background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, rgba(196,164,94,.75), transparent); } .divider--left { margin: 0; max-width: 320px; } .divider--left::before { display: none; } /* The whisper behind a band — big, 4-6% opacity, never legible as a graphic. */ .watermark { position: absolute; pointer-events: none; color: var(--water); opacity: 0.055; width: min(70vw, 700px); height: auto; top: 50%; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); } .watermark--dark { color: var(--silver); opacity: 0.075; } .watermark--right { left: auto; right: -14%; transform: translateY(-50%); } .watermark--left { left: -14%; transform: translateY(-50%); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ BOTANICAL EDGE FRAMING — §4.4 The specific thing that made the lavender mockup read as a brand rather than as stock art. Line only, at the margins. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .sprig { position: absolute; pointer-events: none; fill: none; stroke: currentColor; color: var(--grove); opacity: 0.30; width: 140px; z-index: 1; } .sprig--tl { top: -10px; left: 1.5vw; } .sprig--tr { top: -10px; right: 1.5vw; transform: scaleX(-1); } .sprig--bl { bottom: -10px; left: 1.5vw; transform: scaleY(-1); } .sprig--br { bottom: -10px; right: 1.5vw; transform: scale(-1); } .sprig--pale { color: var(--blossom); opacity: .34; } .sprig--gold { color: var(--thread); opacity: .42; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ NAV ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .nav { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; z-index: 60; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; padding: 1.6rem clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 3.5rem); } .nav--solid { position: relative; background: var(--water); } .nav-brand { text-decoration: none; display: block; } .nav-brand-name { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: 1.18rem; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: var(--cream); display: block; line-height: 1.15; } .nav-brand-tag { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 0.74rem; letter-spacing: 0.13em; color: var(--blossom); display: block; opacity: .9; } .nav-links { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.9rem; list-style: none; } .nav-links a { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: 0.78rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(253,250,246,.86); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; transition: color .2s; } .nav-links a:hover, .nav-links a.is-active { color: var(--blossom); } .nav-subscribe { border: 1px solid rgba(236,203,196,.6); border-radius: 999px; padding: .45rem 1.25rem; color: var(--blossom) !important; transition: background .25s !important; } .nav-subscribe:hover { background: rgba(236,203,196,.14); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ BANDS ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .band { position: relative; padding: clamp(4rem, 9vw, 8rem) clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem); } .band--tight { padding-top: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem); padding-bottom: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem); } .band--bone { background: var(--bone); } .band--grove { background: var(--grove); color: #DCE7E4; } .band--violet{ background: var(--violet); color: #DED2ED; } .band--water { background: var(--water); color: #D9E3EC; } .band--ink { background: var(--ink); color: #D2DBE2; } .on-dark .display, .on-dark h1, .on-dark h2, .on-dark h3 { color: var(--blossom); } .on-dark .eyebrow { color: #F4E1D9; } .on-dark .eyebrow::before, .on-dark .eyebrow::after { background: rgba(236,203,196,.65); } .on-dark .prose em { color: var(--blossom); } .on-dark .voice { color: var(--blossom); } .on-dark .action { color: var(--blossom); border-bottom-color: rgba(236,203,196,.5); } .on-dark .action:hover { color: #fff; } .wrap { max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; position: relative; z-index: 3; } .wrap--narrow { max-width: 820px; } .wrap--wide { max-width: 1340px; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ IMAGE TREATMENTS — §4.7 arch + roundel masks, §4.2 scale variation, §4.8 layering ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .fig { position: relative; } .fig img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; } /* Round-headed arch. The art keeps producing arched windows; the container should pick that up rather than fight it. */ .arch { border-radius: 50% 50% 4px 4px / 34% 34% 4px 4px; overflow: hidden; } .roundel { border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; aspect-ratio: 1; } .softbox { border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; } .framed { box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft); } .framed--lift { box-shadow: var(--shadow-lift); } /* A hairline gold keyline, 1px, inside the crop. */ .keyline::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; border: 1px solid rgba(196,164,94,.55); border-radius: inherit; pointer-events: none; } .bleed-full { width: 100vw; margin-left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); } .pull-up { margin-top: clamp(-7rem, -8vw, -3.5rem); } .push-down { margin-bottom: clamp(-7rem, -8vw, -3.5rem); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ HERO ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ /* Rachel 4 Aug: "the font here is huge and it feels crowded with the nav bar. There should be more room at the top." Three changes, not one — the title came down a size, the block sits lower in the frame, and the sigil moved clear of the nav. */ .hero { position: relative; min-height: min(94vh, 860px); display: flex; align-items: flex-end; overflow: hidden; } .hero-img { position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 1; /* the scrims are z-index 2 — without this the image paints over them and every header washes out */ width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center 55%; } /* Three scrims, each doing one job: legibility at the top for the nav, a diagonal anchor under the title, and a thin dissolve into the cream ground at the very bottom so the band edge is a veil, not a cut. */ .hero::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 2; background: radial-gradient(120% 80% at 6% 100%, rgba(14,32,29,.80) 0%, rgba(14,32,29,.40) 42%, transparent 74%), linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(42,75,110,.66) 0%, rgba(42,75,110,.10) 26%, transparent 48%), linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 42%, rgba(16,36,33,.42) 68%, rgba(16,36,33,.72) 92%, rgba(16,36,33,.58) 100%); } .hero-inner { position: relative; z-index: 4; width: 100%; max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem) clamp(4.5rem, 10vw, 8rem); } .hero-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 7.4vw, 6.1rem); line-height: 0.98; color: var(--cream); text-shadow: 0 6px 40px rgba(23,45,40,.55); } /* Rachel 5 Aug: "Make everything left aligned." The second line no longer steps in — both lines flush left, and the sigil moved into the content column (see markup) so it sits above the title on the same left edge. */ .hero-title span { display: block; } /* Qualified by .hero so it beats the base .hero-sigil absolute rule that appears later in the file (same specificity would otherwise lose). */ .hero .hero-sigil--inline { position: static; transform: none; margin: 0 0 1.5rem; left: auto; top: auto; } .hero-tagline { margin-top: 1.8rem; max-width: 30rem; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 2vw, 1.45rem); line-height: 1.65; color: #EEF3F2; text-shadow: 0 2px 18px rgba(23,45,40,.6); } .hero-actions { margin-top: 2.4rem; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 2.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; } .hero-sigil { position: absolute; top: clamp(8.5rem, 16vw, 13rem); left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); width: 58px; height: 58px; color: var(--blossom); opacity: .85; z-index: 3; fill: none; stroke: currentColor; } /* Page header — same idea, shorter. */ .pagehead { position: relative; min-height: min(74vh, 660px); display: flex; align-items: flex-end; overflow: hidden; } .pagehead .hero-img { object-position: center 50%; } .pagehead::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 2; background: radial-gradient(125% 85% at 4% 100%, rgba(14,32,29,.84) 0%, rgba(14,32,29,.44) 44%, transparent 76%), linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(42,75,110,.70) 0%, rgba(42,75,110,.14) 32%, transparent 54%), linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 34%, rgba(16,36,33,.46) 62%, rgba(16,36,33,.76) 90%, rgba(16,36,33,.62) 100%); } /* Lighter scrim for an already-dark header image (the Archive), so it isn't muddied. Rachel 5 Aug: "lighten at least the archive scrim, it's too much." */ .pagehead--light-scrim::before { background: radial-gradient(120% 78% at 4% 100%, rgba(14,32,29,.48) 0%, rgba(14,32,29,.18) 48%, transparent 80%), linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 48%, rgba(16,36,33,.32) 78%, rgba(16,36,33,.54) 100%); } .pagehead-inner { position: relative; z-index: 4; width: 100%; max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem) clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6rem); } .pagehead .eyebrow { color: var(--blossom); } .pagehead .eyebrow::before, .pagehead .eyebrow::after { background: rgba(236,203,196,.7); } .pagehead-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 8.5vw, 6.4rem); line-height: 0.98; color: var(--cream); margin-top: 1.1rem; text-shadow: 0 6px 40px rgba(23,45,40,.5); } .pagehead-sub { margin-top: 1.2rem; max-width: 34rem; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.8vw, 1.3rem); line-height: 1.7; color: #EDF2F1; text-shadow: 0 2px 16px rgba(23,45,40,.55); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ THE WITNESS BAND — Rowena on the home page (§4.9) ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ /* Rachel 4 Aug on the portrait: "this is too big!" — she now takes about a third of the band rather than half, and is capped in absolute pixels so she cannot grow again on a wide screen. She still breaks the top edge, just by less. */ .witness { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.62fr) minmax(0, 1.38fr); gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4.5rem); align-items: end; } .witness-portrait { position: relative; } .witness-portrait img { width: 100%; max-width: 300px; margin-inline: auto; display: block; /* She breaks the band. Bottom-aligned, top bleeding past the padding. */ margin-top: clamp(-7rem, -7vw, -2.5rem); filter: drop-shadow(0 34px 50px rgba(30,74,74,.26)); } .witness-portrait .disc { position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 8%; transform: translateX(-50%); width: min(112%, 360px); aspect-ratio: 1; border-radius: 50%; background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 45%, rgba(184,136,240,.42), rgba(236,203,196,.30) 52%, rgba(236,203,196,.10) 68%, transparent 78%); z-index: -1; } .witness-caption { margin-top: 1.4rem; text-align: center; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .72rem; letter-spacing: .24em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--sage-text); line-height: 2; } .witness-body { padding-bottom: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 3rem); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ THE THREE DOORS — §4.2 deliberate scale variation. Not a card grid. One large, one arched, one roundel. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .doors { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.75rem) clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3rem); align-items: start; } .door { position: relative; text-decoration: none; display: block; color: inherit; } .door .fig { overflow: hidden; } .door img { transition: transform 1.1s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } .door:hover img { transform: scale(1.045); } .door-label { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); margin-bottom: .55rem; } .door-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; color: var(--water); line-height: 1.1; } .door-text { margin-top: .8rem; color: var(--ink); } .door .action { margin-top: 1.35rem; } /* 1 — the big one, image with the text panel lapping over its corner */ .door--major { grid-column: 1 / span 7; } .door--major .fig { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; } .door--major .door-body { position: relative; z-index: 3; background: var(--cream); margin: -4.5rem 2.5rem 0 -1.5rem; padding: 2.1rem 2.2rem 1.9rem; box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft); } .door--major .door-title { font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.4vw, 2.8rem); } /* 2 — the arch, tall and narrow. Rachel 4 Aug: "Is this all supposed to be staggered like this? right now it doesn't look intentional." It was a free stagger and she is right that it read as an accident. Fixed by giving the two big doors a SHARED TOP EDGE — they still differ in width, height and crop, so the scale variation survives, but the difference now reads as hierarchy instead of drift. */ .door--arch { grid-column: 8 / span 5; margin-top: 0; } .door--arch .fig { aspect-ratio: 3 / 4.1; } .door--arch .door-title { font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 2.4vw, 2.05rem); margin-top: 1.5rem; } /* 3 — the third door is a different KIND of thing (a newsletter, not a place), so it becomes a full-width strip under a hairline rather than a third card floating at its own height. Deliberately the smallest picture on the page. */ .door--minor { grid-column: 1 / -1; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 170px 1fr; gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.75rem); align-items: center; margin-top: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.5rem); padding-top: clamp(1.75rem, 3vw, 2.75rem); border-top: 1px solid rgba(138,164,156,.45); } .door--minor .fig { width: 170px; } .door--minor .door-title { font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2vw, 1.75rem); } .door--minor .door-text { max-width: 46rem; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ PORTALS — "Enter the world", three ways in. Rachel 5 Aug: the staggered/mixed-shape doors read as unintentional. The intention is three doorways of EQUAL weight — Zemiya, the Archive, the Books — so the treatment is a deliberate triptych: three identical arches. Uniform on purpose, and the arch is the site's threshold motif, so it does not read as a plain catalogue grid. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .portals { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3.2vw, 3rem); align-items: start; } .portal { text-decoration: none; color: inherit; display: block; text-align: center; } .portal .fig { aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 3rem; } .portal .fig img { transition: transform 1.1s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } .portal:hover .fig img { transform: scale(1.045); } .portal-label { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); margin-bottom: .55rem; } .portal-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.2vw, 2rem); color: var(--water); line-height: 1.15; } .portal-text { margin-top: .8rem; color: var(--ink); } .portal .action { margin-top: 1.35rem; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ QUOTE BAND — the object image inset small, breaking the edge ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .quoteband { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,.72fr); gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5rem); align-items: center; } .quoteband .fig { box-shadow: 0 36px 70px -34px rgba(0,0,0,.75); } .quote-attr { margin-top: 1.8rem; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .72rem; letter-spacing: .26em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--blossom); opacity: .85; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ SUBSCRIBE BAND ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .subscribe { position: relative; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; padding-block: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem); } .subscribe-img { position: absolute; inset: -2%; z-index: 1; width: 104%; height: 104%; object-fit: cover; opacity: .55; filter: blur(2px); } .subscribe::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 2; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 45%, rgba(30,74,74,.58), rgba(30,74,74,.86) 72%), linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(20,52,52,.72), rgba(30,74,74,.68)); } .subscribe .wrap { max-width: 640px; } .form-row { display: flex; max-width: 430px; margin: 2.2rem auto 0; } .form-row input { flex: 1; padding: .95rem 1.1rem; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .95rem; background: rgba(255,255,255,.07); border: 1px solid rgba(200,213,220,.38); border-right: none; border-radius: 2px 0 0 2px; color: var(--cream); outline: none; } .form-row input::placeholder { color: rgba(200,213,220,.45); font-style: italic; } .form-row button { padding: .95rem 1.6rem; background: var(--blossom); color: var(--grove); border: none; border-radius: 0 2px 2px 0; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .74rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: pointer; } .form-note { margin-top: 1.1rem; font-size: .78rem; letter-spacing: .12em; color: rgba(216,231,228,.8); } /* ── Light subscribe ── Rachel 5 Aug: "Three dark jewel tones together aren't great." The home bottom ran violet → grove → ink. This makes the subscribe band light with a real image beside it, so the run breaks and the section she asked to lift gets an image at the same time. */ .subscribe-light { background: var(--bone); } .subscribe-split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr); gap: clamp(2rem,6vw,5rem); align-items: center; } .subscribe-split .fig { border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft); } .subscribe-light .form-note { color: var(--sage-text); } .form-row--light input { background: #fff; border: 1px solid rgba(138,164,156,.6); border-right: none; color: var(--ink); } .form-row--light input::placeholder { color: rgba(84,112,101,.6); } .form-row--light button { background: var(--grove); color: var(--cream); } @media (max-width: 900px) { .subscribe-split { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ EDITORIAL SPLIT — used on Zemiya / About / Chronicle ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr); gap: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5.5rem); align-items: center; } .split--wide-left { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1.35fr) minmax(0,1fr); } .split--wide-right { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1.35fr); } .split--top { align-items: start; } /* The Age panel — the ordinal is the graphic. */ .age { position: relative; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1.15fr) minmax(0,1fr); gap: clamp(2rem,5vw,4.5rem); align-items: center; } /* The Age panel, bled: the picture runs off the left edge of the page. §4.2 — if nothing breaks its container, nothing on the page has weight. */ .age--bleed { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.02fr) minmax(0, 1fr); align-items: center; } .age--bleed > .fig { height: clamp(380px, 46vw, 640px); border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0; overflow: hidden; } .age-text { padding-right: clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem); max-width: 42rem; } .age-ordinal { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(5rem, 13vw, 11rem); line-height: .8; color: var(--blossom); opacity: .9; } .age-name { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3vw, 2.6rem); color: var(--blossom); margin-top: .6rem; } .age-date { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .74rem; letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(236,203,196,.8); margin-top: .9rem; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ LEDGER (About "at a glance") — a ruled record, not cards ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .ledger { border-top: 1px solid rgba(138,164,156,.4); } .ledger-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(130px, 190px) minmax(0, 1fr); gap: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 2.5rem); padding: 1.35rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(138,164,156,.28); } .ledger-key { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .7rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .26em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); padding-top: .35rem; } .ledger-val { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.7; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ DISPATCH LIST (Chronicle "what arrives") — alternating sizes so it is not four equal rectangles ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .dispatch { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); gap: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4.5rem) clamp(2rem, 3.5vw, 3.5rem); align-items: start; } .dis { position: relative; } .dis .fig { overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; height: clamp(210px, 24vw, 320px); } .dis-label { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); margin-bottom: .5rem; } .dis-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; color: var(--water); font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2.1vw, 1.75rem); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: .6rem; } .dis--a { grid-column: 1 / span 7; } .dis--b { grid-column: 8 / span 5; } .dis--c { grid-column: 1 / span 5; } .dis--d { grid-column: 6 / span 7; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ BOOKS ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .status-tag { display: inline-block; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold-text); border: 1px solid rgba(196,164,94,.6); border-radius: 999px; padding: .4rem 1.1rem; } .on-dark .status-tag { color: var(--blossom); border-color: rgba(236,203,196,.5); } .on-dark .entry-status { color: rgba(236,203,196,.72); } .on-dark .later-num { color: rgba(236,203,196,.32); } .on-dark .later-title { color: var(--blossom); } .on-dark .dis-label { color: #F4E1D9; } .on-dark .ledger-key { color: #F4E1D9; } .on-dark .ledger-val { color: #DCE7E4; } .on-dark .ledger-row { border-color: rgba(236,203,196,.22); } .on-dark .ledger { border-color: rgba(236,203,196,.34); } .premise p + p { margin-top: 1.2em; } .premise .voice { margin: 2rem 0; } /* ── The three doors into ACORAS ── Rachel's ruling is that any of the three is a valid way in, so they get EQUAL weight — no ordering, no first-among-equals. The label is a pill rather than a numeral because "Start here" is three words where "P·I" was two characters (SITE-REWRITE-FINDINGS 2026-08-03, item 6). */ .entries { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.75rem); align-items: start; } .entry { position: relative; } .entry .fig { aspect-ratio: 2 / 3; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; } .entry .fig img { transition: transform 1.1s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } .entry:hover .fig img { transform: scale(1.04); } .entry-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.9vw, 1.55rem); color: var(--water); line-height: 1.22; margin: .8rem 0 .65rem; } .entry-status { display: block; margin-top: 1rem; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .66rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .22em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--sage-text); } /* ── The two that follow, in order ── Quieter by design: a ghosted numeral instead of a plate, so the page teaches the structure — three ways in, then a sequence. */ .later { border-top: 1px solid rgba(138,164,156,.45); margin-top: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem); padding-top: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem); display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4rem); } .later-item { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 74px 1fr; gap: 1.4rem; align-items: start; } .later-num { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: .78; color: rgba(42,75,110,.26); } .later-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: 1.3rem; color: var(--water); line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: .5rem; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ THE ARCHIVE — "the one dark room in a light house." Decided 3 Aug: darkness is an accent for a specific PLACE, never the house default. So this page alone runs dark, and the documents inside it sit on the light ground the rest of the site uses. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .doc { background: var(--cream); border-radius: 3px; padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.75rem); box-shadow: 0 44px 100px -44px rgba(0,0,0,.85); position: relative; } .doc::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; border: 1px solid rgba(196,164,94,.5); border-radius: inherit; pointer-events: none; } .doc-meta { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem 1.4rem; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .66rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: .24em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; } .doc-title { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3.2vw, 2.5rem); line-height: 1.15; } .doc-sub { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 1.05rem; margin: .55rem 0 1.9rem; } /* The card keeps its own light ground inside the dark band, so the .on-dark text overrides must not reach into it. */ .on-dark .doc, .on-dark .doc p { color: var(--ink); } .on-dark .doc .doc-title { color: var(--water); } .on-dark .doc .doc-meta { color: var(--gold-text); } .on-dark .doc .doc-sub { color: var(--sage-text); } .on-dark .doc em { color: var(--water); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ FOOTER ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .footer { background: var(--ink); color: #C6D2DA; padding: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 5rem) clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem) 3rem; text-align: center; position: relative; border-top: 1px solid rgba(196,164,94,.4); } .footer .motif--sigil { color: var(--thread); opacity: .75; } .footer-name { font-family: 'Gilda Display', serif; font-size: 1.2rem; color: var(--blossom); letter-spacing: .05em; } .footer-tag { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-size: .92rem; color: var(--silver); opacity: .85; margin-top: .3rem; } .footer-nav { display: flex; justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1.8rem; list-style: none; margin: 2.2rem 0; } .footer-nav a { font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .74rem; letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(200,213,220,.8); text-decoration: none; transition: color .2s; } .footer-nav a:hover { color: var(--blossom); } .footer-copy { font-size: .74rem; letter-spacing: .1em; color: rgba(200,213,220,.55); } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ RESPONSIVE ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ @media (max-width: 900px) { body { font-size: 17px; } .nav-links li:not(:last-child) { display: none; } .witness { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .witness-portrait img { margin-top: 0; max-width: 380px; margin-inline: auto; } .doors { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .door--major, .door--arch, .door--minor { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin-top: 0; } .door--major .door-body { margin: -2.5rem 1rem 0 1rem; } .door--arch .fig { aspect-ratio: 3/3.4; } .door--minor { grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr; } .door--minor .fig { width: 150px; } .quoteband, .split, .split--wide-left, .split--wide-right, .age, .age--bleed { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .age--bleed > .fig { height: 300px; } .age-text { padding-inline: clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 4rem); } .portals { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2.5rem; max-width: 24rem; margin: 0 auto; } .entries { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2.5rem; } .entry .fig { aspect-ratio: 16/10; } .later { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2rem; } .dispatch { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .dis--a, .dis--b, .dis--c, .dis--d { grid-column: 1 / -1; } .dis .fig { height: clamp(200px, 52vw, 300px); } .sprig { width: 90px; opacity: .2; } .ledger-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: .3rem; } } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ PHASE 1 — functional pass (2026-08-08) Visible keyboard focus, working signup forms, and a mobile menu. All additive; nothing above was changed. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ /* ── Visible keyboard focus, site-wide ── Colour follows the ground: grove on the light body, blossom on the dark bands and over hero imagery. Mouse clicks don't show it (that is :focus-visible's job), so the look is untouched for pointer users. */ :focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--grove); outline-offset: 3px; border-radius: 2px; } .nav :focus-visible, .hero :focus-visible, .pagehead :focus-visible, .footer :focus-visible, .on-dark :focus-visible, .band--grove :focus-visible, .band--violet :focus-visible, .band--water :focus-visible, .band--ink :focus-visible { outline-color: var(--blossom); } /* The email inputs set outline:none — give them a clear focus state back. */ .form-row input:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--blossom); outline-offset: 2px; border-color: var(--blossom); } .form-row--light input:focus-visible { outline-color: var(--grove); border-color: var(--grove); } /* ── Visually-hidden input labels (read by AT, invisible on screen) ── */ .sr-only { position: absolute !important; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0; } /* ── Honeypot: off-screen, never shown, never a tab stop ── */ .eo-hp { position: absolute !important; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; } /* ── Signup form: busy + confirmation/error message ── */ .eo-form.is-busy button { opacity: .6; cursor: default; } .form-status { margin-top: 1rem; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 1.05rem; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 32rem; } .form-status--ok { color: var(--teal-text); } .form-status--err { color: #A6432F; } .on-dark .form-status--ok, .subscribe .form-status--ok { color: var(--blossom); } .on-dark .form-status--err, .subscribe .form-status--err { color: #F0B7AC; } /* ── Larger interaction areas on the small-caps links. Padding grows the hit area; the visible type is unchanged. ── */ .nav-links a { padding: .5rem .1rem; } .footer-nav a { padding: .4rem .2rem; } /* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ MOBILE MENU — the toggle is injected by motifs.js so all pages stay in one source. Hidden ≥ 900px. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ */ .nav-toggle { display: none; flex: none; width: 44px; height: 44px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background: none; border: 0; cursor: pointer; color: var(--blossom); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; } .nav-toggle-bars, .nav-toggle-bars::before, .nav-toggle-bars::after { display: block; width: 24px; height: 1.5px; background: currentColor; transition: transform .2s ease, background .2s ease; } .nav-toggle-bars { position: relative; } .nav-toggle-bars::before { content: ""; position: absolute; top: -7px; left: 0; } .nav-toggle-bars::after { content: ""; position: absolute; top: 7px; left: 0; } .nav.is-open .nav-toggle-bars { background: transparent; } .nav.is-open .nav-toggle-bars::before { transform: translateY(7px) rotate(45deg); } .nav.is-open .nav-toggle-bars::after { transform: translateY(-7px) rotate(-45deg); } @media (max-width: 900px) { .nav { flex-wrap: wrap; row-gap: .4rem; } .nav-toggle { display: inline-flex; order: 3; } /* Closed: brand + Subscribe pill + toggle on one row (the base rule keeps only the last child — Subscribe — visible). Open: the full menu drops down as a legible water panel. */ .nav.is-open { background: var(--water); box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft); } .nav.is-open .nav-links { order: 4; flex-basis: 100%; flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; gap: 0; margin: .5rem -0.5rem 0; } .nav.is-open .nav-links li, .nav.is-open .nav-links li:not(:last-child) { display: block; } .nav.is-open .nav-links a { display: block; padding: .95rem .5rem; border-top: 1px solid rgba(236,203,196,.16); } .nav.is-open .nav-subscribe { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(236,203,196,.16); border-radius: 0; color: var(--blossom) !important; } } /* ── Skip-to-content link (injected by motifs.js; visible only on focus) ── */ .skip-link { position: absolute; left: 1rem; top: -3.5rem; z-index: 200; background: var(--cream); color: var(--grove); padding: .6rem 1.15rem; border-radius: 2px; font-family: 'Crimson Pro', serif; font-size: .78rem; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none; box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft); transition: top .18s ease; } .skip-link:focus { top: 1rem; } [id="main"]:focus { outline: none; } /* the target is a scroll anchor, not a focus ring */ /* ── Respect reduced-motion preferences ── */ @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } *, *::before, *::after { animation-duration: .001ms !important; animation-iteration-count: 1 !important; transition-duration: .001ms !important; } }