/* ========================================================================== Thistle & Moth — site stylesheet Fonts: EB Garamond (headings), Source Serif 4 (body), Inter (UI chrome) Palette: emerald banner / cobalt accent / parchment & ink / gold & thistle ornaments — see the "Thistle & Moth — Visual Identity" reference for the full rationale behind these choices. ========================================================================== */ /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Font loading Self-hosted is preferable to a Google Fonts CDN call for both privacy and reliability. Drop the .woff2 files in /assets/fonts/ and adjust paths below. If you'd rather use Google Fonts directly, swap this block for @import statements or a in your head partial instead — either works, just don't do both. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @font-face { font-family: "EB Garamond"; src: url("/fonts/EBGaramond-Regular.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "EB Garamond"; src: url("/fonts/EBGaramond-Medium.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 600; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Source Serif 4"; src: url("/fonts/SourceSerif4-Regular.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Source Serif 4"; src: url("/fonts/SourceSerif4-Italic.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Inter"; src: url("/fonts/Inter-Regular.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Design tokens Light mode: an open page in daylight — parchment ground, ink text. Dark mode (below, @media prefers-color-scheme): the same page read by lamplight — a deep emerald-black ground holding the parchment content surface, rather than a naive color inversion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ :root { /* Color — light (default) */ --color-bg: #f6f0df; /* parchment page ground */ --color-bg-raised: #fbf7ec; /* cards, code blocks, pull-quote background */ --color-ink: #241c14; /* body text — warm, not flat black */ --color-ink-heading: #1a140d; /* headings, strongest contrast */ --color-ink-soft: #4a3f30; /* metadata, dividers, quiet secondary text */ --color-border: #d8c9a3; --color-accent: #1d4f91; /* cobalt — links, rules, emphasis */ --color-accent-hover: #163b70; --color-gold: #a9812e; /* ornament — drop caps, sparingly */ --color-thistle: #6e5a87; /* ornament — tags, quiet secondary accent */ --color-thistle-bg: #e7e0ee; --color-banner-bg: #0b6e4f; /* emerald banner ground */ --color-banner-bg-deep: #084c37; --color-banner-text: #f2ecdc; /* warm ivory — not stark white */ /* Type */ --font-body: "Source Serif 4", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; --font-heading: "EB Garamond", "Palatino Linotype", Georgia, serif; --font-ui: "Inter", "IBM Plex Sans", -apple-system, sans-serif; --font-size-base: 19px; --line-height-base: 1.65; --measure: 70ch; /* max line length for body text */ /* Spacing scale */ --space-1: 0.5rem; --space-2: 1rem; --space-3: 1.75rem; --space-4: 3rem; --space-5: 5rem; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { --color-bg: #12201a; --color-bg-raised: #efe6cd; --color-ink: #2a2013; --color-ink-heading: #1c150c; --color-ink-soft: #52432c; --color-border: #cabb92; --color-accent: #5b83c9; --color-accent-hover: #7b9dd6; --color-gold: #c9a227; --color-thistle: #9c8ab9; --color-thistle-bg: #2a2436; --color-banner-bg: #0a5a41; --color-banner-bg-deep: #073f2d; --color-banner-text: #f5efdd; } } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Base -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; } html { font-size: 100%; } body { background-color: var(--color-bg); color: var(--color-ink); font-family: var(--font-body); font-size: var(--font-size-base); line-height: var(--line-height-base); margin: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; } /* Main content column */ main { max-width: var(--measure); margin: 0 auto; padding: var(--space-4) var(--space-2); } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Headings -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: var(--font-heading); color: var(--color-ink-heading); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: var(--space-4); margin-bottom: var(--space-2); } h1 { font-size: 2.6rem; margin-top: 0; } h2 { font-size: 2rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border); padding-bottom: var(--space-1); } h3 { font-size: 1.5rem; } h4 { font-size: 1.2rem; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Body text elements -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ p { margin: 0 0 var(--space-2) 0; } a { color: var(--color-accent); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.15em; } a:hover, a:focus { color: var(--color-accent-hover); } /* Visible focus state — important for keyboard/screen-reader navigation */ a:focus-visible, button:focus-visible, input:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--color-accent); outline-offset: 2px; } strong { color: var(--color-ink-heading); } em, i { font-style: italic; } blockquote { margin: var(--space-3) 0; padding: var(--space-2) var(--space-3); border-left: 3px solid var(--color-accent); background-color: var(--color-bg-raised); font-style: italic; } blockquote p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; } hr { border: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--color-gold); width: 4rem; margin: var(--space-4) auto; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ ul, ol { padding-left: 1.4em; margin: 0 0 var(--space-2) 0; } li { margin-bottom: 0.4em; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Code / pre Kept legible rather than decorative — likely to appear rarely on this site, but essays quoting Latin, TSV data, or Canon law citations sometimes want a monospace treatment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ code, pre { font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 0.9em; } code { background-color: var(--color-bg-raised); padding: 0.1em 0.35em; border-radius: 3px; } pre { background-color: var(--color-bg-raised); padding: var(--space-2); overflow-x: auto; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid var(--color-border); } pre code { background: none; padding: 0; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. UI chrome — nav, metadata, tags Sans-serif reserved for these elements only. Never used for body prose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ .site-header, .site-footer, nav, .meta, .tags { font-family: var(--font-ui); } /* The masthead — the "banner" in the visual identity reference: emerald ground, ivory text, in both color modes (it deliberately does not follow the page's light/dark swap the way body content does — see --color-banner-* above, which stay emerald/ivory and only deepen slightly for dark mode). */ .site-header { background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--color-banner-bg) 0%, var(--color-banner-bg-deep) 100%); padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-2); display: flex; align-items: baseline; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--space-1) var(--space-3); } .site-title { font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: 1.9rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--color-banner-text); text-decoration: none; } nav a { text-decoration: none; color: var(--color-banner-text); opacity: 0.88; margin-right: var(--space-2); font-size: 0.95rem; letter-spacing: 0.02em; } nav a:hover { opacity: 1; } .meta { color: var(--color-ink-soft); font-size: 0.85rem; letter-spacing: 0.02em; } .tags { color: var(--color-thistle); font-size: 0.75rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.03em; } .site-footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border); padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-2); color: var(--color-ink-soft); font-size: 0.85rem; text-align: center; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Skip link Off-screen until focused — the same pattern needed for any keyboard/ screen-reader user to bypass the header nav straight to
. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ .skip-link { position: absolute; left: -9999px; top: 0; z-index: 100; background-color: var(--color-banner-bg); color: var(--color-banner-text); font-family: var(--font-ui); padding: var(--space-1) var(--space-2); border-radius: 0 0 4px 0; } .skip-link:focus { left: 0; } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Buttons, form fields, and the reader-magnet enrollment funnel (layouts/partials/course-enroll-form.html, layouts/courses/single.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ .btn { display: inline-block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.95rem; letter-spacing: 0.02em; text-decoration: none; color: var(--color-banner-text); background-color: var(--color-accent); border: none; border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem; cursor: pointer; } .btn:hover { background-color: var(--color-accent-hover); color: var(--color-banner-text); } label { display: block; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0.35rem; } input[type="email"], input[type="text"], textarea { width: 100%; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 1rem; color: var(--color-ink); background-color: var(--color-bg-raised); border: 1px solid var(--color-border); border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.65rem 0.75rem; margin-bottom: var(--space-2); } /* Honeypot: must stay genuinely hidden from sighted users (not just visually de-emphasized), or a real visitor filling it in silently kills their own signup — see course-enroll-form.html's `if (form.website.value) return;` check. */ .field-honeypot { position: absolute; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; } .course-hero { text-align: center; } .course-cover { max-width: 14rem; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); margin: 0 auto var(--space-3); } .course-subhead { font-style: italic; color: var(--color-ink-soft); margin-top: 0; } .course-social-proof { font-style: italic; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--color-ink-soft); } .enroll-form { max-width: 24rem; margin: var(--space-3) auto; text-align: left; } .enroll-status { text-align: center; font-family: var(--font-ui); font-size: 0.9rem; } .enroll-download { text-align: center; margin-top: var(--space-2); } .course-repeat-cta { text-align: center; margin-top: var(--space-5); } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Post/article-specific -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ .post-title { margin-bottom: var(--space-1); } .post-meta { margin-bottom: var(--space-4); } .post-content h2:first-of-type { margin-top: var(--space-3); } /* Drop cap for opening paragraph — optional, purely decorative flourish; delete this rule if it doesn't earn its keep in practice */ .post-content > p:first-of-type::first-letter { font-family: var(--font-heading); font-size: 3.2em; float: left; line-height: 0.8; padding-right: 0.08em; padding-top: 0.05em; color: var(--color-gold); } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Responsive -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @media (max-width: 640px) { :root { --font-size-base: 17px; } h1 { font-size: 2.1rem; } h2 { font-size: 1.6rem; } main { padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-2); } } /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Print -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @media print { body { background: #fff; color: #000; } nav, .site-footer { display: none; } }