/* ===================================================================
   WRITING PAGE — long-form reading layout
   Used by writing/*.html and lazer-maze.html
=================================================================== */
.essay{
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 28px auto 80px;
  padding: 48px 56px 64px;
  background: var(--card);
  border: 1px solid var(--card-edge);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(26,21,16,.04), 0 22px 34px -26px rgba(26,21,16,.35);
}
@media (max-width: 640px){
  .essay{ padding: 32px 22px 48px; margin: 14px auto 60px }
}
.essay .backlink{
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: var(--f-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--umber);
  text-decoration: none;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(140,90,44,.35);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
}
.essay .backlink:hover{ color: var(--umber-deep); border-color: var(--umber-deep) }

.essay .eyebrow{
  font-family: var(--f-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.essay .eyebrow .sep{ margin: 0 10px; opacity: .5 }

.essay h1.title{
  font-family: var(--f-display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(34px, 5.2vw, 52px);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -.005em;
  margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.essay h1.title em{
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--umber-deep);
}

.essay .about{
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--umber);
  padding: 4px 0 4px 18px;
  margin: 0 0 34px;
}

.essay .body{
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.72;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.essay .body p{ margin: 0 0 1.05em }
/* prose: collapse whitespace-only paragraphs from Notion export */
.essay:not(.verse) .body p:empty{ display: none }
.essay .body p:first-of-type::first-letter{
  font-family: var(--f-display);
  font-size: 3.4em;
  float: left;
  line-height: .9;
  padding: 4px 10px 0 0;
  color: var(--umber-deep);
}

.essay .body em{ font-style: italic; color: var(--ink-soft) }
.essay .body strong{ font-weight: 700; color: var(--ink) }

.essay .body a{
  color: var(--umber-deep);
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: rgba(140,90,44,.35);
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}
.essay .body a:hover{ text-decoration-color: var(--umber-deep) }

.essay .body h2{
  font-family: var(--f-display);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 26px;
  letter-spacing: -.005em;
  margin: 44px 0 14px;
  color: var(--ink);
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 14px;
}
.essay .body h2::before{
  content:"";
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  width: 22px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--umber);
  transform: translateY(-6px);
}

.essay .body blockquote{
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  border-left: 3px solid var(--umber);
  padding: 2px 0 2px 20px;
  margin: 18px 0 20px;
}

.essay .body .pullquote{
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1.35;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-align: center;
  border: none;
  padding: 18px 8px;
  margin: 36px auto;
  max-width: 520px;
  position: relative;
}
.essay .body .pullquote::before,
.essay .body .pullquote::after{
  content: "";
  display: block;
  width: 56px;
  height: 1px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: var(--umber);
  opacity: .6;
}
.essay .body .pullquote::before{ margin-bottom: 18px }
.essay .body .pullquote::after{ margin-top: 18px }
@media (max-width: 600px){
  .essay .body .pullquote{ font-size: 22px; margin: 28px auto }
}

.essay .body ul, .essay .body ol{
  padding-left: 22px;
  margin: 0 0 1.05em;
}
.essay .body li{ margin-bottom: .3em }

.essay .body figure{
  margin: 28px 0;
}
.essay .body figure img,
.essay .body figure a img{
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
  border: 1px solid var(--card-edge);
  box-shadow: 0 22px 34px -26px rgba(26,21,16,.35);
}
.essay .body figcaption{
  font-family: var(--f-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  margin-top: 10px;
  padding: 0 8px;
}

/* verse / poem mode — kill drop cap + tighten spacing when every line stands alone */
.essay.verse .body p{ margin: 0 0 .15em }
.essay.verse .body p:first-of-type::first-letter{
  font-family: var(--f-body);
  font-size: 1em;
  float: none;
  padding: 0;
  color: inherit;
}
.essay.verse .body p:empty{ margin: .7em 0 }
.essay.verse .body em{ color: var(--umber-deep) }

/* column-list from Notion (side-by-side figures) */
.essay .body .columns{
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  gap: 20px;
  margin: 28px 0;
}
@media(min-width: 620px){
  .essay .body .columns{ grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr }
}
.essay .body .columns figure{ margin: 0 }

/* end mark */
.essay .end{
  font-family: var(--f-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .3em;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  margin: 40px 0 0;
  text-align: center;
}