/* Vera's Picks — the masthead page. */

.masthead { padding-top: 60px; text-align: center; }
.wordmark {
  font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 10vw, 4.2rem);
  line-height: .98; letter-spacing: -.01em;
}
.rule-thin { width: 54px; height: 1px; background: var(--accent); margin: 26px auto; }
.creed {
  font-style: italic; font-size: 1.12rem; line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--ink-mid); max-width: 30ch; margin-inline: auto;
}

.strip {
  display: flex; margin: 50px auto 0; max-width: 780px;
  border-block: 1px solid var(--hair);
}
.strip div { flex: 1; text-align: center; padding: 18px 8px; }
.strip div + div { border-left: 1px solid var(--hair); }
.strip b {
  display: block; font-family: var(--display);
  font-size: 1.7rem; line-height: 1; font-weight: 400;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.strip span {
  display: block; margin-top: 7px; font-family: var(--meta);
  font-size: .56rem; letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.section { margin: 60px auto; }

.pick {
  display: block; text-decoration: none;
  padding: 22px 0; border-block: 1px solid var(--hair);
}
.pick-city {
  font-family: var(--meta); font-size: .58rem;
  letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.pick-title {
  font-family: var(--display); font-size: 1.3rem;
  line-height: 1.28; margin-top: 8px;
}
.pick-note { font-size: .94rem; color: var(--ink-mid); margin-top: 6px; max-width: 40em; }

.signup { background: var(--tint); padding: 42px var(--pad); margin: 60px 0; text-align: center; }
.signup-note {
  color: var(--ink-mid); font-size: .98rem;
  max-width: 38ch; margin: 0 auto 18px;
}
.signup-soon {
  font-family: var(--meta); font-size: .66rem;
  letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ink-soft);
}

/* Plain text, deliberately not links — only one article exists (plan §4). */
.cities {
  columns: 2; column-gap: 26px;
  font-size: .92rem; line-height: 2.05; color: var(--ink-mid);
}
@media (min-width: 860px) { .cities { columns: 3; } }
.cities span { display: block; break-inside: avoid; }

.about p { color: var(--ink-mid); max-width: 36em; }
.about p + p { margin-top: 18px; }

/* Disabled until a newsletter service is chosen (plan §4). Shown rather than
   hidden so the intent is legible; disabled rather than live so no address is
   silently discarded. */
.signup-form {
  display: grid; gap: 10px; max-width: 380px; margin: 0 auto 16px;
}
.signup-form input, .signup-form button {
  font-family: var(--body); font-size: 1rem;
  padding: 15px 16px; min-height: 52px; border-radius: 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--hair); background: var(--surface); color: var(--ink);
}
.signup-form button {
  font-family: var(--meta); font-size: .64rem;
  letter-spacing: .24em; text-transform: uppercase;
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--ground); border-color: var(--ink);
}
.signup-form input:disabled, .signup-form button:disabled {
  opacity: .45; cursor: not-allowed;
}
.visually-hidden {
  position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0 0 0 0); white-space: nowrap;
}