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/* Homepage, September 2026: quiet editorial layout. Keep reading pages intact. */
.home-page { --home-line: #2a2d34; }
.home-page .hero { padding: 62px 0 0; }
.hero-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.22fr 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 32px; }
.hero-writing { padding: 25px 0 34px; min-width: 0; }
.home-page .eyebrow { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .15em; color: #a9adb7; }
.home-page .eyebrow::before { width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; }
.home-page .hero h1 {
  font-family: 'Songti SC', 'STSong', 'Noto Serif CJK SC', var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(40px, 4.7vw, 68px); line-height: 1.45; letter-spacing: -.065em;
  font-weight: 500; margin: 29px 0 12px;
}
.home-page .hero h1 em { font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; color: #b5c7f2; }
.hero-english { font: italic 18px/1.6 var(--serif); color: #a0a4b1; margin: 0 0 27px; }
.home-page .hero-copy { font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; color: #a8aab3; }
.hero-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 27px; margin-top: 30px; }
.home-page .button { padding: 13px 21px; font-weight: 500; gap: 27px; border-radius: 2px; }
.hero-secondary { font-size: 13px; color: #c1c2cb; padding: 10px 0; }
.hero-secondary span { margin-left: 10px; color: var(--blue); }
.hero-secondary:hover { color: var(--blue); }
.mind-study { min-width: 0; max-width: 470px; width: 100%; justify-self: end; }
.study-label, .study-caption { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 12px; color: #828998; font: 9px/1.6 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .14em; }
.study-label { padding: 0 18px; }
.mind-orbits { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; }
.study-caption { padding: 0 18px; font-size: 10px; }
.study-caption span:first-child { color: #b0b5c2; letter-spacing: .12em; }
.home-page .hero-note { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--home-line); margin-top: 38px; padding-bottom: 21px; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: .12em; }
.home-page .hero-note a { color: #adb2bf; }
.home-page .hero-note a span { padding-left: 20px; color: var(--blue); }
.home-page .section { padding: 55px 0 62px; }
.home-page .section-heading { margin-bottom: 29px; gap: 20px; }
.home-page .section-kicker { font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: .16em; color: #8f9db9; margin-bottom: 13px; }
.home-page .section-heading h2 { font-family: 'Songti SC', STSong, var(--serif); font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.home-page .section-heading .meta { font-size: 11px; color: #868b98; white-space: nowrap; }
.home-page .featured { grid-template-columns: 74px minmax(0, 1fr) 44px; padding: 32px 0 35px; gap: 28px; border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--home-line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--home-line); border-radius: 0; background: none; }
.home-page .feature-index { font-size: 48px; color: #687893; padding-top: 6px; }
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.home-page .featured:hover h3 { color: var(--blue); }
.home-page .featured p { font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.95; margin-bottom: 20px; max-width: 650px; }
.home-page .tag { font-size: 11px; color: #afbfdf; }
.home-page .article-meta { font-size: 11px; color: #9297a3; gap: 16px; }
.home-page .sample { color: #b0b4c1; border-color: #464b58; }
.home-page .round-arrow { border-color: #404651; font-size: 21px; width: 40px; height: 40px; }
.home-page .essay-row { grid-template-columns: 74px minmax(0, 1fr) 44px; padding: 26px 0; gap: 28px; border-color: var(--home-line); }
.home-page .essay-row .index { font-size: 23px; color: #818898; }
.home-page .essay-row h3 { font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 5px 0 10px; }
.home-page .topics { border-top: 0; border-color: var(--home-line); padding: 0 0 40px; gap: 24px; }
.home-page .topic { grid-template-columns: 24px 1fr; gap: 8px; }
.home-page .topic + .topic { border-left: 0; padding-left: 15px; }
.home-page .topic .number { color: #8390a8; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; }
.home-page .topic h2 { font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
.home-page .topic h2 span { color: #8f99ac; font-size: 13px; }
.home-page .topic p { font-size: 12px; color: #999eaa; }
.home-page .about-block { border-top: 0; grid-template-columns: .85fr 1.15fr; padding: 68px 0 78px; gap: 70px; }
.home-page .about-monogram { font-size: 114px; color: #8996b3; margin: 19px 0 15px; }
.signature-note { display: block; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .15em; color: #898f9f; }
.home-page .about-copy h2 { font: 500 29px/1.65 'Songti SC', STSong, var(--serif); margin: 0 0 23px; }
.home-page .about-copy p { font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; color: #a3a7b2; }
.home-page .underlink { font-size: 13px; border-color: #596477; }
.empty-essays { padding: 32px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--home-line); color: var(--fg); line-height: 2; }
.empty-essays span { color: var(--muted); font-size: 14px; }
@media (min-width: 1600px) {
  .home-page .hero { padding-top: 72px; }
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}
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .hero-layout { grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 1fr; gap: 18px; }
  .home-page .hero h1 { font-size: clamp(35px, 4.6vw, 50px); }
  .hero-actions { gap: 18px; }
  .home-page .button { gap: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; }
  .home-page .topic + .topic { padding-left: 0; }
  .study-caption span:last-child { display: none; }
}
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  .hero-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; }
  .hero-writing { padding: 0; }
  .home-page .eyebrow { font-size: 10px; }
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  .hero-english { font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 19px; }
  .home-page .hero-copy { font-size: 13px; }
  .hero-actions { margin-top: 24px; gap: 25px; }
  .mind-study { width: 200px; margin: 24px auto 0; justify-self: center; }
  .study-label { font-size: 7px; padding: 0; letter-spacing: .09em; }
  .study-caption { display: none; }
  .mind-orbits { margin-top: 4px; }
  .home-page .hero-note { margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 18px; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: .03em; }
  .home-page .hero-note a span { padding-left: 8px; }
  .home-page .section { padding: 35px 0 38px; }
  .home-page .section-heading { gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 22px; }
  .home-page .section-heading h2 { font-size: 24px; }
  .home-page .section-heading .meta { font-size: 10px; }
  .home-page .section-kicker { font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
  .home-page .featured { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; padding: 24px 0 27px; }
  .home-page .feature-index { display: none; }
  .home-page .featured h3 { font-size: 23px; margin-top: 11px; }
  .home-page .featured p { font-size: 13px; }
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  .home-page .essay-row .index { font-size: 18px; }
  .home-page .article-meta { gap: 10px; font-size: 10px; }
  .home-page .topics { gap: 0; padding-bottom: 20px; }
  .home-page .topic { padding: 16px 0; grid-template-columns: 26px 1fr; }
  .home-page .topic + .topic { border-top: 1px solid #24272e; }
  .home-page .topic h2 span { display: inline; margin-left: 12px; }
  .home-page .topic p { max-width: none; }
  .home-page .about-block { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 38px 0 47px; gap: 19px; }
  .home-page .about-monogram, .signature-note { display: none; }
  .home-page .about-copy h2 { font-size: 26px; }
  .home-page .about-copy p { font-size: 13px; }
}