/* Only Humans Score — shared site shell. Museum after midnight. Human is warm (brass/bone); the machine is cool (steel/silver). */ :root{ --wall:#100f12; --wall-2:#16151a; --panel:#1a191f; --panel-2:#211f27; --bone:#ece4d3; --bone-dim:#b0aa9a; --faint:#aca9b6; --line:#2a2830; --brass:#cba652; --gold:#e6c478; /* human / warm */ --steel:#8cafd0; --silver:#c6ccd6; /* machine / cool */ --win:#7bd6a0; --lose:#e0736b; --term:#62e39a; --term-dim:#69b88e; /* phosphor — shared with the Ticker; -dim is AAA (7:1) on wall+panel */ --serif:'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; --mono:'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, 'Courier New', monospace; --wrap:1080px; } *{box-sizing:border-box} html{scroll-behavior:smooth} body{margin:0;background:var(--wall);color:var(--bone);font-family:var(--serif);font-size:19px;line-height:1.55; background-image:radial-gradient(900px 460px at 20% -10%,#1c1422,transparent 70%),radial-gradient(900px 460px at 82% -6%,#0e1a24,transparent 70%); background-attachment:fixed;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased} a{color:var(--brass);text-decoration:none} a:hover{color:var(--gold)} /* AAA: inline prose links MUST be distinguishable without color alone (WCAG 1.4.1). Underline any sitting directly inside a paragraph, list item, blockquote, or note — anywhere a user is reading flowing text — and leave styled buttons/chips alone (the .btn / .ghost / .opt families have their own visible affordance). */ p > a:not(.btn):not(.ghost):not(.opt), li > a:not(.btn):not(.ghost):not(.opt), blockquote a:not(.btn):not(.ghost):not(.opt), .note a:not(.btn):not(.ghost):not(.opt), .lede a:not(.btn):not(.ghost):not(.opt){ text-decoration:underline; text-underline-offset:3px; text-decoration-thickness:1px; } .mono{font-family:var(--mono)} .wrap{max-width:var(--wrap);margin:0 auto;padding:0 22px} .eyebrow{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.32em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--brass)} h1,h2,h3{font-weight:600;line-height:1.05;margin:0 0 .4em} h1{font-size:clamp(40px,8vw,82px);letter-spacing:-.01em} h2{font-size:clamp(26px,4vw,40px)} h3{font-size:22px} p{margin:0 0 1em} .lede{font-size:clamp(19px,2.3vw,24px);color:var(--bone-dim)} .lede em{color:var(--bone);font-style:italic} .small{font-size:14px;color:var(--bone-dim)} .faint{color:var(--faint)} .rule{height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--brass),transparent);margin:30px 0;border:0} /* .rule is a hairline divider, and that height:1px is a trap for any page that reuses the name for a bordered CALLOUT box. A page-scoped `.foo .rule{border; padding;background}` out-specifies all three of those properties and still inherits the 1px, so the box clamps to padding-plus-border while its text overflows and the next heading paints straight through it. Found on a phone, 2026-08-05, on the-bar-nobody-crosses.html: box 22px tall, content 460px. Every one of the 51 real dividers on this site is literally empty, so :empty keeps them at a hairline and anything with content in it gets its height back. Fixes the callout boxes and disarms the name for whoever reaches for it next. */ .rule:not(:empty){height:auto} /* nav */ nav.top{position:sticky;top:0;z-index:50;background:rgba(16,15,18,.92);backdrop-filter:blur(10px);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(10px);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);transition:transform .28s ease} /* auto-hide on reading: scroll down and the bar tucks away so the text shines through; scroll up (or reach the top) and it returns. theme.js toggles .nav-tuck. */ nav.top.nav-tuck{transform:translateY(-100%)} @media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){nav.top{transition:none}} /* mobile: drop the backdrop blur — Android Chrome can smear grey artifacts from blurred sticky layers on scroll; a near-solid bar renders clean */ @media(max-width:760px){nav.top{backdrop-filter:none;-webkit-backdrop-filter:none;background:rgba(16,15,18,.98)}} /* ── MOBILE PERFORMANCE GUARD ───────────────────────────────────────────── Budget phones can't composite a heavy page (dozens of blur layers + infinite shadow animations) fast enough and paint blank white tiles over the content. On small screens: kill all backdrop-blur (each is a GPU layer) and any infinite box-shadow pulsing (a repaint storm). Looks ~identical; renders solid. */ @media(max-width:760px){ *,*::before,*::after{backdrop-filter:none!important;-webkit-backdrop-filter:none!important} .btn.hot{animation:none!important} } nav.top .wrap{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px 20px;min-height:60px;flex-wrap:wrap;padding:6px 22px} nav.top .brand{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--bone);font-weight:600} nav.top .brand b{color:var(--brass)} nav.top .links{margin-left:auto;display:flex;gap:22px;flex-wrap:wrap} nav.top .links a{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--bone-dim)} nav.top .links a:hover,nav.top .links a[aria-current]{color:var(--brass)} @media(max-width:640px){nav.top .links{gap:14px}nav.top .brand span{display:none}} /* buttons */ .btn{display:inline-block;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:13px;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:600; background:var(--brass);color:#1a1305;border:1px solid var(--brass);border-radius:12px;padding:16px 24px;min-height:44px;cursor:pointer;transition:.15s} .btn:hover{background:var(--gold);border-color:var(--gold);color:#1a1305} /* ghost buttons: fixed, theme-correct text in BOTH modes. Using a var here was fragile (some dark pages shadow --bone to a dark value, and theme.js pushes all .btn text near-white in light mode — invisible on a transparent ghost). Fixed light text on the dark museum; explicit dark text in light mode (more specific than theme.js's :root[data-theme=light] .btn, so it wins). The fill + brighter border aren't for contrast RATIO (text is already ~15:1) — they're for real-world legibility: a transparent ghost reads as "barely there" under glare. A human caught what the ratio couldn't, so the button now looks like a button. (theme-neutral gray fill works on dark AND light.) */ .btn.ghost{background:rgba(127,127,127,.13);color:#f1ead0!important;border-color:var(--bone)} .btn.ghost:hover{background:rgba(127,127,127,.20);color:#ffffff!important;border-color:#e8e1d0} :root[data-theme="light"] .btn.ghost{color:#1a160d!important;border-color:#4a463c} :root[data-theme="light"] .btn.ghost:hover{color:#000000!important} #openVault{color:#e8e1d0!important} /* in light mode openVault sits on the light persistent panel → dark text reads (16:1) */ :root[data-theme="light"] #openVault{color:#1a160d!important;border-color:#6a6256} .btn.cool{background:var(--steel);border-color:var(--steel);color:#08131c}.btn.cool:hover{background:var(--silver);border-color:var(--silver)} /* sections */ section.band{padding:72px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)} .kicker{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.3em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);margin-bottom:14px} h2.kicker{font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0}/* kicker used as a real section heading — keep the eyebrow look */ .vh{position:absolute!important;width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);white-space:nowrap;border:0} .split{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:30px}@media(max-width:760px){.split{grid-template-columns:1fr}} /* cards */ .cards{display:grid;gap:16px} .cards.c3{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr)}.cards.c2{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)} @media(max-width:760px){.cards.c3,.cards.c2{grid-template-columns:1fr}} .card{border:1px solid var(--line);background:var(--panel);border-radius:18px;padding:22px} /* TL;DR — the Reddit-list summary box (curator's call: "make it sound more like a reddit list"). Punchy, scannable, at the top of a page so a tired reader gets the gist in five seconds. */ .tldr{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;background:var(--panel);padding:13px 18px 14px;margin:18px 0} .tldr .tldr-h{font-family:var(--mono,ui-monospace,monospace);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--brass);font-weight:700;margin-bottom:8px} .tldr ul{margin:0;padding-left:20px} .tldr li{font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--bone-dim);margin:0 0 6px} .tldr li:last-child{margin-bottom:0} .tldr li strong,.tldr li b{color:var(--bone)} .card h3{margin-bottom:.3em} .card .price{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:30px;color:var(--bone);font-weight:600} .card .per{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;color:var(--faint)} .card.apex{border-color:var(--brass);background:linear-gradient(180deg,#1d180f,#16130e);box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(201,162,75,.25),0 30px 80px -50px #000} .card.apex .price{color:var(--gold)} .tag{display:inline-block;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:20px;padding:4px 11px;color:var(--bone-dim)} .tag.warm{border-color:#4a3c1e;color:var(--gold);background:#1d1810} .tag.cool{border-color:#274055;color:var(--steel);background:#0e1a24} /* the law / hero accent */ .law{font-family:var(--serif);font-style:italic} .split-word .h{color:var(--brass)} .split-word .m{color:var(--steel)} /* prose (about / legal) */ .prose{max-width:760px} .prose h2{margin-top:1.4em} .prose ul{padding-left:1.2em} .prose li{margin:.3em 0} .prose .note{border-left:3px solid var(--brass);background:var(--wall-2);border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--bone-dim)} .prose .note.cool{border-left-color:var(--steel)} footer{padding:46px 0 70px;color:var(--faint);font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;line-height:1.9} /* the footer auto-dims so it isn't too present; full opacity on hover or keyboard focus (curator's call — "it's good but should hover-hide"). On touch it stays readable + tappable. */ footer{opacity:.5;transition:opacity .35s ease} footer:hover,footer:focus-within{opacity:1} @media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){footer{transition:none}} footer a{color:var(--bone-dim)}footer a:hover{color:var(--brass)} footer .law-line{font-family:var(--serif);font-style:italic;font-size:17px;color:var(--bone-dim);margin-bottom:14px} .sr{position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);white-space:nowrap} /* ── accessibility: focus, skip link, reduced motion (shell parity with play.html) ── */ :focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--brass);outline-offset:3px;border-radius:4px} .btn:focus-visible{outline-color:var(--bone)} .btn.cool:focus-visible{outline-color:var(--silver)} a.skip{position:absolute;left:12px;top:-64px;z-index:200;background:var(--brass);color:#1a1305; font-family:var(--mono);font-size:13px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase; padding:11px 18px;border-radius:8px;transition:top .15s; display:inline-flex;align-items:center;min-height:44px;box-sizing:border-box} a.skip:focus{top:12px} main:focus{outline:none} @media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){ html{scroll-behavior:auto} *{animation-duration:.001ms!important;animation-iteration-count:1!important;transition-duration:.001ms!important} } .parked-banner{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.04em;color:var(--gold);border:1px solid #4a3c1e;background:#1d1810;border-radius:8px;padding:11px 15px;line-height:1.6} /* ── home hub: one card, choose-your-own-adventure "doors" ── */ .hero-hub{text-align:center;padding-top:96px} .hero-hub .lede{max-width:58ch;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto} .console{max-width:660px;margin:36px auto 0;text-align:left;border:1px solid var(--line); background:var(--panel);border-radius:16px;padding:0 10px 10px;box-shadow:0 40px 90px -60px #000;overflow:hidden} /* terminal-window chrome — rhymes with the Ticker's .term/.bar */ .console-bar{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:7px;margin:0 -10px;padding:10px 14px; background:#0d0c10;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)} .console-bar .dot{width:10px;height:10px;border-radius:50%;display:inline-block} .console-bar .dot.r{background:#e0736b}.console-bar .dot.y{background:#e6b450}.console-bar .dot.g{background:var(--term)} .console-bar .cpath{margin-left:8px;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.04em;color:var(--faint)} .console-head{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.06em; color:var(--term-dim);padding:16px 16px 12px} .console-head .ctxt{color:var(--bone-dim);letter-spacing:.24em;text-transform:uppercase} .console-head .cblink{display:inline-block;color:var(--term);margin-left:2px} .door{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:17px 18px;border:1px solid transparent; border-radius:12px;color:var(--bone);transition:.15s} .door:hover{background:var(--panel-2);border-color:var(--line);color:var(--bone)} .door+.door{margin-top:2px} .door .idx{font-size:20px;line-height:1;flex:none;width:1.5em;text-align:center} .door .body{flex:1 1 auto;min-width:0} .door .ttl{display:block;font-family:var(--serif);font-size:21px;font-weight:600;line-height:1.12} .door .sub{display:block;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--bone-dim);margin-top:3px;line-height:1.45} .door .arrow{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:18px;color:var(--faint);flex:none;transition:.15s} .door:hover .arrow,.door:focus-visible .arrow{color:var(--brass);transform:translateX(3px)} .door.start{background:linear-gradient(180deg,#1d180f,#16130e);border-color:var(--brass); box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(201,162,75,.18)} .door.start .ttl{color:var(--gold)} .door.start .arrow{color:var(--brass)} .door.start:hover{background:linear-gradient(180deg,#241d10,#1a160d)} .door .flag{display:inline-block;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:9px;letter-spacing:.16em; text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);border:1px solid #4a3c1e;background:#1d1810; border-radius:20px;padding:3px 9px;margin-left:9px;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap} .hub-foot{max-width:58ch;margin:26px auto 0} @media(prefers-reduced-motion:no-preference){ .door.start .arrow{animation:nudge 1.9s ease-in-out infinite} @keyframes nudge{0%,100%{transform:translateX(0)}50%{transform:translateX(5px)}} .console-head .cblink{animation:cblink 1.05s steps(1) infinite} @keyframes cblink{50%{opacity:0}} } @media(max-width:560px){ .hero-hub{padding-top:72px} .door .ttl{font-size:19px}.door{padding:15px 14px;gap:12px} .door .flag{display:none} } /* AAA 2.5.5 target size: footer share buttons (incl. the 📸/🎬 toggles eggs add) */ .fax-trigger,.email-trigger,.snap-trigger,.movie-trigger{min-width:44px;min-height:44px;font-size:18px;background:transparent;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:12px;cursor:pointer} /* ── thumb-friendly tap targets (≥44px) — global, not just mobile, because WCAG 2.5.5 (Target Size, Enhanced/AAA) applies at every viewport width ── */ /* top-nav links: short text was a ~32px tap strip — give them real height */ nav.top .links a{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;min-height:44px;padding:0 2px} /* home "doors" / quick-links pills */ .dlinks a{min-height:44px} /* footer link rows: inline text links (·-separated) — comfortable padding for the tap; WCAG 2.5.5 exempts links within a line of text, so they stay inline */ footer a,.dfoot a{display:inline-block;padding:7px 3px} /* home footer share buttons to full 44 (the home page shrinks them to 36) */ .dfoot .fax-trigger,.dfoot .email-trigger{min-width:44px;min-height:44px} /* ── Reading-page readability layer ──────────────────────────────────────── Reading-mode wings () carry long-form argument text. Bump the body size + line height so it's comfortable on a phone. Scoped to [data-reading] .dz so only the reading wings are affected; the higher specificity beats each page's own inline .dz sizing. */ [data-reading] .dz p{font-size:18.5px;line-height:1.8} [data-reading] .dz .standfirst{font-size:22px;line-height:1.62} [data-reading] .dz h1{font-size:clamp(30px,7vw,44px)} [data-reading] .dz h2{font-size:27px} [data-reading] .dz .verse blockquote{font-size:20px;line-height:1.6} [data-reading] .dz .op,[data-reading] .dz .steel,[data-reading] .dz .costume{font-size:17.5px;line-height:1.75} [data-reading] .dz .answer p,[data-reading] .dz .needle p{font-size:17.5px} [data-reading] .dz .verse .gloss,[data-reading] .dz .note{font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.72} [data-reading] .dz .kicker{font-size:12px} /* TL;DR banner atop each room (readability pass, 2026-07-24) — one lever */ .ohs-tldr{border-left:3px solid var(--brass,#cba652);padding:5px 0 5px 14px;margin:2px 0 18px} .ohs-tldr .ohs-tldr-l{font-family:var(--mono,ui-monospace,monospace);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--brass,#cba652)} .ohs-tldr .ohs-tldr-t{display:block;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--bone,#ece4d3);margin-top:3px} /* ── A FLOOR UNDER THE SMALLEST TEXT, PHONES ONLY ───────────────────────── Reported from a phone, 2026-08-05: "the smallest text is a smidge too small." Audit across eight pages at 390px found the bottom tiers sitting at 10–12px — seat tags at 10, eyebrows and roles and .src at 11, the dictionary's coin links at 11.5 across 352 instances. That is fine on a laptop at arm's length and it is not fine in a hand. Three tiers, deliberately: · 10–11px labels, chips and roles -> 12.5px · small boxes people actually READ -> 14.5px with the line-height to match · left alone: the ™ superscripts (small by design, inside headings) and the 13px controls, which are tap targets rather than reading. Desktop is untouched; this is a hand-distance problem, not a design problem. Known deeper issue, not fixed here: these sizes are fixed px, so they do not respond to the reading-level meter the way main prose does. That wants a refactor to relative units rather than a floor. Why !important: page-level