:root { --serif: "Source Serif 4", Georgia, serif; }
.letter-page { background: #d8d1c3; }
.letter-header { position: fixed; z-index: 100; inset: 0 0 auto; height: 4.6rem; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding: 0 var(--gutter); color: var(--bone); background: rgba(20,21,19,.76); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(238,233,222,.28); backdrop-filter: blur(10px); }
.letter-header__back { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .65rem; font-family: var(--mono); font-size: .68rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .06em; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-header__back:hover { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: .35rem; }
.letter-cover { position: relative; min-height: 72svh; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; padding: 10rem var(--gutter) 9rem; color: var(--bone); background: var(--charcoal); overflow: hidden; }
.letter-cover > img, .letter-cover__wash { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }
.letter-cover > img { object-fit: cover; object-position: center 52%; filter: saturate(.76) contrast(1.04); }
.letter-cover__wash { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(20,21,19,.9), rgba(20,21,19,.5) 55%, rgba(20,21,19,.18)), linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(20,21,19,.64), transparent 65%); }
.letter-cover__content { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: min(72rem, 88%); }
.letter-cover h1 { max-width: 10ch; font-size: clamp(4.4rem, 8.5vw, 8.5rem); overflow-wrap: normal; word-break: normal; }
.letter-cover h1 em { color: var(--fire); }
.letter-cover__meta { position: absolute; z-index: 1; right: var(--gutter); bottom: 2.2rem; display: flex; gap: 1.4rem; font-size: .58rem; }
.letter-cover__meta span::before { content: "/"; margin-right: 1.4rem; color: var(--fire); }
.open-letter { position: relative; padding: 0 var(--gutter) 7rem; background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--charcoal) 0 5rem, #d8d1c3 5rem 100%); }
.letter-paper { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(72rem, 100%); margin: 0 auto; padding: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem) clamp(1.5rem, 8vw, 8rem) clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem); color: #292923; background: #f7f2e7; border: 1px solid rgba(32,33,30,.18); box-shadow: 0 2rem 5rem rgba(32,33,30,.22); }
.letter-paper::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: .8rem; border: 1px solid rgba(32,33,30,.08); pointer-events: none; }
.letter-paper__header { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .7fr 1fr 1.4fr; gap: 2rem; margin-bottom: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 7rem); padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--charcoal); }
.letter-paper__header div { display: grid; gap: .3rem; }
.letter-paper__header span { font-family: var(--mono); font-size: .58rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-paper__header strong { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: .98rem; font-weight: 600; }
.letter-body { width: min(46rem, 100%); margin: 0 auto; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.35vw, 1.25rem); line-height: 1.75; }
.letter-body p { margin: 0 0 1.45rem; }
.letter-link { color: var(--clay); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: .2em; }
.letter-link:hover { color: var(--charcoal); }
.letter-salutation { margin-bottom: 3rem !important; font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 2.7rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; }
.letter-passage { margin-top: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); }
.letter-marker { margin-bottom: 1.4rem !important; color: var(--clay); font-size: .63rem; font-weight: 700; }
.letter-passage h2, .letter-belief h2 { margin: 0 0 2.5rem; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 5vw, 5rem); font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -.035em; line-height: .98; text-transform: none; }
.letter-emphasis { margin: 2.5rem 0 !important; color: var(--clay); font-family: var(--condensed); font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.8vw, 3.6rem); font-weight: 700; line-height: .95; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-quote { position: relative; width: calc(100% + 7rem); margin: 4rem 0 4rem -3.5rem; padding: 2.2rem 2.5rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--charcoal); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--charcoal); }
.letter-quote::before { content: "“"; position: absolute; top: .25rem; left: -1.7rem; color: var(--fire); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 5rem; line-height: 1; }
.letter-quote p { margin: 0 0 1rem; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 2.6vw, 2.5rem); font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25; }
.letter-quote small { font-family: var(--mono); font-size: .6rem; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-photo { margin: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) 0; padding: .7rem .7rem 1rem; background: #fffdf7; border: 1px solid rgba(32,33,30,.12); box-shadow: 0 1rem 2.5rem rgba(32,33,30,.15); }
.letter-photo--wide { width: calc(100% + 12rem); margin-left: -6rem; transform: rotate(-.8deg); }
.letter-photo--offset-left { width: min(31rem, 84%); margin-right: auto; margin-left: -3rem; transform: rotate(-1.1deg); }
.letter-photo--offset-right { width: min(31rem, 84%); margin-right: -3rem; margin-left: auto; transform: rotate(1.1deg); }
.letter-photo--childhood { width: calc(100% + 4rem); margin: 3.5rem 0 4.5rem -2rem; transform: rotate(.6deg); }
.letter-photo--inline { width: min(38rem, 100%); margin: 3.5rem auto 4.5rem; transform: rotate(-.7deg); }
.letter-photo--inline-alt { transform: rotate(.7deg); }
.letter-photo--valley { width: calc(100% + 6rem); margin: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 6rem) 0 clamp(4rem, 7vw, 6rem) -3rem; transform: rotate(-.4deg); }

/* Time bridge: an old print and a recent photo side by side, overlapping at the corners. */
.time-bridge { width: calc(100% + 12rem); margin: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) 0 clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem) -6rem; }
.time-bridge__frames { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; }
.time-bridge__frame { position: relative; flex: var(--ar, 1.333) 1 0; min-width: 0; margin: 0; padding: .6rem; background: #fffdf7; border: 1px solid rgba(32,33,30,.12); box-shadow: 0 1rem 2.5rem rgba(32,33,30,.18); }
.time-bridge__frame--then { z-index: 1; margin-right: -2.2rem; }
.time-bridge__frame--now { z-index: 2; margin-top: 1.6rem; }
.time-bridge__frame img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; }
.time-bridge__frame--then img { filter: sepia(.4) saturate(.8) contrast(1.05); }
.time-bridge__frame--now img { filter: saturate(.76) contrast(1.03); }
.time-bridge--archive .time-bridge__frame img { filter: saturate(.85) contrast(1.03); }
.time-bridge figcaption { padding-top: 2.4rem; text-align: center; font-size: .56rem; }
@media (max-width: 800px) { .time-bridge { width: calc(100% + 3rem); margin-left: -1.5rem; } }
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .time-bridge { width: calc(100% + 1.7rem); margin-left: -.85rem; }
  .time-bridge__frame { padding: .4rem; }
  .time-bridge__frame--then { margin-right: -1.2rem; }
  .time-bridge__frame--now { margin-top: 1rem; }
}
.letter-photo img { width: 100%; height: auto; object-fit: contain; filter: saturate(.76) contrast(1.03); }
.letter-photo figcaption { padding-top: .7rem; font-size: .56rem; }
.letter-belief { width: calc(100% + 12rem); margin: clamp(6rem, 10vw, 9rem) 0 clamp(6rem, 10vw, 9rem) -6rem; padding: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 5.5rem); color: var(--bone); background: var(--forest); }
.letter-belief .letter-marker { color: var(--fire); }
.letter-belief .letter-link { color: var(--fire); }
.letter-belief .letter-link:hover { color: var(--bone); }
.letter-belief h2 { font-size: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 7rem); }
.letter-belief__lead { padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(238,233,222,.4); font-family: var(--condensed); font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.5vw, 3.2rem); line-height: 1; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-signoff { margin-top: clamp(6rem, 10vw, 9rem); padding-top: 3rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--charcoal); }
.letter-signoff > p { font-family: var(--condensed); font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 5vw, 5rem); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.025em; line-height: .95; text-transform: uppercase; }
.letter-signoff > p strong { color: var(--fire); font-weight: 700; }
.letter-signature { display: grid; justify-items: end; margin-top: 4rem; }
.letter-signature span { font-style: italic; }
.letter-signature b { font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 6vw, 5.5rem); font-style: italic; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap; transform: rotate(-4deg); }
.letter-afterword { width: min(72rem, 100%); display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; margin: 3.5rem auto 0; }
.letter-afterword p { margin: 0; font-size: .65rem; font-weight: 700; }
.letter-footer { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; padding: 3rem var(--gutter); color: var(--bone); background: var(--charcoal); }
.letter-footer > a:last-child { font-family: var(--mono); font-size: .6rem; letter-spacing: .06em; }
@media (max-width: 800px) {
  .letter-paper { padding-left: clamp(1.5rem, 7vw, 4rem); padding-right: clamp(1.5rem, 7vw, 4rem); }
  .letter-paper__header { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .letter-paper__header div:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
  .letter-quote { width: 100%; margin-left: 0; }
  .letter-quote::before { left: .5rem; top: -2.8rem; }
  .letter-photo--wide, .letter-photo--valley, .letter-belief { width: calc(100% + 3rem); margin-left: -1.5rem; }
  .letter-photo--offset-left { margin-left: 0; }
  .letter-photo--offset-right { margin-right: 0; }
  .letter-photo--childhood { width: 100%; margin-left: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .letter-header { height: 4.4rem; }
  .letter-header__label { display: none; }
  .letter-header__back { width: 2rem; justify-content: center; font-size: .9rem; }
  .letter-cover { min-height: 44rem; padding: 8rem var(--gutter) 8rem; }
  .letter-cover > img { object-position: 76% center; }
  .letter-cover__content { width: 100%; }
  .letter-cover h1 { max-width: 9ch; font-size: clamp(3.35rem, 15vw, 4.35rem); }
  .letter-cover__meta { left: var(--gutter); right: auto; }
  .open-letter { padding: 0 .65rem 5rem; background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--charcoal) 0 3rem, #d8d1c3 3rem 100%); }
  .letter-paper { padding: 2rem 1.35rem 4rem; }
  .letter-paper::before { inset: .45rem; }
  .letter-paper__header { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 1rem; margin-bottom: 4rem; }
  .letter-paper__header div:last-child { grid-column: auto; }
  .letter-body { font-size: 1.06rem; line-height: 1.68; }
  .letter-salutation { font-size: 1.8rem; }
  .letter-passage h2 { font-size: 2.9rem; }
  .letter-quote { padding: 1.8rem 1rem; }
  .letter-photo--wide, .letter-photo--valley, .letter-belief { width: calc(100% + 1.7rem); margin-left: -.85rem; transform: none; }
  .letter-photo--offset-left, .letter-photo--offset-right, .letter-photo--childhood, .letter-photo--inline { width: 100%; transform: none; }
  .letter-belief { padding: 3rem 1.5rem; }
  .letter-belief h2 { font-size: 4rem; }
  .letter-afterword { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; }
  .letter-footer { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } }

/* Language picker inside the letter header: keep the compact dropdown at every width. */
.letter-header__actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.4rem; }
.letter-header .language-picker { position: relative; display: inline-flex; padding: 0; }
.letter-header .language-picker__trigger { width: auto; min-width: 5.2rem; grid-template-columns: 1.3rem auto .7rem; color: var(--bone); border-color: rgba(238,233,222,.55); background: rgba(20,21,19,.32); text-align: left; }
.letter-header .language-picker__menu { position: absolute; display: block; width: 14.5rem; margin-top: 0; box-shadow: .6rem .6rem 0 rgba(32,33,30,.18); opacity: 0; visibility: hidden; pointer-events: none; transform: translateY(-.4rem); }
.letter-header .language-picker.is-open .language-picker__menu { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; pointer-events: auto; transform: none; }
@media (max-width: 640px) { .letter-header__actions { gap: .8rem; } }