/* ==========================================================================
American Software Solutions — Theme
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Visual language: a candy-swirl lollipop set on brushed stainless steel,
its wordmark on a strip of hand-cut blue painter's tape. Sweet product,
serious kitchen — the warmth belongs to the brand, the steel to the room.
Two accents, and they don't trade jobs:
--tape blue, the interface — links, buttons, focus, active states
--candy red, the brand — the logo, and very little else
Requires the IBM Plex superfamily. Load it in the document :
Contents
1. Tokens
2. Dark mode
3. Reset & base
4. Typography
5. Layout
6. Components
7. Motion
8. Utilities
========================================================================== */
/* 1. Tokens ============================================================== */
:root {
/* -- Surface: brushed stainless -------------------------------------- */
--steel-hi: #EDEFF0; /* raking highlight, top of the sheet */
--steel-mid: #D8DDDF; /* body of the sheet */
--steel-lo: #E4E8E9; /* return light, bottom */
/* Grain flecks that make the steel read as brushed, not flat */
--grain-hi: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
--grain-lo: rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.035);
/* -- Ink -------------------------------------------------------------- */
--ink: #14181A; /* Sharpie black */
--ink-soft: #4A5257; /* secondary copy, captions */
/* -- Accent: blue painter's tape --------------------------------------
The *interface* accent. Links, focus rings, buttons, active states.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--tape: #2C7FBE;
--tape-edge: #1F6099; /* the shadowed lower edge of a taped strip */
--tape-ink: #F4F8FB; /* text written on tape */
/* -- Brand: the lollipop ----------------------------------------------
The *brand* accent, and the only warm colour in the system. It belongs
to the logo. Don't spend it on buttons or links — blue does that job,
and the candy stops being special the moment it's everywhere.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--candy: #E8384F; /* the swirl */
--candy-deep: #B4283C; /* the rim that defines the pop's edge */
--candy-cream: #FFF6EC; /* the sugar between the stripes */
--candy-stick: #E7DCCB; /* paper stick */
/* -- Flag --------------------------------------------------------------
The one interface job the warm accent is allowed to take: something
went wrong and the reader has to see it. Aliased rather than used
directly so error states never reach for --candy by name.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--flag: var(--candy-deep);
/* -- Panels & lines ---------------------------------------------------- */
--panel: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.44);
--panel-edge: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
--rule: rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.14);
--shadow-1: 0 3px 10px rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.22);
--shadow-2: 0 12px 34px rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.14);
/* -- Screen ------------------------------------------------------------
The display over the pass. A dark hardware bezel, and the violet the
artwork throws onto the counter under it. --screen-glow is sampled from
the artwork itself, which is the only reason a third hue is allowed in
the system: it is light, not paint. Nothing else may use it.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--screen-case-hi: #23282B; /* top of the moulded bezel */
--screen-case-lo: #0E1113; /* its shadowed lower half */
--screen-glow: rgba(124, 90, 168, 0.42);
--screen-bezel: clamp(0.5rem, 1.4vw, 0.9rem);
--screen-h: min(50svh, 30rem); /* caps the frame so the copy under
it still clears a laptop fold */
/* -- Fruit --------------------------------------------------------------
The one full palette in the system, and the reason it is allowed: these
are pictures of fruit. A blue strawberry is not a stylistic choice, it
is a mistake. Fenced the way --screen-* is fenced — only a fruit mark
may touch these. Interface colour is still --tape; brand is still
--candy.
Deliberately *not* redefined for dark mode, on the same logic that keeps
the screen bezel dark in both: a lemon is yellow in a dark room too.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--fruit-berry: #E8384F; /* strawberry */
--fruit-lemon: #EFC04A;
--fruit-orange: #EC8A3C;
--fruit-pear: #86B24A;
--fruit-melon: #EE6377; /* watermelon flesh */
--fruit-rind: #4E9153; /* and its rind */
--fruit-kiwi: #B7D46A;
--fruit-skin: #8B6B45; /* kiwi skin */
--fruit-leaf: #5FA05A;
--fruit-stem: #7A6A52;
--fruit-seed: #3C4A2E;
--fruit-pith: #FFF6EC; /* seeds, pith, the shine on a peel */
/* -- Swag ---------------------------------------------------------------
Merchandise, drawn rather than photographed. Fenced on the same terms as
--fruit-*: cotton is not an interface colour and never becomes one, and
nothing outside a .swag drawing may reach for these.
Also not redefined for dark mode, for the fruit reason — a heather tee is
heather in a dark room. What changes with the room is the stage the
garment sits on, and that is built from --panel and --rule, which do flip.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--swag-cotton: #D6DADC; /* heather grey, the tee */
--swag-cotton-fold: #BFC5C8; /* its sleeves and the shaded folds */
--swag-charcoal: #3A4247; /* the cap, and the hoodie */
--swag-charcoal-fold:#2C3337;
--swag-canvas: #47535A; /* backpack canvas */
--swag-canvas-fold: #38434A;
--swag-strap: #222A2E; /* webbing, zips, drawstrings */
--swag-metal: #9AA4AA; /* bottle steel, grommets, hardware */
--swag-paper: #F7F4EE; /* sticker vinyl */
/* -- The steel field itself, as one reusable value --------------------- */
--steel-field:
repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, var(--grain-hi) 0 1px, transparent 1px 3px),
repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, var(--grain-lo) 0 1px, transparent 1px 2px),
linear-gradient(160deg, var(--steel-hi) 0%, var(--steel-mid) 55%, var(--steel-lo) 100%);
/* -- Type ------------------------------------------------------------- */
--font-display: "IBM Plex Sans Condensed", "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
--font-body: "IBM Plex Sans", system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
--font-mono: "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace;
--size-display-xl: clamp(2.75rem, 1.5rem + 6.2vw, 6.5rem);
--size-display-l: clamp(2rem, 1.35rem + 3.2vw, 3.75rem);
--size-display-m: clamp(1.5rem, 1.2rem + 1.5vw, 2.25rem);
--size-body: clamp(1rem, 0.95rem + 0.25vw, 1.125rem);
--size-mono: clamp(0.9rem, 0.85rem + 0.2vw, 1rem);
--size-label: clamp(0.75rem, 0.7rem + 0.2vw, 0.875rem);
--size-meta: 0.6875rem;
--track-display: -0.022em; /* tight, so condensed caps lock together */
--track-label: 0.22em; /* wide, like stencilled equipment labels */
--track-meta: 0.16em;
/* -- Space ------------------------------------------------------------ */
--space-1: 0.5rem;
--space-2: 0.75rem;
--space-3: 1.1rem;
--space-4: clamp(1.5rem, 3.5vw, 2.25rem);
--space-5: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.75rem);
--space-6: clamp(3rem, 8vh, 5rem);
--gutter: clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 4rem);
--measure: 46rem; /* page shell */
--measure-wide: 60rem; /* shell for a view led by a full-width image */
--measure-copy: 34ch; /* comfortable reading width for body copy */
--measure-lede: 64ch; /* the standfirst under a headline — see .lede */
--measure-prose: 62ch; /* longer line, for documents read top to bottom */
/* -- Motion ----------------------------------------------------------- */
--ease-settle: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.25, 1);
--ease-nudge: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.3, 1);
--dur-fast: 160ms;
--dur-mid: 620ms;
--dur-slow: 700ms;
}
/* 2. Dark mode ===========================================================
Same sheet of steel, lit from a colder angle — gunmetal, not black.
Applied two ways, and the two blocks below must be kept in sync:
- by system preference, unless the page forces light
- by , which wins over the system preference
Set data-theme="light" to force light mode on a dark-mode system.
======================================================================== */
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root:not([data-theme="light"]) {
--steel-hi: #1E2325;
--steel-mid: #14181A;
--steel-lo: #191E20;
--grain-hi: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.045);
--grain-lo: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);
--ink: #E8EDEF;
--ink-soft: #98A3A8;
--tape: #2A76B0;
--tape-edge: #17557F;
--tape-ink: #EEF5FA;
/* Candy stays candy — brightened just enough to hold up on gunmetal. */
--candy: #F0566B;
--candy-deep: #C2304A;
--candy-cream: #FFF6EC;
--candy-stick: #D9CDB8;
/* The deep rim goes muddy on gunmetal; the swirl itself carries. */
--flag: var(--candy);
--panel: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.045);
--panel-edge: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.09);
--rule: rgba(232, 237, 239, 0.16);
--shadow-1: 0 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
--shadow-2: 0 12px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
/* A lit screen carries further in a dark room. */
--screen-case-hi: #2A3033;
--screen-case-lo: #0B0E0F;
--screen-glow: rgba(139, 102, 189, 0.6);
}
}
:root[data-theme="dark"] {
--steel-hi: #1E2325;
--steel-mid: #14181A;
--steel-lo: #191E20;
--grain-hi: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.045);
--grain-lo: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);
--ink: #E8EDEF;
--ink-soft: #98A3A8;
--tape: #2A76B0;
--tape-edge: #17557F;
--tape-ink: #EEF5FA;
/* Candy stays candy — brightened just enough to hold up on gunmetal. */
--candy: #F0566B;
--candy-deep: #C2304A;
--candy-cream: #FFF6EC;
--candy-stick: #D9CDB8;
/* The deep rim goes muddy on gunmetal; the swirl itself carries. */
--flag: var(--candy);
--panel: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.045);
--panel-edge: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.09);
--rule: rgba(232, 237, 239, 0.16);
--shadow-1: 0 3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
--shadow-2: 0 12px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
/* A lit screen carries further in a dark room. */
--screen-case-hi: #2A3033;
--screen-case-lo: #0B0E0F;
--screen-glow: rgba(139, 102, 189, 0.6);
}
/* Tell form controls and scrollbars which mode they're in. */
:root { color-scheme: light dark; }
:root[data-theme="light"] { color-scheme: light; }
:root[data-theme="dark"] { color-scheme: dark; }
/* 3. Reset & base ======================================================== */
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html, body { height: 100%; }
body {
margin: 0;
min-height: 100svh;
padding: var(--gutter);
color: var(--ink);
font-family: var(--font-body);
font-size: var(--size-body);
line-height: 1.6;
background-color: var(--steel-mid);
background-image: var(--steel-field);
background-attachment: fixed;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
img, svg, video { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--tape);
outline-offset: 4px;
border-radius: 1px;
}
/* 4. Typography ========================================================== */
h1, h2, h3, .display-xl, .display-l, .display-m {
margin: 0;
font-family: var(--font-display);
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 0.95;
letter-spacing: var(--track-display);
text-wrap: balance;
}
h1, .display-xl { font-size: var(--size-display-xl); }
h2, .display-l { font-size: var(--size-display-l); }
h3, .display-m { font-size: var(--size-display-m); line-height: 1.1; }
/* Lede — the one sentence under a headline. */
/* The standfirst under a page headline. It ran at --measure-copy (34ch) back
when every lede was one short sentence; they have all grown past that, and at
34ch a two-clause sentence breaks into a narrow column that leaves most of
the counter empty next to a headline spanning the full shell. 64ch is still
inside the comfortable 45–75ch band, and sits under the headline rather than
beside it. Body copy elsewhere keeps the tighter --measure-copy. */
.lede {
margin: var(--space-4) 0 0;
max-width: var(--measure-lede);
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
/* Eyebrow — a stencilled label above a heading. Not on tape. */
.eyebrow {
margin: 0 0 var(--space-2);
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-label);
letter-spacing: var(--track-label);
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
/* Meta — the smallest utility text: footers, timestamps, statuses. */
.meta {
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-meta);
letter-spacing: var(--track-meta);
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
/* 5. Layout ============================================================== */
/* .page — full-height frame: content centered, footer pinned to the bottom. */
.page {
display: grid;
grid-template-rows: 1fr auto;
min-height: calc(100svh - (var(--gutter) * 2));
}
/* .shell — the measure everything aligns to. */
.shell {
width: 100%;
max-width: var(--measure);
margin-inline: auto;
}
/* .shell--wide — for a view that needs to lay things out side by side: a
card grid, a table. Copy inside it still takes its own measure. */
.shell--wide { max-width: var(--measure-wide); }
/* .shell--screen — a shell for a view led by a .screen. It takes the frame's
own width, so the picture and the copy under it share one left edge instead
of the frame floating centred inside a wider column. */
.shell--screen { max-width: min(var(--measure-wide), calc(var(--screen-h) * 16 / 9)); }
/* .stack — vertical rhythm for a run of blocks. */
.stack { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.stack > * + * { margin-top: var(--space-4); }
.center-y {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}
/* Centred content that outgrows the viewport overflows in *both* directions,
and the top half becomes unreachable — no scrollbar goes that way. Safe
centring falls back to flex-start the moment that would happen. Declared
separately: a browser that doesn't know the keyword drops the whole rule. */
@supports (justify-content: safe center) {
.center-y { justify-content: safe center; }
}
/* 6. Components ========================================================== */
/* -- Logo ---------------------------------------------------------------
The lollipop mark, leaning the way a pop leans when you set it down.
.lockup pairs it with the wordmark on tape: candy taped to the counter.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.lockup {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: var(--space-3);
}
/* .tape pins itself to flex-start for column layouts; centre it in a lockup. */
.lockup > .tape { align-self: center; }
.logo-mark {
flex: none;
width: auto;
height: clamp(2.75rem, 6.5vw, 4rem);
}
.logo-mark--sm { height: 2.25rem; }
/* The lollipop leans the way a pop leans when you set it down. Upright marks
(the ASS mark) don't take this. */
.logo-mark--lean {
transform: rotate(7deg);
transform-origin: bottom center;
}
a.lockup { text-decoration: none; }
/* -- Tape ---------------------------------------------------------------
The signature. A strip of blue painter's tape torn off the roll and
pressed onto the steel: uneven ends, translucent weave, lifted edge.
Use it once per view — it stops being an artifact if it repeats.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.tape {
display: inline-block;
align-self: flex-start;
margin: 0;
padding: 0.7rem 1.6rem 0.75rem;
background-color: var(--tape);
background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
92deg,
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07) 0 2px,
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 2px 4px
);
border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
border-bottom: 1px solid var(--tape-edge);
box-shadow: var(--shadow-1);
/* uneven ends, the way tape tears off the roll */
clip-path: polygon(0.7% 0, 100% 2.5%, 99.2% 100%, 0 96%);
transform: rotate(-1.4deg);
transform-origin: left center;
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-label);
letter-spacing: var(--track-label);
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--tape-ink);
text-decoration: none;
}
/* Torn the other way — alternate so repeat uses don't look stamped. */
.tape--right { transform: rotate(1.1deg); transform-origin: right center; }
.tape--flat { transform: none; }
a.tape:hover,
a.tape:focus-visible { color: #fff; }
/* -- Mono link ----------------------------------------------------------
Underlined in tape blue, with an arrow that steps forward on hover.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.link-mono {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: baseline;
gap: 0.6rem;
padding-bottom: 0.2rem;
color: var(--ink);
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-mono);
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 2px solid var(--tape);
transition: color var(--dur-fast) ease, border-color var(--dur-fast) ease;
}
.link-mono .arrow { transition: transform 220ms var(--ease-nudge); }
.link-mono:hover,
.link-mono:focus-visible { color: var(--tape); }
.link-mono:hover .arrow,
.link-mono:focus-visible .arrow { transform: translateX(0.35rem); }
/* -- Button -------------------------------------------------------------
Equipment-panel switch: square, labelled, no gloss.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.btn {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.6rem;
padding: 0.85rem 1.5rem;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-radius: 2px;
cursor: pointer;
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-label);
letter-spacing: var(--track-label);
text-transform: uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
transition: background-color var(--dur-fast) ease,
border-color var(--dur-fast) ease,
color var(--dur-fast) ease;
}
.btn--primary {
background-color: var(--tape);
border-color: var(--tape-edge);
color: var(--tape-ink);
}
.btn--primary:hover,
.btn--primary:focus-visible { background-color: var(--tape-edge); }
.btn--ghost {
background-color: transparent;
border-color: var(--rule);
color: var(--ink);
}
.btn--ghost:hover,
.btn--ghost:focus-visible { border-color: var(--tape); color: var(--tape); }
/* -- Panel --------------------------------------------------------------
A lighter plate set on the steel field. For grouped content on
interior pages.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.panel {
padding: clamp(1.25rem, 3vw, 2rem);
background-color: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-radius: 3px;
box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
}
/* -- Card grid ----------------------------------------------------------
A row of small plates on the counter — capabilities, services, the four
marks. Wraps to two-up and then one-up on its own; no breakpoints needed.
Pair with .panel for the plate itself.
Label
One line.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.card-grid {
display: grid;
gap: var(--space-3);
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(13rem, 1fr));
}
/* Column counts for a set of a known size. Left to itself, auto-fit packs in
as many 13rem columns as will fit and strands the remainder on a short last
row — four cards become 3 + 1, six become 4 + 2. Raising the floor caps the
count without a breakpoint: the min() keeps the floor honest, collapsing to
a single column once the column is narrower than the floor itself.
--2 a set of four, two-up (18rem floor: 3 columns can't fit)
--3 a set of six, three-up (17rem floor: 4 columns can't fit) */
.card-grid--2 {
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(100%, 18rem), 1fr));
}
.card-grid--3 {
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(100%, 17rem), 1fr));
}
.card-grid > .panel > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
/* -- Fruit ---------------------------------------------------------------
The one place the system carries a full palette, and the reason it is
allowed: these are pictures of fruit, and a blue strawberry is not a
stylistic choice, it is a mistake. Treated the way --screen-glow is
treated — a carve-out with a fence around it. Nothing but a fruit mark
may use these; interface colour is still --tape, brand is still --candy.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.card-icon {
display: block;
width: auto;
height: 2.5rem;
margin-bottom: var(--space-2);
}
/* -- Swag ---------------------------------------------------------------
A piece of merchandise on a plate. The garment is drawn in SVG from the
--swag-* palette; the mark itself is the real mark.svg laid over it, so
what a visitor sees printed on the tee is the actual logo file and not a
redrawing of it that can drift out of step.
Each product puts the mark somewhere different, so placement is four
custom properties set by the modifier rather than six near-identical
rules. Percentages are of the stage, so the whole thing scales with the
column and needs no breakpoints.
ASS TeeHeather grey, mark on the chest
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.swag {
margin: 0;
}
.swag__stage {
position: relative;
aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
margin-bottom: var(--space-3);
border-radius: 2px;
background-color: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
overflow: hidden;
/* A studio sweep behind the product. Barely there in light mode; in dark
mode it is what keeps a charcoal cap from disappearing into a charcoal
panel, since the garment palette deliberately does not flip with the
theme and the plate behind it does. */
background-image: radial-gradient(115% 85% at 50% 42%,
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.11) 0%, transparent 72%);
/* Fences the mark's multiply blend to the stage. Without it the blend
reaches past the panel and multiplies against the steel field behind. */
isolation: isolate;
}
.swag__art {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.swag__mark {
position: absolute;
left: var(--mark-x, 50%);
top: var(--mark-y, 50%);
width: var(--mark-w, 22%);
height: auto;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(var(--mark-r, 0deg));
/* The mark is printed on cloth, not floating above it. A touch of the
garment's own shading through the artwork is what sells that. */
mix-blend-mode: multiply;
}
/* multiply over a dark garment turns the mark to mud, so the dark products
get it back as normal compositing and lean on the drop shadow instead. */
.swag--cap .swag__mark,
.swag--hoodie .swag__mark,
.swag--pack .swag__mark {
mix-blend-mode: normal;
filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35));
}
/* Percentages of the stage, which shares the artwork's 4:3 box — so these read
straight off the SVG's own 200x150 coordinates. */
.swag--tee { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 53%; --mark-w: 19%; }
.swag--cap { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 48%; --mark-w: 19%; }
.swag--pack { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 33%; --mark-w: 20%; }
.swag--hoodie { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 51%; --mark-w: 18%; }
.swag--bottle { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 56%; --mark-w: 15%; }
.swag--decal { --mark-x: 50%; --mark-y: 50%; --mark-w: 30%; --mark-r: -4deg; }
.swag__caption {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 0.15rem;
}
.swag__name {
font-family: var(--font-display);
font-weight: 600;
font-size: 1.0625rem;
letter-spacing: var(--track-display);
color: var(--ink);
}
.swag__detail {
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-meta);
letter-spacing: var(--track-meta);
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
/* -- Notice -------------------------------------------------------------
A short status message: something was sent, or something needs fixing.
A plate on the steel with a painted stripe down its leading edge.
Message sent.
Something needs fixing.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.notice {
margin: 0;
padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4);
max-width: var(--measure-prose);
background-color: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--panel-edge);
border-left: 3px solid var(--tape);
border-radius: 2px;
}
.notice--flag { border-left-color: var(--flag); }
.notice > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.notice > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
/* -- Form ---------------------------------------------------------------
Fields are let into the counter rather than set on top of it: a shallow
well, a dark inner lip, and the tape blue only when the field is live.
Labels are stencilled like everything else that names a piece of
equipment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
.form {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: var(--space-4);
max-width: 34rem;
}
.field {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: var(--space-1);
margin: 0;
}
.label {
font-family: var(--font-mono);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: var(--size-label);
letter-spacing: 0.12em;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
/* The asterisk is decoration — the word "required" is what gets announced. */
.label .req { color: var(--tape); }
.input,
.textarea {
width: 100%;
padding: 0.7rem 0.85rem;
color: var(--ink);
font-family: var(--font-body);
font-size: var(--size-body);
line-height: 1.5;
background-color: var(--panel);
border: 1px solid var(--rule);
border-radius: 2px;
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.09);
transition: border-color var(--dur-fast) ease, box-shadow var(--dur-fast) ease;
}
.textarea {
min-height: 9rem;
resize: vertical;
}
.input::placeholder,
.textarea::placeholder { color: var(--ink-soft); opacity: 0.75; }
/* The default focus ring is an outline offset *outside* the box, which reads
as a halo around a field rather than the field switching on. Swap it for a
ring drawn tight to the border — same colour, same job, no gap. */
.input:focus,
.textarea:focus {
outline: none;
border-color: var(--tape);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(20, 24, 26, 0.09),
0 0 0 3px rgba(44, 127, 190, 0.24);
}
/* Set by the server on a field that came back wrong, alongside the message
in .field-note — never colour alone. */
.input[aria-invalid="true"],
.textarea[aria-invalid="true"] { border-color: var(--flag); }
.field-note {
margin: 0;
font-size: 0.8125rem;
color: var(--ink-soft);
}
.field-note--flag { color: var(--flag); }
/* -- Prose --------------------------------------------------------------
Long-form document copy: policies, terms, notices — pages that are read
top to bottom rather than scanned. It carries its own measure and its own
vertical rhythm: .lede is a standfirst that stops after a sentence or two,
while a document keeps going, and the two want different rhythm even though
their line lengths now sit close together.
Section headings step down to --size-display-m. Inside a document a
heading is a signpost, not a headline, and an h2 at display-l would
shout over the title of the page it sits under.
