/* /assets/css/authors.css */
/* Author directory page (A–Z), Victorian library styling */

.authors-hero {
  padding: var(--space-6) 0 var(--space-5);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
}

.authors-kicker {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  letter-spacing: 0.6px;
  opacity: 0.85;
  margin: 0 0 var(--space-2);
}

.authors-title {
  font-size: var(--h1);
  margin: 0 0 var(--space-3);
  color: var(--ink);
}

.authors-intro {
  max-width: 95ch;
  font-size: var(--text-lg);
  margin: 0;
  opacity: 0.95;
}

/* Sticky A–Z index bar */
.authors-index {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 50;

  background: rgba(245, 240, 230, 0.92);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);

  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(75, 54, 33, 0.18);
}

.alpha {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px;
  padding: 12px 0;
  align-items: center;
}

/* Tiny “bookplate” buttons */
.alpha-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;

  min-width: 34px;
  height: 30px;
  padding: 0 10px;

  border-radius: 999px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(75, 54, 33, 0.22);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28);

  font-family: var(--serif);
  letter-spacing: 0.35px;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.alpha-link:hover {
  background: rgba(75, 54, 33, 0.08);
  border-color: rgba(75, 54, 33, 0.35);
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Body spacing */
.authors-body {
  padding: var(--space-6) 0 var(--space-7);
}

/* Letter section as a gentle “card” */
.letter {
  margin: 0 0 var(--space-6);
  padding: var(--space-5);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28);
  border: 1px solid var(--rule);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
}

/* Letter heading */
.letter-head {
  display: grid;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
}

.letter-title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: var(--h2);
  letter-spacing: 0.35px;
  color: var(--oak);

  /* Makes anchor jumps land nicely beneath the sticky A–Z bar */
  scroll-margin-top: 92px;
}

/* Decorative dotted rule (since your old HR was dotted) */
.rule-dotted {
  height: 1px;
  background-image: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(75, 54, 33, 0.34) 1px, transparent 1.8px);
  background-size: 10px 1px;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

/* Multi-column list */
.author-list {
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 1.1em; /* keeps bullets tidy */
  column-count: 3;
  column-gap: var(--space-6);
}

.author-list li {
  break-inside: avoid;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}

.author-list a {
  color: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.author-list a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}

/* “Back to A–Z” */
.letter-toplink {
  margin: var(--space-4) 0 0;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  letter-spacing: 0.3px;
}

.letter-toplink a {
  color: var(--oak);
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}

/* Responsive columns */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .author-list { column-count: 2; }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .authors-hero { padding-top: var(--space-5); }
  .authors-intro { font-size: 16px; }
  .letter { padding: var(--space-4); }
  .author-list { column-count: 1; }
  .alpha { gap: 6px; }
  .alpha-link { min-width: 32px; height: 30px; padding: 0 9px; }
}