/* ============================================================ Spengler & Agans — surface texture + editorial furniture ----------------------------------------------------------- Two jobs: 1. Give the flat cream/navy bands some depth, without turning a law firm into a tech startup. Everything here is ambient: low-opacity, behind content, pointer-events:none. 2. Supply the components that break up long text pages — pull quotes, callouts, drop caps, a sticky article TOC. Contrast rule for this file: nothing in here may sit between a reader and body text. Texture layers are decoration only and never carry, tint, or overlay type. Text colour is still owned by tokens.css and base.css. ============================================================ */ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Ambient section texture ------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* Sections need a stacking context so their ::before texture sits behind content but above the section background. */ .section, .hero, .cta-banner, .map-band { position: relative; isolation: isolate; } .section > *, .hero > *, .cta-banner > *, .map-band > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; } /* Paper ground. This is deliberately ONE viewport-fixed layer on rather than a per-section pseudo-element. Section-level washes were tried first and every boundary between two cream blocks showed a faint horizontal seam where one gradient ended and the next began. A single fixed layer cannot seam, and it also means the light stays put while the page scrolls under it, which is what makes it read as a lit surface instead of a painted-on shape. */ body { background-image: radial-gradient(90% 60% at 82% 0%, color-mix(in srgb, #FFFFFF 55%, transparent) 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 55% at 0% 100%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--navy) 4%, transparent) 0%, transparent 60%); background-attachment: fixed, fixed; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat; } /* Tinted bands get a faint ledger grid. It reads as paper ruling at a glance and disappears entirely at arm's length. These bands paint their own opaque background, so a boundary here is a deliberate change of surface, not a seam in a continuous one. */ .section-tint::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0 calc(50% - 50vw); z-index: 0; pointer-events: none; background: linear-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--navy) 4.5%, transparent) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--navy) 4.5%, transparent) 1px, transparent 1px); background-size: 64px 64px, 64px 64px; } /* Navy bands: fine diagonal hatching plus a cool light from the top right, so the block has a direction instead of being a solid slab. */ .section-navy::before, .cta-banner::before, .map-band::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 0; pointer-events: none; border-radius: inherit; background: repeating-linear-gradient( -45deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--sky) 4%, transparent) 0px, color-mix(in srgb, var(--sky) 4%, transparent) 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 9px), radial-gradient(80% 100% at 88% 0%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--sky) 11%, transparent) 0%, transparent 62%); } /* Monogram watermark. Set on any navy panel that has room for it — the CTA banner and the locations band. Clipped by overflow so it bleeds off the corner rather than floating in the middle. */ .cta-banner, .section-navy .map-band-inner { overflow: hidden; } .cta-banner::after { content: 'S&A'; position: absolute; right: -0.16em; bottom: -0.42em; z-index: 0; font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: clamp(9rem, 22vw, 20rem); line-height: 1; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.04em; color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--sky) 7%, transparent); pointer-events: none; user-select: none; } /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Decorative rules ------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* A short brass rule. Sits under an eyebrow or above a section head. */ .rule-brass { display: block; width: 56px; height: 2px; border: 0; margin: 0 0 20px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--brass) 0%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--brass) 20%, transparent) 100%); } /* Centred divider with a diamond, for breaking a long article into acts. */ .divider-mark { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; margin: 56px 0; color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--brass) 55%, transparent); } .divider-mark::before, .divider-mark::after { content: ''; flex: 1; height: 1px; background: currentColor; } .divider-mark span { width: 7px; height: 7px; transform: rotate(45deg); background: var(--brass); flex: none; } /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Editorial furniture for long text ------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* Pull quote. Lifts a line out of the body copy and gives the eye a rest point. Display serif, brass rule, never full width. */ .pullquote { margin: 44px 0; padding: 4px 0 4px 28px; border-left: 3px solid var(--brass); font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.1vw + 1rem, 1.7rem); line-height: 1.4; color: var(--navy); } .pullquote cite { display: block; margin-top: 12px; font-family: var(--font-body); font-style: normal; font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: 0.04em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--charcoal-soft); } /* On a wide screen a pull quote may hang into the margin of a .prose column, which is what makes it read as editorial rather than as a blockquote. Only where there is margin to hang into. */ @media (min-width: 1100px) { .prose .pullquote--hang { margin-left: -110px; padding-right: 24px; } } /* Callout / key takeaway. A bordered aside for the one thing a reader should leave with. */ .callout { margin: 40px 0; padding: 26px 30px; background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-top: 3px solid var(--brass); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm); } .callout-title { font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--navy-mid); margin-bottom: 10px; } .callout p:last-child, .callout ul:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } /* Drop cap. Applied per-element, never automatically, so a paragraph that starts with a quote mark or a number is never mangled. */ .dropcap::first-letter { float: left; font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: 3.6em; line-height: 0.82; font-weight: 500; color: var(--navy); margin: 0.06em 0.10em 0 0; } /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Article layout — body column plus sticky contents rail ------------------------------------------------------------ The blog template used a single centred .prose column, which left a wide empty margin on desktop. The rail fills it with something the reader can use instead of decoration. */ .article-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 68ch) 240px; gap: 64px; justify-content: center; align-items: start; } .article-layout > .prose { margin-inline: 0; max-width: none; } .article-rail { position: sticky; top: 112px; font-size: 0.9rem; border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 22px; } .article-rail-title { font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: 0.78rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--navy-mid); margin-bottom: 14px; } .article-rail ol { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 10px; } .article-rail a { /* --charcoal-soft is 5.5:1 on cream; the active/hover state goes to full navy so the contrast only ever increases. */ color: var(--charcoal-soft); line-height: 1.35; display: block; } .article-rail a:hover, .article-rail a.is-current { color: var(--navy); text-decoration: none; } .article-rail a.is-current { font-weight: 600; } /* Below the grid breakpoint the rail is redundant with the article itself and costs a screen of scrolling, so it goes away. */ @media (max-width: 1080px) { .article-layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 68ch); justify-content: center; } .article-rail { display: none; } } /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Trust strip — credentials under a hero ------------------------------------------------------------ */ .trust-strip { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 28px 32px; margin-top: clamp(40px, 5vw, 64px); padding-top: 28px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); } .trust-item { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; font-size: 0.92rem; line-height: 1.4; color: var(--charcoal-soft); } @media (max-width: 860px) { .trust-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } } .trust-item strong { font-family: var(--font-display); font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 500; color: var(--navy); line-height: 1; } /* ------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Figure accents ------------------------------------------------------------ */ /* A brass corner bracket behind a photo, offset so it peeks out of two edges. Purely decorative, sits under the image. */ .figure--framed { position: relative; } .figure--framed::before { content: ''; position: absolute; left: -14px; bottom: -14px; width: 46%; height: 52%; border-left: 2px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--brass) 60%, transparent); border-bottom: 2px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--brass) 60%, transparent); border-bottom-left-radius: var(--radius); z-index: -1; pointer-events: none; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .article-rail { position: static; } }