/* Blog stylesheet — mirrors index.html's design system (cedar green + Figtree).
   legal.css is the older orange era; don't pull tokens from it. */
:root{
  --ink:#1A1A1A;
  --accent:#166534;
  --paper:#FAFAF8;
  --surface:#EDECE8;
  --muted:#6B6862;
  --line:rgba(26,26,26,.13);
  --white:#FFFFFF;
  --font:'Figtree', ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --r-btn:12px;
  --r-card:20px;
}
*{box-sizing:border-box}
html,body{margin:0;padding:0}
body{
  font-family:var(--font);
  background:var(--paper);
  color:var(--ink);
  -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;
  text-rendering:optimizeLegibility;
}
a{color:inherit}
img{max-width:100%;height:auto}

.wrap{max-width:720px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 28px}
.wrap-wide{max-width:1240px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 28px}

/* ============ PHOTO HERO — same mountain language as the homepage ============
   hero-mountains-*.webp was shot for the site and never used. The white scrim
   at the top is what keeps charcoal nav text legible over the azure band; the
   photo alone measures too low up there. */
.hero{
  position:relative;
  isolation:isolate;
  background:#BFD9EE;   /* sky tone, painted so there's no flash before the photo */
}
.hero-bg{
  position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;
  object-fit:cover;object-position:center 62%;
  z-index:-2;
}
.hero::before{
  content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1;
  background:linear-gradient(180deg,
    rgba(250,250,248,.92) 0%,
    rgba(250,250,248,.70) 30%,
    rgba(250,250,248,.30) 62%,
    rgba(250,250,248,0) 100%);
}

/* nav — copied from the homepage so the two never drift apart */
.nav{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:24px;padding:20px 0}
.nav .brand{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;text-decoration:none;flex:none}
.nav .brand-mark{width:28px;height:28px}
.nav .brand-name{
  font-weight:600;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.15em;
  text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--ink);white-space:nowrap;
}
.nav-links{display:flex;gap:28px;margin:0 auto;list-style:none;padding:0}
.nav-links a{
  color:rgba(26,26,26,.72);text-decoration:none;
  font-size:14px;font-weight:500;transition:color .18s ease;
}
.nav-links a:hover{color:var(--ink)}
.nav-links a[aria-current="page"]{color:var(--ink);font-weight:600}
.nav-end{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:18px;flex:none}
.nav-cta{
  background:var(--ink);color:var(--white);text-decoration:none;
  font-size:14px;font-weight:600;padding:9px 20px;border-radius:999px;
  transition:transform .18s ease, background .18s ease;white-space:nowrap;
}
.nav-cta:hover{background:#000;transform:translateY(-1px)}

.hero-inner{padding:74px 0 128px;text-align:center}
.hero-inner h1{
  font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(34px,5.4vw,58px);
  letter-spacing:-.038em;line-height:1.04;margin:0;text-wrap:balance;
}
/* emphasis = accent colour + underline. Never stroked or outlined text. */
.hero-inner h1 em{
  font-style:normal;color:var(--accent);
  text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:.07em;
  text-underline-offset:.1em;
}
.hero-inner .sub{
  margin:22px auto 0;max-width:520px;
  font-size:clamp(16px,2vw,19px);line-height:1.55;color:#3C3A36;
}

/* compact band for article pages — a full hero would push the text too far down */
.hero.compact .hero-inner{padding:52px 0 66px;text-align:left}
.hero.compact .hero-inner h1{font-size:clamp(30px,4.4vw,44px)}
/* The short container crops into bare sky at the shared 62% focal point, which
   reads as a blank blue slab. Pushing down to 88% brings the ridgeline into the
   band, and the lighter scrim keeps the headline legible against it. */
.hero.compact .hero-bg{object-position:center 88%}
.hero.compact::before{
  background:linear-gradient(180deg,
    rgba(250,250,248,.90) 0%,
    rgba(250,250,248,.74) 42%,
    rgba(250,250,248,.52) 78%,
    rgba(250,250,248,.86) 100%);
}

.eyebrow{
  font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2.2px;text-transform:uppercase;
  color:var(--accent);margin:0 0 16px;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;
}
.eyebrow::before{content:"";width:18px;height:2px;background:var(--accent);border-radius:2px}
.byline{
  margin-top:20px;font-size:14px;color:#4A4844;
  display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;align-items:center;
}
.byline .sep{opacity:.45}

/* ---- ARTICLE ---- */
.post{padding:44px 0 84px}
.post h2{
  font-weight:800;font-size:clamp(23px,3vw,28px);letter-spacing:-.028em;
  line-height:1.2;margin:52px 0 14px;
}
.post h3{font-weight:700;font-size:18px;letter-spacing:-.015em;margin:30px 0 8px}
.post p{font-size:17px;line-height:1.72;margin:0 0 19px}
.post ul,.post ol{font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 22px;padding-left:22px}
.post li{margin-bottom:9px}
.post li::marker{color:var(--accent)}
.post strong{font-weight:700}
.post a{
  color:var(--ink);text-decoration:underline;
  text-decoration-color:rgba(22,101,52,.5);text-underline-offset:3px;
  transition:text-decoration-color .15s ease;
}
.post a:hover{text-decoration-color:var(--accent)}

.post figure{margin:30px 0}
.post figure img{border-radius:var(--r-card);border:1px solid var(--line);display:block}
.post figcaption{margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:var(--muted);line-height:1.5}

.verdict{
  background:var(--surface);border:1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius:var(--r-card);padding:24px 26px;margin:0 0 34px;
}
.verdict p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}
.verdict .tag{
  font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;
  color:var(--accent);margin-bottom:11px;
}
.disclosure{
  border-left:3px solid var(--accent);padding:4px 0 4px 18px;
  margin:0 0 34px;color:var(--muted);font-size:16px;line-height:1.65;
}
.disclosure p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}

.table-scroll{overflow-x:auto;margin:26px 0 32px;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:var(--r-card)}
table{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;min-width:720px;font-size:15px}
th,td{text-align:left;padding:13px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);vertical-align:top}
th{background:var(--surface);font-weight:700;white-space:nowrap}
tr:last-child td{border-bottom:none}

.faq-q{font-weight:700;font-size:17px;margin:26px 0 6px}

.endcta{
  background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);border-radius:var(--r-card);
  padding:30px 32px;margin:44px 0 0;
}
.endcta h2{margin:0 0 10px;font-size:24px;color:var(--paper)}
.endcta p{color:#C9C6C0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 20px}
.endcta a.btn{
  display:inline-block;background:var(--accent);color:var(--white);
  text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;
  padding:13px 22px;border-radius:var(--r-btn);
}

/* ---- INDEX LIST ---- */
.list{padding:44px 0 84px}
.card{
  display:block;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius:var(--r-card);padding:24px 26px;margin-bottom:16px;
  background:var(--white);transition:border-color .15s ease,transform .15s ease,box-shadow .15s ease;
}
.card:hover{border-color:var(--accent);transform:translateY(-2px);box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(26,26,26,.07)}
.card h2{font-size:21px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.025em;margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.25}
.card p{color:var(--muted);font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;margin:0}
.card .meta{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.8px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--accent);margin-bottom:10px}

/* ---- FOOTER ---- */
.foot{
  border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding:30px 0;
  font-size:14px;color:var(--muted);text-align:center;
}
.foot a{color:var(--muted)}

@media (max-width:820px){
  .nav-links{display:none}          /* links collapse; brand + CTA stay reachable */
  .nav{justify-content:space-between}
}
@media (max-width:560px){
  .wrap,.wrap-wide{padding:0 20px}
  .hero-inner{padding:52px 0 84px}
  .hero.compact .hero-inner{padding:40px 0 48px}
  .post{padding:34px 0 66px}
  .post p,.post ul,.post ol{font-size:16px}
  .post h2{margin-top:40px}
  .endcta{padding:24px 22px}
  .nav-cta{padding:8px 15px;font-size:13px}
}

/* header card — sits above the verdict, doubles as the OG image */
.card-hero{margin:0 0 34px}
.card-hero img{
  display:block;width:100%;height:auto;
  border-radius:var(--r-card);border:1px solid var(--line);
}