:root {
  --ink: #1b1a17;
  --muted: #76716a;
  --rule: #e6e1d6;
  --accent: #9c4a1a;
  --bg: #faf8f3;
  --sans: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }

body {
  font-family: Georgia, "Iowan Old Style", "Times New Roman", serif;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--bg);
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.72;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

.site-nav {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 1.4rem 1.5rem;
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.site-nav a { color: var(--muted); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.15s; }
.site-nav a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

article, .index-wrap {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2.5rem 1.5rem 4rem;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 2.25rem;
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: -0.012em;
  margin: 0 0 0.4rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  line-height: 1.25;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
  margin: 2.5rem 0 0.8rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.subtitle {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  margin: 0 0 1.8rem;
}

.byline, h1 + p em, .index-wrap .date {
  color: var(--muted);
}

article > p:first-of-type em,
.byline {
  font-style: italic;
}

p { margin: 0 0 1.35rem; }

a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 2px; }

em { font-style: italic; }

blockquote {
  margin: 2rem 0;
  padding: 0.4rem 0 0.4rem 1.4rem;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent);
  color: #4a463f;
  font-style: italic;
}
blockquote p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

hr {
  border: none;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  margin: 2.5rem 0;
}

footer {
  margin-top: 3rem;
  font-size: 0.95em;
  color: var(--muted);
}
footer ol { padding-left: 1.2rem; }
footer li { margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }

a.footnote-ref, a.footnote-back { text-decoration: none; }
a.footnote-ref { font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: super; line-height: 0; }
a.footnote-back { margin-left: 0.25rem; font-size: 0.8em; }

/* Essay index list */
.index-wrap h1 { margin-bottom: 2rem; }
.essay-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.essay-list li { padding: 1.5rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.essay-list li:first-child { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.essay-list a.essay-title {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--ink);
  display: inline-block;
  line-height: 1.25;
}
.essay-list a.essay-title:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.essay-list .date {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 0.74rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  margin-bottom: 0.35rem;
}
.essay-list .blurb { margin: 0.5rem 0 0; color: #44403a; font-size: 1.02rem; }

/* About page */
.about-lede { font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; }

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  body { font-size: 1.08rem; }
  h1 { font-size: 1.8rem; }
  article, .index-wrap { padding-top: 1.8rem; }
}