    :root {
          --page-bg: #d8d0c3;
  --page-text: #111111;
      --bg: #f4f0e8;
      --text: #111111;
      --muted: #5f5a52;
      --rule: rgba(17, 17, 17, 0.14);
--accent-1995: var(--timeline-colour);
      --accent-2005: #8a5a00;
      --accent-2015: #24577a;
      --max-width: 660px;
      --outer-pad: clamp(20px, 4vw, 48px);
      --section-gap: clamp(60px, 8vw, 120px);
      --body-size: clamp(18px, 1.3vw, 21px);
      --body-leading: 1.65;
      --display-size: clamp(44px, 8vw, 110px);
      --title-size: clamp(28px, 4vw, 48px);
      --meta-size: 0.9rem;
      --sans: Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
      --serif: "Iowan Old Style", "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  --timeline-colour: #ff6b00;
    }

    * { box-sizing: border-box; }

    html {
      scroll-behavior: smooth;
    }

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: #f3f1eb;
  color: var(--text);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

    a {
      color: inherit;
      text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
      text-underline-offset: 0.18em;
    }

    .site-shell {
      min-height: 100vh;
    }

.hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

.hero__carousel {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

.hero__carousel img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;

  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;

  object-fit: cover;

  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 2s ease;

  filter:
    grayscale(10%)
    contrast(1.05)
    brightness(0.75);

  transform: scale(1.02);
}

.hero__carousel img.active {
  opacity: 1;
}

.hero__inner {
  position: absolute;
  left: 28px;
  bottom: 42px;
  z-index: 2;

  max-width: 680px;

  padding: 24px 26px;

  background: rgba(244, 240, 232, 0.82);
  backdrop-filter: blur(5px);
}

    .hero__kicker {
      margin: 0 0 12px;
      font: 600 0.78rem/1 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: 0.16em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: var(--muted);
    }

    .hero__title {
      margin: 0;
      max-width: 12ch;
      font-family: var(--sans);
      font-weight: 700;
      font-size: var(--display-size);
      line-height: 0.95;
      letter-spacing: -0.04em;
    }

.hero__dek {
  margin: 22px 0 34px;
font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2vw, 1.35rem);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--muted);
}

    .hero__link {
      display: inline-flex;
      align-items: center;
      gap: 10px;
      font: 600 1rem/1 var(--sans);
      text-decoration: none;
      border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor;
      padding-bottom: 4px;
    }

    .era-nav {
      position: sticky;
      top: 0;
      z-index: 20;
      display: flex;
      gap: 18px;
      padding: 16px var(--outer-pad);
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
      backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
      background: rgba(244, 240, 232, 0.9);
      font: 600 0.9rem/1 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: 0.12em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    .era-nav a {
      text-decoration: none;
      color: var(--muted);
    }

    .era-nav a:hover {
      color: var(--text);
    }
    
    .era-next {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 60px;
  font: 600 0.9rem/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--timeline-colour);
}
    

    .issues {
      padding: 0 var(--outer-pad) var(--section-gap);
    }

    .issue {
      padding: var(--section-gap) 0;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    }

    .issue__grid {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
      gap: 32px;
      width: min(100%, 1200px);
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

    .issue__meta {
      display: grid;
      gap: 12px;
      align-content: start;
    }

    .issue__year {
      margin: 0;
      font: 700 clamp(32px, 5vw, 66px)/0.95 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: -0.04em;
    }

    .issue__strap {
      margin: 0;
      font: 500 var(--meta-size)/1.3 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: 0.08em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: var(--muted);
    }
    .issue__strap a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

    .issue__strap a:hover {
  opacity: 0.7;
}

.issue__body {
  padding: 0 12px;
  max-width: var(--max-width);
  font-size: var(--body-size);
  line-height: var(--body-leading);
}

    .issue__body p {
      margin: 0 0 1.2em;
  hanging-punctuation: first;
  hyphens: auto;
      overflow-wrap: break-word;
}

    .pullquote {
      margin: 28px 0;
      padding-left: 18px;
      border-left: 3px solid currentColor;
      font-family: var(--sans);
      font-size: clamp(22px, 2.4vw, 34px);
      line-height: 1.15;
      letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    }

    .email-meta {
  font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
}

    .issue__extras {
      display: grid;
      gap: 16px;
      max-width: 420px;
      padding-top: 12px;
      font: 500 0.98rem/1.45 var(--sans);
    }

    .issue__extras h4 {
      margin: 0 0 6px;
      font: 700 0.78rem/1 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: 0.14em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
    }

    .issue__extras p {
      margin: 0;
      color: var(--muted);
    }

.issue--1995 {
  --timeline-colour: #ff6b00;
}

.issue--1995 .issue__year,
.issue--1995 .pullquote,
.issue--1995 .issue__extras a {
  color: var(--timeline-colour);
}

.issue--2005 {
  --timeline-colour: #c58a00;
}

.issue--2005 .issue__year,
.issue--2005 .pullquote,
.issue--2005 .issue__extras a {
  color: var(--timeline-colour);
}

.issue--2015 {
  --timeline-colour: #24577a;
}

.issue--2015 .issue__year,
.issue--2015 .pullquote,
.issue--2015 .issue__extras a {
  color: var(--timeline-colour);
}

    .footer {
      padding: 48px var(--outer-pad) 70px;
    }

    .footer__inner {
      width: min(100%, 1200px);
      margin: 0 auto;
      display: grid;
      gap: 8px;
    }

    .footer__label {
      font: 700 0.78rem/1 var(--sans);
      letter-spacing: 0.14em;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: var(--muted);
    }

    .footer p {
      margin: 0;
      max-width: 48ch;
      font-size: 1rem;
      line-height: 1.6;
      color: var(--muted);
    }



.character-nav button:hover {
  color: var(--text);
  border-color: var(--text);
}

.chapter {
  display: none;
  opacity: 0;
  margin-bottom: 80px;
  padding-top: 24px;
  transition: opacity 0.5s ease;


}

.chapter.active .chapter-meta,
.chapter.active h3 {
  color: var(--chapter-accent);
}

.chapter.active .chapter-progress__line {
  background: var(--chapter-accent);
}

.chapter.active .progress-dot {
  border-color: var(--chapter-accent);
}

.chapter.active .progress-dot.active {
  background: var(--chapter-accent);
  border-color: var(--chapter-accent);
}

.chapter.active {
  display: block;
  opacity: 1;
}

.chapter[data-character="nick"] {
  --chapter-accent: #5f7f9a;
}

.chapter[data-character="zoe"] {
  --chapter-accent: #b35a2e;
}

.chapter[data-character="josh"] {
  --chapter-accent: #596f63;
}

.chapter-progress {
  margin-bottom: 42px;
}

.chapter-progress__year {
  display: none;
}
.chapter-progress__line {
  position: relative;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--timeline-colour);
}



.progress-dot {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border: 3px solid var(--timeline-colour);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--bg);
  appearance: none;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.progress-dot.read {
  border-color: var(--timeline-colour);
}

.progress-dot.active {
  background: var(--timeline-colour);
  border-color: var(--timeline-colour);
}
    .progress-dot {
  opacity: 0;
}

.progress-dot.read,
.progress-dot.active {
  opacity: 1;
}

.progress-dot.read:hover {
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1.25);
}

.playlist-icon {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;

  margin-right: 6px;

  vertical-align: -1px;

  opacity: 0.72;
}
.chapter-nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-top: 60px;
}

.chapter-nav button {
  border: 0;
  background: transparent;
  padding: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  font: 600 0.9rem/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.chapter-nav button:hover {
  color: var(--text);
}
  .chapter-meta {
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}

.chapter-meta__character {
  margin-bottom: 10px;

  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;

  color: var(--chapter-accent);
}

.chapter-meta__details {
  display: flex;
  gap: 14px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;

  font: 600 0.9rem/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;

  color: var(--muted);
}

.chapter-meta__details span {
  position: relative;
}

.chapter-meta__details span:not(:last-child)::after {
  content: "•";
  margin-left: 14px;
  opacity: 0.4;
}

.theme-1995 {
  --timeline-colour: #ff6b00;
}

.theme-2005 {
  --timeline-colour: #c58a00;
}

.theme-2015 {
  --timeline-colour: #24577a;
}

.inline-image {
  width: 38%;
  margin: 10px 0 24px;
}

.inline-image--right {
  float: right;
  margin-left: 24px;
}

.story-image {
  margin: 24px 0;
}

.story-image img {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
}
 @media (max-width: 700px) {
  .progress-dot {
    border-width: 2px;
  }
}   
    @media (min-width: 900px) {
      .issue__grid {
        grid-template-columns: 220px minmax(0, 1fr);
        gap: 48px;
      }

     .issue__meta {
        position: sticky;
        top: 84px;
      }
      img {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
    }

@media (max-width: 899px) {
  .issue__meta,
  .issue__body {
    padding-left: 12px;
    padding-right: 12px;
  }

  .issue__meta {
    position: static;
  }

  .issue__year {
    margin-left: 0;
  }
}
