/* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   The Signal — section styles on top of styles.css.
   Standing frame → numbered readings → concluding anchor → forward
   pointer. Shares the site's variables + fonts; structural rhythm
   mirrors Body Politic so the two companion sections feel of a piece.
   ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */

html, body { min-height: 100%; }
body.sig-body { background: var(--bg); overflow-x: hidden; }

/* ───────── header ───────── */
.sig-head {
  position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 50;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 8px 36px; min-height: 60px;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg), transparent 10%);
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px); -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border), transparent 50%);
}
.sig-brand {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--accent);
  display: inline-flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px;
  white-space: nowrap; flex-shrink: 0;
}
.sig-brand .sep { color: var(--muted); }
.sig-brand .sub { color: var(--text3); }
.sig-nav { display: flex; gap: 16px 18px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-end; }
.sig-nav a {
  font-family: "Jost", sans-serif;
  font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); transition: color .2s; position: relative; padding: 4px 0;
}
.sig-nav a::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 100%; bottom: 0;
  height: 1px; background: var(--accent); transition: right 300ms ease;
}
.sig-nav a:hover, .sig-nav a.active { color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-nav a:hover::after, .sig-nav a.active::after { right: 0; }
@media (max-width: 1100px) { .sig-brand .sep, .sig-brand .sub { display: none; } .sig-nav { gap: 18px; } }
@media (max-width: 800px) {
  .sig-head { padding: 8px 16px; min-height: 56px; gap: 12px; }
  .sig-brand { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; }
  .sig-nav {
    flex: 1 1 0; min-width: 0; flex-wrap: nowrap; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden;
    gap: 16px; justify-content: flex-end; scrollbar-width: none; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  }
  .sig-nav::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
  .sig-nav a { white-space: nowrap; flex-shrink: 0; }
}

/* ───────── hero ───────── */
.sig-hero { position: relative; text-align: center; padding: 104px 24px 48px; max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; }
.sig-eyebrow {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.34em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); margin-bottom: 24px;
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px;
}
.sig-eyebrow::before, .sig-eyebrow::after {
  content: ""; width: 28px; height: 1px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--muted), transparent 60%);
}
.sig-hero h1 {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: clamp(52px, 9vw, 96px); line-height: 1.02; letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 34px;
}
.sig-hero h1 em { font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-hero-lede {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif;
  font-size: clamp(19px, 2.1vw, 23px); line-height: 1.6; color: var(--text);
  max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto 20px;
}
.sig-hero-lede-2 { color: var(--text2); }
.sig-hero-lede-2 { font-style: normal; }

/* ───────── through-line ───────── */
.sig-through { max-width: 900px; margin: 40px auto 64px; padding: 0 24px; }
.sig-through-label {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.32em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); text-align: center; margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.sig-through-list { list-style: none; display: grid; gap: 1px; background: var(--border); border: 1px solid var(--border); margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.sig-through-list li { display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start; background: var(--bg); padding: 22px 26px; }
.sig-through-num {
  font-family: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; color: var(--accent); flex-shrink: 0; padding-top: 3px;
}
.sig-through-text { font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--text2); }

/* ───────── readings ───────── */
.sig-readings { max-width: 1040px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; }
.sig-readings-label {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.34em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--accent); text-align: center;
  padding: 40px 0 8px; border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.sig-reading { padding: 56px 0 60px; border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border), transparent 45%); }
.sig-reading:first-of-type { border-top: none; }
.sig-reading-head { display: flex; gap: 40px; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 34px; }
.sig-reading-mark { flex-shrink: 0; width: 120px; text-align: center; }
.sig-reading-num {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.28em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.sig-motif { width: 88px; height: 88px; display: block; margin: 0 auto; }
.sig-motif path, .sig-motif circle { stroke: var(--accent); stroke-width: 1.4; }
.sig-reading-lead { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
.sig-reading-medium {
  font-family: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.sig-reading-work {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: clamp(34px, 5.2vw, 56px); line-height: 1.05; color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.sig-reading-dek {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif;
  font-size: clamp(19px, 2vw, 22px); line-height: 1.55; color: var(--text2); font-style: italic;
  max-width: 660px;
}
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .sig-reading-head { flex-direction: column; gap: 20px; }
  .sig-reading-mark { width: auto; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; }
  .sig-reading-num { margin-bottom: 0; }
  .sig-motif { width: 60px; height: 60px; margin: 0; }
}

/* dispatch rows nested under a reading */
.sig-disp-list { display: grid; gap: 14px; margin-left: 160px; }
@media (max-width: 720px) { .sig-disp-list { margin-left: 0; } }
.sig-disp {
  display: flex; align-items: stretch; gap: 0;
  background: var(--bg2); border: 1px solid var(--border);
  text-decoration: none; transition: border-color .2s, background .2s;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.sig-disp:hover { border-color: var(--border2); background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg2), var(--accent) 5%); }
.sig-disp-bar { width: 3px; flex-shrink: 0; }
.sig-disp-body { flex: 1; min-width: 0; padding: 22px 26px; }
.sig-disp-meta {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  font-family: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted); margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.sig-disp-meta .dot { width: 3px; height: 3px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--muted); }
.sig-disp-title { font-family: "Cinzel", serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 8px; }
.sig-disp:hover .sig-disp-title { color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-disp-note { font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text3); }
.sig-disp-arr {
  align-self: center; padding: 0 26px; color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 20px; transition: transform .2s, color .2s;
}
.sig-disp:hover .sig-disp-arr { color: var(--accent-hi); transform: translateX(4px); }

/* ───────── concluding anchor (Dispatch 19) ───────── */
.sig-anchor {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
  padding: 104px 24px 88px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 50% at 50% 24%,
      color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-lo) 16%, transparent) 0%, transparent 70%),
    var(--bg);
}
.sig-anchor-inner { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; }
.sig-anchor-eyebrow {
  font-family: "Cinzel", serif;
  font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 22px;
}
.sig-anchor-lead {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif;
  font-size: clamp(19px, 2.1vw, 23px); line-height: 1.6; color: var(--text); font-style: italic;
  max-width: 640px; margin: 0 auto 30px;
}
.sig-anchor-title { font-family: "Cinzel", serif; font-size: clamp(40px, 7vw, 72px); line-height: 1.04; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.sig-anchor-title a { color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none; transition: color .2s; }
.sig-anchor-title a:hover { color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-anchor-sub {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--text2); max-width: 620px; margin: 0 auto 24px;
}
.sig-anchor-blurb {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif;
  font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.65; color: var(--text); max-width: 620px; margin: 0 auto 40px;
}
.sig-anchor-cta { display: flex; gap: 16px; justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 42px; }
.sig-anchor-cta a {
  font-family: "Jost", sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cream); border: 1px solid var(--accent-lo); padding: 14px 24px;
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; transition: background .2s, color .2s;
}
.sig-anchor-cta a span { transition: transform .2s; }
.sig-anchor-cta a:hover { background: var(--accent-lo); color: var(--bg); }
.sig-anchor-cta a:hover span { transform: translateX(4px); }
.sig-anchor-cta a.primary { background: var(--accent); color: var(--bg); border-color: var(--accent); }
.sig-anchor-cta a.primary:hover { background: var(--accent-hi); border-color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-anchor-living {
  font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--text3);
  max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto; padding-top: 30px;
  border-top: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border), transparent 40%);
}

/* ───────── forward pointer (The Edge) + antecedent ───────── */
.sig-forward { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 60px 24px 20px; text-align: center; }
.sig-forward-edge {
  border: 1px solid var(--border); border-left: 2px solid var(--accent-lo);
  padding: 26px 32px; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 26px;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg2), transparent 0%);
}
.sig-forward-tag {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.sig-forward-edge p { font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--text2); }
.sig-forward-ante { font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--muted); }
.sig-forward-ante a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent), transparent 60%); }
.sig-forward-ante a:hover { color: var(--accent-hi); }

/* ───────── footer ───────── */
.sig-foot { border-top: 1px solid var(--border); padding: 60px 36px 50px; background: var(--bg2); margin-top: 40px; }
.sig-foot-inner { max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto; display: grid; gap: 30px; }
.sig-foot-row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: baseline; gap: 36px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.sig-foot-brand { font-family: "Cinzel", serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.24em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); }
.sig-foot-links { display: flex; gap: 22px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.sig-foot-links a { font-family: "Jost", sans-serif; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted); }
.sig-foot-links a:hover { color: var(--accent-hi); }
.sig-foot-copy { font-family: "Jost", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: var(--text3); }