:root {
        /* Color — warm ivory paper, deep warm ink, single grounded teal accent */
        --paper: #F7F4ED;
        /* page background */
        --paper-edge: #EFEAE0;
        /* faint top band / hairlines on paper */
        --card: #FCFAF4;
        /* raised surfaces */
        --ink: #211F1B;
        /* primary text (≈12.5:1 on paper) */
        --ink-soft: #45413A;
        /* secondary text */
        --muted: #595349;
        /* meta / labels (≈6.8:1 on paper) */
        --accent: #1C4A42;
        /* deep teal — wordmark, rules, emphasis (≈9:1) */
        --accent-deep: #143631;
        /* hover / pressed */
        --accent-tint: #E9EFEB;
        /* callout wash */
        --accent-line: #BFD2CB;
        /* callout hairline */
        --rule: rgba(33, 31, 27, 0.14);

        /* Type */
        --serif: "Newsreader", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
        --sans: "Libre Franklin", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;

        /* Spacing scale (4px base) */
        --sp-1: 4px;
        --sp-2: 8px;
        --sp-3: 12px;
        --sp-4: 16px;
        --sp-6: 24px;
        --sp-8: 32px;
        --sp-10: 40px;
        --sp-12: 48px;
        --sp-16: 64px;
        --sp-20: 80px;
        --sp-24: 96px;

        --measure: 40rem;
        /* ~640px reading column */
        --radius: 10px;
    }

    /* ----------------------------- Reset --------------------------------- */
    *,
    *::before,
    *::after {
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }

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

    body {
        margin: 0;
        background: var(--paper);
        color: var(--ink);
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-size: clamp(1.0625rem, 0.98rem + 0.42vw, 1.25rem);
        /* 17 → 20px */
        line-height: 1.72;
        font-optical-sizing: auto;
        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
        text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
    }

    p {
        margin: 0;
        text-wrap: pretty;
    }

    /* Subtle warm grain band at the very top for a "printed page" feel */
    body::before {
        content: "";
        position: fixed;
        inset: 0 0 auto 0;
        height: 6px;
        background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--accent) 0%, var(--accent-deep) 100%);
        z-index: 10;
    }

    /* ------------------------- Accessibility ----------------------------- */
    .visually-hidden {
        position: absolute !important;
        width: 1px;
        height: 1px;
        padding: 0;
        margin: -1px;
        overflow: hidden;
        clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
        white-space: nowrap;
        border: 0;
    }

    a {
        color: var(--accent);
        text-underline-offset: 3px;
    }

    a:hover {
        color: var(--accent-deep);
    }

    :focus-visible {
        outline: 3px solid var(--accent);
        outline-offset: 3px;
        border-radius: 3px;
    }

    /* ----------------------------- Layout -------------------------------- */
    .page {
        max-width: var(--measure);
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4rem) clamp(1.25rem, 6vw, 2.5rem) 0;
    }

    /* Masthead ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    .masthead {
        display: flex;
        align-items: baseline;
        justify-content: space-between;
        gap: var(--sp-4);
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        padding-bottom: var(--sp-6);
        margin-bottom: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.25rem);
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }

    .wordmark {
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.875rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.18em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--accent);
        line-height: 1.2;
    }

    .masthead__date {
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 400;
        font-size: 0.75rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.1em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--muted);
    }

    /* Statement ----------------------------------------------------------- */
    .eyebrow {
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.75rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.2em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--muted);
        margin-bottom: var(--sp-4);
    }

    .headline {
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-weight: 420;
        font-size: clamp(2rem, 1.3rem + 3.6vw, 3.25rem);
        line-height: 1.08;
        letter-spacing: -0.012em;
        color: var(--ink);
        margin: 0 0 clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
        max-width: 15ch;
        text-wrap: balance;
    }

    .prose>*+* {
        margin-top: 1.4em;
    }

    .prose p {
        color: var(--ink-soft);
        max-width: 62ch;
    }

    .prose strong {
        font-weight: 600;
        color: var(--ink);
    }

    .lead-in {
        font-weight: 500;
        color: var(--ink) !important;
    }

    /* Lead paragraph under a headline (newest update intro) --------------- */
    .lead {
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.05rem + 0.8vw, 1.5rem);
        line-height: 1.4;
        color: var(--ink);
        margin: 0 0 clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.25rem);
        max-width: 52ch;
        text-wrap: pretty;
    }

    /* Section subheadings inside prose ------------------------------------ */
    .section-label {
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.8125rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.16em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--accent);
        margin: clamp(1.9rem, 4vw, 2.6rem) 0 0;
        padding-top: clamp(1.4rem, 3vw, 1.9rem);
        border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
        line-height: 1.4;
        text-wrap: balance;
    }

    /* First label after the intro keeps the rhythm but the .prose margin
   stacks with our own margin-top; collapse the duplicate gap. */
    .prose .section-label+p {
        margin-top: 0.7em;
    }

    /* Shaded detail box (invitation contents) ----------------------------- */
    .shaded {
        margin-top: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2rem);
        background: var(--accent-tint);
        border: 1px solid var(--accent-line);
        border-left: 4px solid var(--accent);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: clamp(1.25rem, 3.5vw, 1.75rem) clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2rem);
    }

    .detail-list {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style: none;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: var(--sp-4);
        max-width: 60ch;
    }

    .detail-list li {
        position: relative;
        padding-left: 1.5rem;
        color: var(--ink-soft);
        line-height: 1.6;
    }

    .detail-list li::before {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        left: 0;
        top: 0.62em;
        width: 7px;
        height: 7px;
        border-radius: 999px;
        background: var(--accent);
    }

    .detail-list strong {
        font-weight: 600;
        color: var(--ink);
    }
    
    /* "New to SoundBed?" intro banner ------------------------------------- */
    .intro-banner {
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      justify-content: space-between;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: var(--sp-4);
      margin-bottom: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.25rem);
      padding: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 1.4rem) clamp(1.25rem, 3.5vw, 1.75rem);
      background: var(--accent-tint);
      border: 1px solid var(--accent-line);
      border-radius: var(--radius);
    }
    .intro-banner__text {
      font-family: var(--serif);
      font-weight: 500;
      font-size: clamp(1.125rem, 1rem + 0.5vw, 1.375rem);
      color: var(--accent-deep);
    }

    /* Contact CTA button at end of a statement ---------------------------- */
    .cta-button-wrap {
        margin-top: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.5rem);
    }

    .btn-cta {
        display: inline-block;
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 1rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.01em;
        color: #fff;
        background: var(--accent);
        border: 1px solid var(--accent);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: 0.8rem 1.6rem;
        text-decoration: none;
        transition: background 0.15s ease, border-color 0.15s ease, transform 0.05s ease;
    }

    .btn-cta:hover {
        color: #fff;
        background: var(--accent-deep);
        border-color: var(--accent-deep);
    }

    .btn-cta:active {
        transform: translateY(1px);
    }

    /* Labeled divider between the two messages ---------------------------- */
    .message-divider {
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        gap: var(--sp-4);
        margin: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 5rem) 0 clamp(2.25rem, 5vw, 3.25rem);
    }

    .message-divider::before,
    .message-divider::after {
        content: "";
        flex: 1 1 auto;
        height: 1px;
        background: var(--rule);
    }

    .message-divider span {
        flex: 0 0 auto;
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.6875rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.18em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--muted);
        white-space: nowrap;
    }

    /* Credit commitment callout ------------------------------------------ */
    .commitment {
        margin-top: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.25rem);
        background: var(--accent-tint);
        border: 1px solid var(--accent-line);
        border-left: 4px solid var(--accent);
        border-radius: var(--radius);
        padding: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2rem) clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.25rem);
    }

    .commitment__label {
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 0.6875rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.2em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--accent);
        margin-bottom: var(--sp-3);
    }

    .commitment__lead {
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: clamp(1.375rem, 1.1rem + 1vw, 1.75rem);
        line-height: 1.28;
        letter-spacing: -0.01em;
        color: var(--accent-deep);
        margin: 0 0 var(--sp-4);
    }

    .commitment__lead .pct {
        font-weight: 600;
    }

    .commitment__detail {
        color: var(--ink-soft);
        margin: 0;
        max-width: 60ch;
    }

    /* Signature ----------------------------------------------------------- */
    .signature {
        margin-top: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem);
        font-style: italic;
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: 1.0625em;
        color: var(--ink);
    }

    /* Footer -------------------------------------------------------------- */
    .site-footer {
        max-width: var(--measure);
        margin: clamp(3.5rem, 8vw, 6rem) auto 0;
        padding: var(--sp-8) clamp(1.25rem, 6vw, 2.5rem) clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 4rem);
        border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
        display: flex;
        align-items: baseline;
        justify-content: space-between;
        gap: var(--sp-2) var(--sp-6);
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        font-family: var(--sans);
        font-size: 0.8125rem;
        letter-spacing: 0.02em;
        color: var(--muted);
    }

    .site-footer .footer__brand {
        font-weight: 600;
        letter-spacing: 0.16em;
        text-transform: uppercase;
        color: var(--ink-soft);
    }

    /* ----------------------- Entrance (optional) ------------------------- */
    /* Content is ALWAYS visible by default. The entrance is pure enhancement:
   keyframes animate from hidden→visible, but the element's resting state
   stays opacity:1, so a frozen/offscreen/no-anim render shows everything. */
    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {

        /* No fill-mode: resting state is the element's own opacity:1, so a frozen
     or non-advancing timeline can never leave content hidden. */
        .reveal {
            animation: rise 0.7s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
        }

        .reveal-1 {
            animation-delay: 0.04s;
        }

        .reveal-2 {
            animation-delay: 0.14s;
        }

        .reveal-3 {
            animation-delay: 0.24s;
        }

        @keyframes rise {
            from {
                opacity: 0;
                transform: translateY(10px);
            }

            to {
                opacity: 1;
                transform: none;
            }
        }
    }

    /* ------------------------------ FAQ ---------------------------------- */
    .faq {
        margin-top: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 5rem);
        padding-top: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3rem);
        border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }

    .faq__heading {
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-weight: 420;
        font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 1.1rem + 1.6vw, 2.125rem);
        line-height: 1.12;
        letter-spacing: -0.012em;
        color: var(--ink);
        margin: 0 0 clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2rem);
        text-wrap: balance;
    }

    .faq__list {
        border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }

    .faq__item {
        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }

    /* Question row (the clickable summary) -------------------------------- */
    .faq__q {
        display: flex;
        align-items: flex-start;
        justify-content: space-between;
        gap: var(--sp-4);
        list-style: none;
        /* remove default disclosure triangle */
        cursor: pointer;
        padding: clamp(1.1rem, 2.5vw, 1.4rem) 0;
        font-family: var(--serif);
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: clamp(1.125rem, 1rem + 0.5vw, 1.3125rem);
        line-height: 1.32;
        color: var(--ink);
        transition: color 0.15s ease;
    }

    .faq__q::-webkit-details-marker {
        display: none;
    }

    /* Safari */
    .faq__q:hover {
        color: var(--accent);
    }

    .faq__q-text {
        text-wrap: pretty;
    }

    /* Larger, comfortable focus target for keyboard users */
    .faq__item summary:focus-visible {
        outline: 3px solid var(--accent);
        outline-offset: 4px;
        border-radius: 4px;
    }

    /* Plus / minus icon — drawn with CSS so it inherits color & needs no asset */
    .faq__icon {
        position: relative;
        flex: 0 0 auto;
        width: 1.25rem;
        height: 1.25rem;
        margin-top: 0.15em;
        color: var(--accent);
    }

    .faq__icon::before,
    .faq__icon::after {
        content: "";
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        width: 1.25rem;
        height: 2px;
        background: currentColor;
        border-radius: 2px;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
        transition: transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1), opacity 0.25s ease;
    }

    .faq__icon::after {
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(90deg);
    }

    /* vertical bar */
    .faq__item[open] .faq__icon::after {
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(0deg);
        opacity: 0;
    }

    /* Answer -------------------------------------------------------------- */
    .faq__a {
        padding: 0 0 clamp(1.25rem, 3vw, 1.6rem);
        max-width: 64ch;
    }

    .faq__a>*+* {
        margin-top: 1em;
    }

    .faq__a p {
        color: var(--ink-soft);
    }

    .faq__a a {
        font-weight: 500;
    }

    /* Smooth reveal of the answer when supported; gated on no-preference so
   reduced-motion users get an instant, fully-visible open. */
    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
        .faq__item[open] .faq__a {
            animation: faq-open 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
        }

        @keyframes faq-open {
            from {
                opacity: 0;
                transform: translateY(-4px);
            }

            to {
                opacity: 1;
                transform: none;
            }
        }
    }

    /* ----------------------------- Print --------------------------------- */
    @media print {
        body {
            background: #fff;
            color: #000;
            font-size: 12pt;
        }

        body::before,
        .masthead__date {
            display: none;
        }

        .commitment {
            background: #fff;
            border-color: #000;
        }

        .shaded {
            background: #fff;
            border-color: #000;
        }

        /* Print every answer open so nothing is hidden on paper */
        .faq__a {
            display: block !important;
        }

        .faq__icon {
            display: none;
        }

        .reveal {
            opacity: 1 !important;
            transform: none !important;
            animation: none !important;
        }
    }