/* ==========================================================================
Thistle & Moth — site stylesheet
Fonts: EB Garamond (headings), Source Serif 4 (body), Inter (UI chrome)
Palette: parchment / ink / oxblood / brass
========================================================================== */
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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@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
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:root {
/* Color */
--color-bg: #f7f3ea;
--color-bg-raised: #efe9db; /* cards, code blocks, pull-quote background */
--color-ink: #2a2521; /* body text */
--color-ink-heading: #1c1712; /* headings, strongest contrast */
--color-accent: #7a2e2e; /* links, rules, emphasis — oxblood */
--color-accent-hover: #5c2222;
--color-brass: #8c7a5b; /* metadata, dividers, secondary accent */
--color-border: #ddd3bd;
/* 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;
}
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Base
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*,
*::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
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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
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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-brass);
width: 4rem;
margin: var(--space-4) auto;
}
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Lists
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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.
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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.
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.site-header,
.site-footer,
nav,
.meta,
.tags {
font-family: var(--font-ui);
}
.site-header {
padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-2);
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border);
}
.site-title {
font-family: var(--font-heading);
font-size: 1.6rem;
color: var(--color-ink-heading);
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a {
text-decoration: none;
color: var(--color-ink);
margin-right: var(--space-2);
font-size: 0.95rem;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}
nav a:hover {
color: var(--color-accent);
}
.meta {
color: var(--color-brass);
font-size: 0.85rem;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}
.site-footer {
border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-2);
color: var(--color-brass);
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 .
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.skip-link {
position: absolute;
left: -9999px;
top: 0;
z-index: 100;
background-color: var(--color-accent);
color: var(--color-bg);
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)
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.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-bg);
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-bg);
}
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-brass);
margin-top: 0;
}
.course-social-proof {
font-style: italic;
font-size: 0.9rem;
color: var(--color-brass);
}
.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
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.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-accent);
}
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. Responsive
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@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
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@media print {
body {
background: #fff;
color: #000;
}
nav, .site-footer {
display: none;
}
}