/* whispersofwanderer.in
   Plain static stylesheet — no framework, no preprocessor.
   Tuned for senior readability: larger base, strong contrast, generous space. */

:root {
  --paper:       #FBF8F3;
  --paper-deep:  #F4EEE3;
  --ink:         #1F1B16;
  --ink-soft:    #3A3329;
  --muted:       #6E6457;
  --rule:        #DDD3C2;
  --accent:      #8B3A1A;
  --accent-soft: #B97A60;

  --serif: 'Cormorant Garamond', 'EB Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  --tamil: 'Noto Serif Tamil', 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
}

html { color-scheme: light only; }
*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }

html, body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  background-color: #FBF8F3;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

a {
  color: var(--accent);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent-soft);
}
a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--accent); }
a:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

h1, h2, h3 { font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.25; }
.tamil { font-family: var(--tamil); line-height: 2; }

/* ---------- Top bar / nav ---------- */
.topbar {
  max-width: 1080px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2rem 2rem 0;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 2rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.sitemark {
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  border-bottom: none;
}
.sitemark:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.nav {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 1.6rem;
}
.nav a {
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  border-bottom: none;
  padding: 0.3rem 0;
}
.nav a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.nav a.active { color: var(--accent); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent); }

/* ---------- Footer ---------- */
.site-foot {
  max-width: 1080px;
  margin: 6rem auto 3rem;
  padding: 2rem 2rem 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1rem;
}
.site-foot .quiet {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
}

/* ---------- Reader-scale control (A− A A+) ---------- */
.reader-scale {
  position: fixed;
  right: 1.5rem;
  bottom: 1.5rem;
  display: flex;
  gap: 0;
  background: var(--paper);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 0.25rem;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
  z-index: 50;
}
.reader-scale button {
  background: transparent;
  border: none;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 0.35rem 0.75rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
  transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s;
}
.reader-scale button:hover { color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper-deep); }
.reader-scale button.active { background: var(--accent); color: white; }
.reader-scale .sm { font-size: 0.85rem; }
.reader-scale .md { font-size: 1rem; }
.reader-scale .lg { font-size: 1.15rem; }
@media (max-width: 720px) { .reader-scale { right: 1rem; bottom: 1rem; } }

/* ---------- Markdown prose ---------- */
.prose p { margin: 0 0 1.3rem; }
.prose p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.prose em { font-style: italic; }
.prose strong { font-weight: 600; }

.prose table {
  margin: 2rem 0 2.2rem;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 0.96em;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.prose th {
  text-align: left;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  color: var(--muted);
  border-bottom: 1.5px solid var(--accent-soft);
  padding: 0.7rem 1rem 0.6rem;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}
.prose td {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding: 0.7rem 1rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  vertical-align: top;
}
.prose tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; }
.prose td:first-child {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-variant: tabular-nums;
  width: 4em;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.prose td:last-child {
  font-variant: tabular-nums;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .prose table { font-size: 0.9em; }
  .prose th, .prose td { padding: 0.55rem 0.6rem; }
  .prose td:last-child { white-space: normal; }
}

/* ---------- Home (Living Calendar) ---------- */
.today-strip {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 3.5rem auto 0;
  padding: 0 2rem 1rem;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.today-date {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--accent);
}
.today-mark {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 0.95rem;
}
.seasonal {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 4.5rem auto 5rem;
  padding: 0 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.seasonal::before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  width: 60px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--accent-soft);
  margin: 0 auto 2.5rem;
}
.seasonal h1 {
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  margin: 0 0 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.seasonal .excerpt {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-style: italic;
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 580px;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}
.seasonal .signature {
  margin-top: 2.5rem;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}
.seasonal .read-full {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 1.5rem;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--accent);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent-soft);
}
.on-this-day {
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto 4rem;
  padding: 3rem 2rem 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.on-this-day h3 {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-weight: 500;
  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
}
.almanac {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 1.5rem 3rem;
}
.almanac .item {
  padding: 1rem 0;
  color: inherit;
  border-bottom: none;
  display: block;
}
.almanac .item:hover .body { color: var(--ink); }
.almanac .yr {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  color: var(--accent);
  margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
}
.almanac .body {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  transition: color 0.15s;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.open-archive {
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto 6rem;
  padding: 0 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.open-archive a {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-bottom: 4px;
}
.open-archive a:hover {
  color: var(--accent);
  border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .almanac { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .seasonal h1 { font-size: 2rem; }
}

/* ---------- Single piece view ---------- */
.piece { margin: 0 auto; padding: 4.5rem 2rem 6rem; }
.piece-head { margin-bottom: 2.5rem; }
.piece-date {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
}
.piece-title {
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  margin: 0.8rem 0 0;
  color: var(--ink);
}

.layout-short { max-width: 640px; }
.layout-short .piece-head { text-align: center; }
.layout-short .piece-title { text-align: center; }
.layout-short .piece-body {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--ink);
  max-width: 560px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.layout-medium { max-width: 640px; }
.layout-medium .piece-head { text-align: center; }
.layout-medium .piece-title { text-align: center; }
.layout-medium .piece-body {
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--ink);
}

.layout-long { max-width: 700px; }
.layout-long .piece-head {
  text-align: left;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-bottom: 1.5rem;
}
.layout-long .piece-title {
  text-align: left;
  font-size: 2.3rem;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
.layout-long .piece-body {
  font-size: 1.18rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.layout-long .piece-body p {
  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
  text-align: left;
  hyphens: auto;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.layout-long .piece-body p:first-of-type::first-letter {
  float: left;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 4.6rem;
  line-height: 0.9;
  padding: 0.5rem 0.6rem 0 0;
  color: var(--accent);
}

.piece-foot {
  margin-top: 4.5rem;
  padding-top: 1.8rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.nav-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  gap: 1rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.nav-row .navlink { color: var(--ink-soft); border-bottom: none; padding: 0.4rem 0; }
.nav-row .navlink:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.nav-row .navlink.dim { color: var(--rule); cursor: default; }
.nav-row .of {
  font-variant: normal;
  letter-spacing: normal;
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1rem;
}
.back-row {
  margin-top: 1.5rem;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  gap: 1rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.back-row a { color: var(--muted); border-bottom: none; }
.back-row a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .piece { padding: 3rem 1.5rem 4rem; }
  .layout-long .piece-title { font-size: 1.7rem; }
  .layout-long .piece-body p:first-of-type::first-letter { font-size: 3.4rem; }
}

/* ---------- Whispers (thematic constellation) index ---------- */
.hero {
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 4rem 2rem 3rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.hero h1 { font-size: 2.6rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem; }
.hero .sub { color: var(--muted); font-style: italic; margin: 0; }

.constellation {
  max-width: 1080px;
  margin: 3rem auto 5rem;
  padding: 0 2rem;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 2rem;
}
.theme {
  display: block;
  padding: 1.8rem 2rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  background: #fff;
  color: inherit;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: 2px;
  transition: box-shadow 0.2s, border-color 0.2s;
}
.theme:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 24px -10px rgba(140, 106, 76, 0.25);
  border-color: var(--accent-soft);
}
.theme-head {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-bottom: 0.7rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.theme-head h2 { font-size: 1.35rem; margin: 0; }
.theme-head .count {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  color: var(--accent);
}
.theme-blurb {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-style: italic;
  margin: 0 0 1rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
}
.theme-preview { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
.theme-preview li {
  padding: 0.6rem 0;
  border-top: 1px dotted var(--rule);
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.theme-preview li:first-child { border-top: none; }
.theme-preview .date {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin-right: 0.6rem;
}
.tamil-card { grid-column: span 2; background: var(--paper-deep); }
.preview-tamil {
  font-family: var(--tamil);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.85;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  margin: 0.5rem 0 0;
}
.alt-entries {
  max-width: 880px;
  margin: 0 auto 6rem;
  padding: 0 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.alt-entries a {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  padding-bottom: 4px;
}
.alt-entries a:hover { color: var(--accent); border-bottom-color: var(--accent); }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .constellation { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .tamil-card { grid-column: span 1; }
}

/* ---------- Journal / theme listing ---------- */
.filter-bar {
  max-width: 920px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 2rem 0.8rem;
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.8rem;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.filter-bar a { color: var(--ink-soft); border-bottom: none; }
.filter-bar a.active { color: var(--accent); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent); padding-bottom: 4px; }
.filter-bar .spacer { flex: 1; }

.feed {
  max-width: 920px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 2rem 2rem 6rem;
}
.entry {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 130px 1fr;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  padding: 2rem 0 2.5rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.entry:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
.entry-date {
  text-align: right;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  padding-top: 0.4rem;
}
.entry-date .dm { display: block; margin-bottom: 0.2rem; }
.entry-date .year {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  font-variant: normal;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.entry-body { color: inherit; border-bottom: none; display: block; }
.entry-body:hover h2 { color: var(--accent); }
.entry-body h2 { font-size: 1.35rem; margin: 0 0 0.8rem; transition: color 0.15s; }
.entry-body .snippet {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.entry-body .aphorism {
  margin: 0;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.entry-tags {
  margin-top: 0.8rem;
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}
.entry-tags span { margin-right: 1rem; }

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .entry { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0.8rem; }
  .entry-date { text-align: left; }
  .entry-date .dm, .entry-date .year { display: inline; margin-right: 0.5rem; }
}

/* ---------- Theme listing page ---------- */
.theme-hero {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 4rem 2rem 3rem;
  text-align: center;
}
.theme-hero .kicker {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0 0 0.8rem;
}
.theme-hero h1 { font-size: 2.4rem; margin: 0 0 0.6rem; }
.theme-hero .blurb {
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
}
.theme-hero .count {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--accent);
  margin: 0;
}
.theme-hero .placeholder-foot {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  margin: 2.5rem auto 0;
  max-width: 540px;
  padding-top: 1.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
}
.theme-list { max-width: 820px; margin: 2rem auto 4rem; padding: 0 2rem; }
.piece-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 180px 1fr;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  padding: 1.8rem 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
  color: inherit;
  border-bottom: none;
}
.piece-row:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
.piece-row:hover h2 { color: var(--accent); }
.piece-row:hover .snippet, .piece-row:hover .aphorism { color: var(--ink); }
.row-date {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  padding-top: 0.4rem;
}
.row-body h2 { font-size: 1.3rem; margin: 0 0 0.5rem; transition: color 0.15s; }
.row-body .snippet {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-size: 1rem;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.row-body .aphorism {
  margin: 0;
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .piece-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0.5rem; }
}