/* ============================================================
   The SimIdiots Daily — Vintage Broadsheet Newspaper Stylesheet
   Palette:
     #f5f0e8  newsprint (paper)
     #1a1a1a  ink
     #333333  rule
     #cc0000  headline red
     #d4c8a0  aged paper (classifieds)
   Fonts:
     Playfair Display, Lora, Source Serif 4, Courier Prime
   ============================================================ */

* {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

html {
    background: #1a1a1a;
}

body {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", "Lora", Georgia, serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    background:
        radial-gradient(ellipse at top, rgba(212,200,160,0.18), transparent 60%),
        #1a1a1a;
    min-height: 100vh;
    padding: 32px 16px 48px;
}

/* The newspaper sheet */
.paper {
    max-width: 1100px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    background: #f5f0e8;
    background-image:
        radial-gradient(circle at 12% 18%, rgba(26,26,26,0.04) 0 1px, transparent 2px),
        radial-gradient(circle at 78% 64%, rgba(26,26,26,0.035) 0 1px, transparent 2px),
        radial-gradient(circle at 38% 82%, rgba(204,0,0,0.025) 0 1px, transparent 2px),
        radial-gradient(circle at 92% 12%, rgba(26,26,26,0.03) 0 1px, transparent 2px),
        linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(212,200,160,0.18), rgba(245,240,232,0) 30%);
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    box-shadow:
        0 2px 0 #1a1a1a,
        0 0 0 4px #f5f0e8,
        0 0 0 5px #1a1a1a,
        0 30px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.55);
    padding: 0 36px 36px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.paper::before,
.paper::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    pointer-events: none;
    background: rgba(26,26,26,0.025);
}

.paper::before {
    top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 50%;
    width: 1px;
    background: rgba(26,26,26,0.04);
}

.paper::after {
    inset: 0;
    background:
        repeating-linear-gradient(
            0deg,
            rgba(26,26,26,0.012) 0 2px,
            transparent 2px 4px
        );
    mix-blend-mode: multiply;
}

/* ---------- WIRE TICKER ---------- */
.wire-strip {
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;
    margin: 0 -36px;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: #f5f0e8;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", "Courier New", monospace;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.wire-label {
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    background: #cc0000;
    color: #f5f0e8;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    letter-spacing: 0.25em;
    padding: 8px 16px;
    border-right: 2px solid #1a1a1a;
    align-self: stretch;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

.wire-text {
    flex: 1 1 auto;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 8px 0;
    display: flex;
    gap: 0;
    animation: wireScroll 60s linear infinite;
}

.wire-text > span {
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    padding-right: 1.5em;
}

@keyframes wireScroll {
    from { transform: translateX(0); }
    to   { transform: translateX(-50%); }
}

/* ---------- MASTHEAD ---------- */
.masthead {
    border-top: 6px solid #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 3px double #1a1a1a;
    padding: 22px 0 14px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    text-align: center;
    position: relative;
}

.masthead::before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    height: 1px;
    background: #1a1a1a;
    margin: 0 0 18px;
    transform: translateY(-22px);
}

.masthead-top {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 18px;
}

.masthead-meta {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.masthead-meta.left { text-align: left; padding-left: 6px; }
.masthead-meta.right { text-align: right; padding-right: 6px; }

.masthead-meta .meta-line + .meta-line {
    margin-top: 4px;
    border-top: 1px solid #333333;
    padding-top: 4px;
}

.masthead-title { padding: 0 4px; }

.latin-motto {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    color: #333333;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
}

.nameplate {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", "Lora", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 6.4vw, 4.6rem);
    line-height: 0.95;
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(26,26,26,0.05);
    margin: 2px 0 6px;
    font-feature-settings: "lnum" 1, "dlig" 1;
}

.motto {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
    margin-top: 2px;
    border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 4px 0;
    max-width: 440px;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}

.masthead-nav {
    margin-top: 14px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-size: 0.84rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 6px 10px;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.masthead-nav a {
    color: #1a1a1a;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    transition: color .18s ease, border-color .18s ease;
}

.masthead-nav a:hover {
    color: #cc0000;
    border-bottom-color: #cc0000;
}

.masthead-nav .dot {
    color: #333333;
    user-select: none;
}

/* ---------- BREAKING BANNER ---------- */
.breaking-banner {
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    margin: 0 -36px;
    background: #f5f0e8;
}

.breaking-tag {
    background: #cc0000;
    color: #f5f0e8;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    padding: 8px 18px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    border-right: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
}

.breaking-line {
    flex: 1;
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    padding: 8px 18px;
    align-self: center;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    transition: opacity .35s ease;
}

.breaking-line.fading {
    opacity: 0;
}

/* ---------- FRONT PAGE ---------- */
.front-page {
    padding: 22px 0 0;
}

/* LEAD STORY */
.lead-story {
    text-align: left;
    border-bottom: 3px double #1a1a1a;
    padding-bottom: 22px;
    margin-bottom: 22px;
}

.kicker {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.breaking-pill {
    background: #cc0000;
    color: #f5f0e8;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.7rem;
    padding: 2px 8px;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
}

.dateline {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    color: #333333;
}

.headline-jumbo {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4.6vw, 3.2rem);
    line-height: 1.05;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 6px 0 10px;
    letter-spacing: -0.005em;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
}

.subhead {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.6vw, 1.2rem);
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: #333333;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0 auto 10px;
    max-width: 780px;
}

.byline {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #333333;
    text-align: center;
    border-top: 1px solid #333333;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #333333;
    padding: 6px 0;
    margin: 12px auto 18px;
    max-width: 720px;
}

.byline strong {
    color: #1a1a1a;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}

/* COLUMN BLOCKS */
.body-columns {
    column-count: 3;
    column-gap: 2rem;
    column-rule: 1px solid #333333;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.9375rem;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.body-columns p {
    margin: 0 0 0.8em;
    text-indent: 1.1em;
    break-inside: avoid-column;
}

.body-columns p:first-of-type { text-indent: 0; }

.body-columns.two-col {
    column-count: 2;
    column-gap: 1.6rem;
}

.lead-columns {
    margin-top: 4px;
}

/* DROP CAPS */
.dropcap::first-letter {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 3.6em;
    line-height: 0.82;
    float: left;
    margin: 0.04em 0.1em 0 0;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    padding: 0.04em 0.04em 0 0;
}

.dropcap-small::first-letter {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 2.6em;
    line-height: 0.82;
    float: left;
    margin: 0.04em 0.08em 0 0;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

/* ---------- GRID ROW (story + sidebar) ---------- */
.grid-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr;
    gap: 28px;
    padding-top: 4px;
    padding-bottom: 18px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
    position: relative;
}

.grid-row::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 6px;
    bottom: 22px;
    left: calc(66.66% - 14px);
    width: 1px;
    background: #333333;
    opacity: 0.55;
}

.section-tag {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 2px 8px;
    background: #f5f0e8;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.section-tag.tag-red {
    background: #cc0000;
    color: #f5f0e8;
    border-color: #1a1a1a;
}

.story .headline,
.story-tall .headline,
.failure-index .headline,
.letters .headline,
.submit-section .headline {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.75rem);
    line-height: 1.15;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    margin: 4px 0 6px;
}

.subhead-italic {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 1.02rem;
    color: #333333;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    line-height: 1.4;
}

/* SIDEBAR */
.sidebar {
    border-left: 1px solid #333333;
    border-right: 1px solid #333333;
    padding: 10px 14px;
    background:
        linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(212,200,160,0.35), rgba(212,200,160,0.15));
    border-top: 3px double #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 3px double #1a1a1a;
}

.headline-mini {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin: 4px 0 8px;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    letter-spacing: 0.005em;
}

.refusal-list {
    list-style: none;
    counter-reset: refusal;
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.92rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    border-top: 1px solid #333333;
}

.refusal-list li {
    counter-increment: refusal;
    padding: 6px 0 6px 30px;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #333333;
    position: relative;
}

.refusal-list li::before {
    content: counter(refusal, decimal) ".";
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    color: #cc0000;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 6px;
    width: 26px;
    text-align: right;
    padding-right: 4px;
}

.refusal-list li em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: #333333;
    font-size: 0.86rem;
}

.aside-footnote {
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding-top: 6px;
    border-top: 1px solid #333333;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    text-align: right;
    color: #333333;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
}

/* ---------- DIVIDER ---------- */
.thick-rule {
    border: none;
    border-top: 4px double #1a1a1a;
    margin: 6px 0 6px;
}

.thin-rule {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    margin: 18px 0;
}

.section-divider {
    text-align: center;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.4em;
    color: #cc0000;
    padding: 6px 0 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

/* ---------- THREE STORY ROW ---------- */
.three-stories {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
}

.story-mini {
    padding: 0 18px;
    border-right: 1px solid #333333;
}

.story-mini:first-child { padding-left: 0; }
.story-mini:last-child { padding-right: 0; border-right: none; }

.story-mini .dateline {
    display: block;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.7rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    color: #cc0000;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #333333;
    padding-bottom: 4px;
}

.headline-small {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 1.12rem;
    line-height: 1.18;
    margin: 6px 0 8px;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.body-small {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.88rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

/* ---------- FAILURE INDEX ---------- */
.failure-index {
    margin-top: 18px;
    padding: 14px 18px 18px;
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    background: #f5f0e8;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 4px #f5f0e8, inset 0 0 0 5px #1a1a1a;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
}

.failure-grid {
    margin-top: 14px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
    gap: 0;
    border-top: 2px solid #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #1a1a1a;
}

.failure-stat {
    padding: 12px 10px;
    text-align: center;
    border-right: 1px solid #333333;
}

.failure-stat:last-child { border-right: none; }

.stat-value {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 2.2rem;
    line-height: 1;
    color: #cc0000;
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
    font-variant-numeric: lining-nums;
}

.stat-label {
    margin-top: 6px;
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    line-height: 1.25;
}

.failure-footnote {
    margin-top: 10px;
    text-align: right;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.74rem;
    color: #333333;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

/* ---------- OPINION ---------- */
.opinion-section {
    padding: 18px 0 6px;
}

.op-ed-masthead {
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    border-top: 3px double #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 14px 0 8px;
}

.op-tag {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.32em;
    color: #cc0000;
    border-top: 1px solid #cc0000;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #cc0000;
    padding: 3px 14px;
}

.op-title {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.6vw, 2rem);
    margin-top: 8px;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.op-ed-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 1fr;
    gap: 28px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding-bottom: 18px;
}

.editorial,
.op-ed-piece {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    line-height: 1.6;
}

.op-heading {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 1.35rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin: 0 0 10px;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.op-author-tag {
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.7rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    color: #cc0000;
    border: 1px solid #cc0000;
    padding: 1px 6px;
    margin-bottom: 6px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.op-author {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    color: #333333;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.op-body {
    margin: 0 0 0.8em;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.op-signoff {
    margin-top: 6px;
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.86rem;
    color: #333333;
    text-align: right;
}

.board-note {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.74rem;
    color: #cc0000;
    font-style: normal;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

/* ---------- LETTERS ---------- */
.letters {
    padding: 14px 0 18px;
}

.letters-columns {
    column-count: 2;
    column-gap: 2.2rem;
    column-rule: 1px solid #333333;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

.letter {
    break-inside: avoid;
    margin: 0 0 14px;
    padding: 0 0 12px;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #333333;
}

.letter:last-child { border-bottom: none; }

.letter-body {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.94rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    text-indent: 1em;
    text-align: justify;
}

.letter-sig {
    margin-top: 6px;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    text-align: right;
    color: #333333;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.letter-sig em {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #333333;
}

/* ---------- SUBMIT FORM ---------- */
.submit-section {
    padding: 18px 0 24px;
    border-top: 3px double #1a1a1a;
    margin-top: 14px;
}

.submit-intro {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 1rem;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    margin: 6px 0 14px;
    max-width: 780px;
}

.submit-form {
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    background:
        repeating-linear-gradient(
            0deg,
            #f5f0e8 0 28px,
            rgba(51,51,51,0.08) 28px 29px
        );
    padding: 18px;
}

.form-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 18px;
    margin-bottom: 14px;
}

.form-label {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 6px;
}

.form-label-block {
    margin-bottom: 14px;
}

.label-text {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.74rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
    color: #cc0000;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.form-input {
    font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
    font-size: 0.96rem;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    background: #f5f0e8;
    border: none;
    border-bottom: 1.5px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 8px 4px;
    outline: none;
    transition: border-color .18s ease, background .18s ease;
}

.form-input:hover {
    background: rgba(212,200,160,0.35);
}

.form-input:focus {
    border-bottom-color: #cc0000;
    background: rgba(212,200,160,0.45);
}

.form-textarea {
    border: 1.5px solid #1a1a1a;
    resize: vertical;
    min-height: 120px;
    line-height: 1.55;
    padding: 10px;
}

.form-select {
    appearance: none;
    background-image:
        linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 50%, #1a1a1a 50%),
        linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 50%, #1a1a1a 50%);
    background-position:
        calc(100% - 14px) 16px,
        calc(100% - 8px) 16px;
    background-size: 6px 6px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    padding-right: 26px;
}

.form-actions {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 18px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.form-submit {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    color: #f5f0e8;
    background: #1a1a1a;
    border: 2px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 12px 22px;
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: background .18s ease, color .18s ease, transform .18s ease;
}

.form-submit:hover {
    background: #cc0000;
    border-color: #cc0000;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.form-status {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.92rem;
    color: #cc0000;
    min-height: 1.4em;
}

/* ---------- CLASSIFIEDS ---------- */
.classifieds {
    margin-top: 24px;
    background: #d4c8a0;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    padding: 22px 22px 18px;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #d4c8a0, inset 0 0 0 4px #1a1a1a;
    background-image:
        repeating-linear-gradient(
            0deg,
            rgba(26,26,26,0.04) 0 1px,
            transparent 1px 18px
        ),
        radial-gradient(ellipse at 25% 30%, rgba(26,26,26,0.05), transparent 60%),
        radial-gradient(ellipse at 75% 70%, rgba(204,0,0,0.04), transparent 60%);
}

.classifieds-masthead {
    text-align: center;
    padding: 4px 0 10px;
}

.classifieds-title {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    margin: 6px 0 4px;
}

.classifieds-sub {
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    color: #333333;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.rule-double {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    height: 4px;
    margin: 4px 0;
}

.classified-columns {
    column-count: 3;
    column-gap: 1.6rem;
    column-rule: 1px dashed #333333;
    margin: 14px 0;
}

.classified-col {
    display: contents;
}

.classified-ad {
    break-inside: avoid;
    margin: 0 0 14px;
    padding: 0 0 10px;
    border-bottom: 1px dashed #333333;
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
    color: #1a1a1a;
}

.classified-ad p {
    margin: 0;
    text-align: justify;
    hyphens: auto;
}

.ad-head {
    font-family: "Playfair Display", serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    font-size: 0.78rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.18em;
    color: #cc0000;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #cc0000;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
}

/* COLOPHON */
.colophon {
    margin-top: 14px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: "Courier Prime", monospace;
    font-size: 0.74rem;
    color: #1a1a1a;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

.colophon-line {
    margin: 2px 0;
}

.colophon em {
    font-family: "Lora", serif;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #333333;
}

.copy {
    color: #cc0000;
    letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    margin-left: 8px;
}

/* ---------- RESPONSIVE ---------- */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .paper { padding: 0 22px 28px; }

    .wire-strip,
    .breaking-banner { margin: 0 -22px; }

    .masthead-top {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        text-align: center;
    }
    .masthead-meta.left,
    .masthead-meta.right {
        text-align: center;
        padding: 0;
    }

    .body-columns,
    .body-columns.two-col {
        column-count: 2;
        column-gap: 1.4rem;
    }

    .grid-row {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
        gap: 18px;
    }
    .grid-row::after { display: none; }

    .three-stories {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    }
    .story-mini {
        padding: 0;
        border-right: none;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #333333;
        padding-bottom: 14px;
        margin-bottom: 14px;
    }

    .failure-grid {
        grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    }
    .failure-stat:nth-child(3n) { border-right: none; }

    .op-ed-grid {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    }

    .letters-columns {
        column-count: 1;
    }

    .classified-columns {
        column-count: 2;
    }

    .form-row {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
    body { padding: 12px 6px 24px; }

    .paper { padding: 0 14px 22px; }

    .wire-strip,
    .breaking-banner { margin: 0 -14px; }

    .body-columns,
    .body-columns.two-col {
        column-count: 1;
    }

    .nameplate {
        font-size: clamp(2rem, 9vw, 2.6rem);
    }

    .headline-jumbo {
        font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 7vw, 2rem);
    }

    .failure-grid {
        grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    }
    .failure-stat:nth-child(3n) { border-right: 1px solid #333333; }
    .failure-stat:nth-child(2n) { border-right: none; }

    .classified-columns {
        column-count: 1;
    }

    .breaking-tag {
        font-size: 0.7rem;
        padding: 6px 10px;
        letter-spacing: 0.16em;
    }
    .breaking-line {
        font-size: 0.85rem;
        padding: 6px 10px;
    }
}

/* ---------- REDUCED MOTION ---------- */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .wire-text { animation: none; }
    .breaking-line { transition: none; }
    .form-submit { transition: none; }
}