/* Ztechify Journal — scoped to the public blog, not the dashboard. */
.journal-page { --journal-muted: #b2ada4; --journal-line: #ffffff18; color: #f4f0e8; background: #0b0b0c; }
.journal-page h1, .journal-page h2, .journal-page h3 { color: #f4f0e8; }
.journal-page a:focus-visible, .journal-page button:focus-visible, .journal-page input:focus-visible, .journal-page select:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #d8a75a; outline-offset: 5px; }
.journal-page .header { padding: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--journal-line); background: #0b0b0cf5; }
.journal-page .nav-shell { gap: 28px; min-height: 82px; }
.journal-page .header .logo { gap: 11px; min-width: 190px; }
.journal-page .header .logo img { width: 43px; height: 43px; max-height: none; margin: 0; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 46%; border-radius: 12px; }
.journal-page .brand-wordmark small { color: #aaa398; }
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
  .journal-page .navmenu a { padding: 29px 13px; color: #d7d3cc; font-size: .88rem; font-weight: 600; }
  .journal-page .navmenu a::before { height: 1px; right: 13px; bottom: 21px; left: 13px; }
  .journal-page .navmenu a:hover, .journal-page .navmenu a.active { color: #d8a75a; }
}
.journal-page .footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--journal-line); background: #080809; }
.journal-page .footer .sitename { color: #f4f0e8; font-family: var(--heading-font); font-size: 1.5rem; }
.journal-page .footer h4 { color: #f4f0e8; }
.journal-page .footer a, .journal-page .footer p { color: var(--journal-muted); }
.journal-page .footer a:hover { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-page .scroll-top { right: auto; left: 20px; bottom: 92px; }
.journal-skip { position: fixed; top: 12px; left: 12px; z-index: 100000; padding: 12px 20px; border-radius: 8px; color: #111; background: #d8a75a; transform: translateY(-150%); }
.journal-skip:focus { transform: none; color: #111; }
.journal-page main { outline: none; }
.journal-hero { position: relative; padding: 92px 0 0; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--journal-line); background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 80% 15%, #d8a75a0c, transparent 55%), linear-gradient(90deg, #ffffff02 1px, transparent 1px); background-size: auto, 120px 100%; }
.journal-hero .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 30px; color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-hero-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.25fr 1fr; gap: 80px; align-items: end; padding-bottom: 60px; }
.journal-hero h1 { margin: 0; font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 6.5vw, 6.5rem); line-height: 1.02; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.065em; }
.journal-hero h1 em, .journal-cta h2 em { color: #d8a75a; font-style: normal; }
.journal-hero-grid p { max-width: 410px; margin: 0 0 24px; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: 1.03rem; line-height: 1.85; }
.journal-text-link { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 15px; color: #f4f0e8; font-size: .85rem; font-weight: 600; }
.journal-text-link i { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-hero-bottom { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; padding: 24px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--journal-line); color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .7rem; letter-spacing: .08em; }
.journal-hero-bottom span:first-child { color: #d8a75a; letter-spacing: .14em; }
.journal-stories { padding: 50px 0 24px; scroll-margin-top: 100px; }
.journal-toolbar { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px; }
.journal-search { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 15px; flex: 1 1 430px; max-width: 670px; min-width: 0; padding: 7px 7px 7px 22px; border: 1px solid #ffffff26; border-radius: 16px; background: #ffffff04; }
.journal-search:focus-within { border-color: #d8a75a; box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px #d8a75a12; }
.journal-search > i { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-search input { width: 100%; min-width: 0; padding: 11px 0; border: 0; color: #f4f0e8; background: transparent; font-size: .88rem; }
.journal-search input::placeholder { color: #aaa398; }
.journal-search input:focus-visible { outline: none; }
.journal-search button { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 15px; flex: 0 0 auto; min-height: 44px; padding: 0 18px; border: 0; border-radius: 10px; color: #111; background: #d8a75a; font-size: .82rem; font-weight: 700; }
.journal-search button:hover { background: #edc37d; }
.journal-sort { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .8rem; }
.journal-sort select { max-width: 175px; min-height: 44px; padding: 0 10px; border: 1px solid #ffffff26; border-radius: 10px; color: #f4f0e8; background: #141415; cursor: pointer; }
.journal-sort button { width: 44px; height: 44px; border: 1px solid #ffffff26; border-radius: 10px; color: #d8a75a; background: transparent; }
.journal-topics { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; padding: 28px 0 34px; }
.journal-topics a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; min-height: 44px; padding: 10px 17px; border: 1px solid #ffffff24; border-radius: 999px; color: #c6c0b6; font-size: .78rem; }
.journal-topics a:hover { border-color: #d8a75a88; color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-topics a.is-selected { border-color: #d8a75a; color: #111; background: #d8a75a; font-weight: 700; }
.journal-topics span { display: inline-grid; min-width: 20px; min-height: 20px; padding: 1px 5px; place-items: center; border-radius: 50px; background: #ffffff0c; font-size: .65rem; }
.journal-topics a.is-selected span { background: #00000013; }
.journal-results { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 18px; padding: 0 0 24px; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .85rem; }
.journal-results p { margin: 0; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-results strong { color: #f4f0e8; font-weight: 500; }
.journal-results a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; flex: 0 0 auto; min-height: 44px; color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 26px; }
.journal-card { display: flex; min-width: 0; flex-direction: column; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid #ffffff18; border-radius: 20px; background: #121213; transition: border-color .3s ease, transform .4s ease; }
.journal-card:hover { border-color: #d8a75a66; transform: translateY(-5px); }
.journal-card-media { display: block; overflow: hidden; aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; background: #141415; }
.journal-card-media img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform .7s ease; }
.journal-card:hover .journal-card-media img { transform: scale(1.035); }
.journal-cover { position: relative; display: flex; height: 100%; min-height: 0; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; aspect-ratio: auto; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 70% 70%, #d8a75a15, transparent 65%), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent, transparent 38px, #d8a75a08 39px, transparent 40px), #101011; }
.journal-cover::before { width: 65%; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1; right: -12%; bottom: -22%; border-color: #d8a75a2a; }
.journal-cover i { color: #d8a75a; font-size: 2.3rem; }
.journal-cover .journal-cover-brand { position: absolute; top: 22px; left: 25px; color: #d8a75a; font-size: .63rem; letter-spacing: .2em; }
.journal-cover > span:not(.journal-cover-brand) { max-width: 85%; text-align: center; color: #eee6d9; }
.journal-cover small { color: #b2ada4; font-size: .73rem; }
.journal-card-body { display: flex; flex: 1; min-width: 0; flex-direction: column; padding: 26px; }
.journal-card-top { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 17px; }
.journal-topic { color: #d8a75a; font-size: .65rem; line-height: 1.6; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-latest { flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 5px 9px; border: 1px solid #d8a75a33; border-radius: 5px; color: #c3b18d; font-size: .62rem; }
.journal-card h2 { margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 1.5vw, 1.55rem); font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.28; letter-spacing: -.035em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-card h2 a { color: #f4f0e8; }
.journal-card h2 a:hover { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-excerpt { display: -webkit-box; margin: 0 0 24px; overflow: hidden; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .86rem; line-height: 1.8; }
.journal-card-meta { display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; margin-top: auto; padding-bottom: 20px; color: #aaa398; font-size: .67rem; }
.journal-card-meta > span:last-child { margin-left: auto; }
.journal-read-link { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px; min-height: 44px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--journal-line); color: #d8a75a; font-size: .79rem; font-weight: 600; }
.journal-read-link:hover { color: #f4f0e8; }
.journal-card-featured { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.2fr 1fr; margin: 2px 0 50px; background: linear-gradient(120deg, #191713, #111112); }
.journal-card-featured .journal-card-media { aspect-ratio: auto; min-height: 340px; }
.journal-card-featured .journal-card-body { padding: clamp(28px, 3.5vw, 50px); }
.journal-card-featured h2 { font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 2.7vw, 2.65rem); letter-spacing: -.05em; }
.journal-card-featured .journal-excerpt { -webkit-line-clamp: 4; font-size: .95rem; }
.journal-card-featured .journal-cover i { font-size: 3.5rem; }
.journal-section-heading { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 18px; margin-bottom: 26px; }
.journal-section-heading h2 { margin: 0; font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.4vw, 2.2rem); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.journal-section-heading > span { color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .73rem; }
.journal-section-heading > a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 15px; min-height: 44px; color: #d8a75a; font-size: .83rem; }
.journal-empty { padding: 75px 20px; text-align: center; border: 1px dashed #d8a75a38; border-radius: 20px; background: #d8a75a03; }
.journal-empty > i { display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #d8a75a; font-size: 2rem; }
.journal-empty h2 { margin-bottom: 15px; font-size: 2rem; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.journal-empty p { max-width: 500px; margin: 0 auto 26px; color: var(--journal-muted); line-height: 1.8; }
.journal-pagination { margin-top: 40px; }
.journal-pagination .pagination { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px; }
.journal-pagination .page-link { display: grid; min-width: 44px; min-height: 44px; padding: 10px 15px; place-items: center; border: 1px solid #ffffff25; border-radius: 9px !important; color: #f4f0e8; background: #151516; box-shadow: none; }
.journal-pagination .active .page-link { border-color: #d8a75a; color: #111; background: #d8a75a; }
.journal-pagination .disabled .page-link { color: #888278; background: #0e0e0f; }
.journal-pagination .text-muted { color: #b2ada4 !important; }
.journal-cta { padding: 75px 0 90px; }
.journal-cta-panel { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 35px; padding: clamp(32px, 5vw, 70px); overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid #d8a75a38; border-radius: 24px; background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 90% 10%, #d8a75a14, transparent 60%), #141310; }
.journal-kicker { display: block; color: #d8a75a; font-size: .62rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .16em; }
.journal-cta h2 { margin: 20px 0; font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 4.8vw, 4.5rem); font-weight: 800; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.055em; }
.journal-cta p { max-width: 460px; margin: 0; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .9rem; line-height: 1.8; }
.journal-cta .button { flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 17px 25px; }
.journal-reveal-ready { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(16px); }
.journal-is-visible { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); transition: opacity .7s ease, transform .7s ease; }
.journal-progress { position: fixed; top: var(--journal-header-height, 82px); left: 0; right: 0; height: 2px; z-index: 990; pointer-events: none; }
.journal-progress span { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left; background: #d8a75a; }
.journal-article-header { padding-top: 35px; padding-bottom: 40px; }
.journal-breadcrumb { display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 13px; margin: 0 0 48px; color: #aaa398; font-size: .73rem; }
.journal-breadcrumb a { color: #c1baae; }
.journal-breadcrumb a:hover { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-article-header h1 { max-width: 970px; margin: 20px 0 28px; font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4.7vw, 4.8rem); line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.055em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-article-meta { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 15px; }
.journal-author-avatar { width: 46px; height: 46px; border: 1px solid #d8a75a55; border-radius: 50%; font-size: 1rem; }
.journal-article-meta > div { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; }
.journal-article-meta strong { color: #f4f0e8; font-size: .82rem; font-weight: 600; }
.journal-article-meta div span { color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .74rem; }
.journal-copy-link { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; min-height: 44px; margin-left: auto; padding: 11px 16px; border: 1px solid #ffffff24; border-radius: 999px; color: #c8c1b6; background: #ffffff04; font-size: .78rem; }
.journal-copy-link:hover { color: #d8a75a; border-color: #d8a75a77; }
.journal-copy-link i { font-size: 1.15rem; }
.journal-copy-fallback { width: min(100%, 400px); padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #d8a75a; border-radius: 8px; color: #f4f0e8; background: #141415; }
.journal-article-cover { margin-bottom: 60px; }
.journal-article-cover > img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; max-height: 560px; border: 1px solid var(--journal-line); border-radius: 20px; object-fit: cover; }
.journal-cover-article { min-height: 370px; border-radius: 20px; }
.journal-cover-article i { font-size: 4rem; }
.journal-reading-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 250px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: clamp(40px, 6vw, 95px); align-items: start; padding-bottom: 60px; }
.journal-reading-sticky { position: sticky; top: 110px; }
.journal-reading-aside { align-self: stretch; }
.journal-toc { margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--journal-line); }
.journal-toc h2 { margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: .65rem; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .13em; color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-toc ol { list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 3px; max-height: 45vh; overflow-y: auto; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.journal-toc a { display: block; padding: 9px 12px; border-left: 1px solid #ffffff22; color: #b2ada4; font-size: .79rem; line-height: 1.6; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-toc a.is-active { border-color: #d8a75a; color: #d8a75a; background: #d8a75a08; }
.journal-toc .journal-toc-nested { padding-left: 12px; }
.journal-aside-note { padding: 23px; border: 1px solid #d8a75a25; border-radius: 14px; background: #d8a75a05; }
.journal-aside-note h2 { margin: 14px 0; font-size: 1.6rem; line-height: 1.15; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.journal-aside-note p { margin: 0 0 17px; color: var(--journal-muted); font-size: .78rem; line-height: 1.7; }
.journal-aside-note a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; color: #d8a75a; font-size: .78rem; }
.journal-back { display: inline-flex; gap: 10px; margin-top: 25px; padding: 10px 0; color: #b2ada4; font-size: .76rem; }
.journal-article-content { min-width: 0; max-width: 780px; }
.journal-prose { color: #d1cabf; font-size: 1.03rem; line-height: 1.95; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.journal-prose > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.journal-prose p, .journal-prose ul, .journal-prose ol { margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
.journal-prose h1, .journal-prose h2, .journal-prose h3, .journal-prose h4 { margin: 1.65em 0 .75em; color: #f4f0e8; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.3; letter-spacing: -.035em; scroll-margin-top: 115px; }
.journal-prose h1, .journal-prose h2 { font-size: 1.8rem; }
.journal-prose h3 { font-size: 1.4rem; }
.journal-prose a { color: #e1b870; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px; }
.journal-prose li { padding-left: 5px; margin-bottom: .45em; }
.journal-prose li::marker { color: #d8a75a; }
.journal-prose blockquote { margin: 30px 0; padding: 12px 25px; border-left: 2px solid #d8a75a; color: #e2cba4; background: #d8a75a05; }
.journal-prose img { display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 28px 0; border-radius: 12px; }
.journal-prose pre { max-width: 100%; padding: 22px; overflow: auto; border: 1px solid #ffffff22; border-radius: 12px; background: #151516; color: #f4f0e8; font-size: .85rem; }
.journal-prose :not(pre) > code { padding: 2px 5px; border-radius: 4px; color: #e1b870; background: #d8a75a0d; }
.journal-prose table { display: block; width: 100%; overflow: auto; border-collapse: collapse; }
.journal-prose th, .journal-prose td { padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #ffffff25; }
.journal-prose hr { margin: 35px 0; border-color: #ffffff25; }
.journal-article-end { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 15px; margin-top: 40px; padding-top: 25px; border-top: 1px solid var(--journal-line); }
.journal-article-end a { color: #d8a75a; font-size: .8rem; }
.journal-related { padding: 45px 0 10px; border-top: 1px solid var(--journal-line); }
.journal-related .journal-kicker { margin-bottom: 13px; }
@media (max-width: 1199px) {
  .journal-page .nav-shell { min-height: 76px; }
  .journal-hero-grid { gap: 45px; }
  .journal-reading-layout { grid-template-columns: 215px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 45px; }
}
@media (max-width: 991px) {
  .journal-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 20px; }
  .journal-hero-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 30px; }
  .journal-card-featured { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .journal-reading-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 35px; }
  .journal-reading-sticky { position: static; }
  .journal-reading-aside { order: 0; }
  .journal-article-content { order: 1; max-width: none; }
  .journal-reading-aside .journal-aside-note, .journal-reading-aside .journal-back { display: none; }
  .journal-toc { margin: 0; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #ffffff22; border-radius: 14px; background: #ffffff03; }
  .journal-toc ol { max-height: 210px; }
  .journal-cta-panel { padding: 35px; }
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .journal-page .nav-shell { min-height: 72px; gap: 12px; }
  .journal-page .header .logo { min-width: 0; }
  .journal-page .brand-wordmark small { font-size: .53rem; }
  .journal-hero { padding-top: 48px; }
  .journal-hero-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 26px; padding-bottom: 34px; }
  .journal-hero .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: .6rem; }
  .journal-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(3rem, 11.8vw, 4.4rem); }
  .journal-hero-grid p { max-width: none; font-size: .91rem; line-height: 1.8; }
  .journal-hero-bottom { font-size: .62rem; flex-direction: column; gap: 7px; padding: 20px 0; }
  .journal-stories { padding-top: 28px; }
  .journal-toolbar { gap: 14px; }
  .journal-search { flex-basis: 100%; max-width: none; padding-left: 15px; gap: 10px; }
  .journal-search input { font-size: .8rem; }
  .journal-search button { gap: 7px; padding: 0 13px; font-size: .76rem; }
  .journal-sort { width: 100%; justify-content: flex-end; }
  .journal-topics { gap: 8px; padding: 22px 0 26px; }
  .journal-topics a { padding: 10px 13px; font-size: .72rem; }
  .journal-results { align-items: flex-start; font-size: .77rem; }
  .journal-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .journal-card-featured { display: flex; margin-bottom: 32px; }
  .journal-card-featured .journal-card-media { aspect-ratio: 16 / 10; min-height: 0; }
  .journal-card-featured .journal-card-body, .journal-card-body { padding: 23px; }
  .journal-card-featured h2 { font-size: 1.65rem; }
  .journal-card-featured .journal-excerpt { font-size: .86rem; }
  .journal-section-heading { margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .journal-section-heading h2 { font-size: 1.5rem; }
  .journal-section-heading > span { font-size: .65rem; }
  .journal-card h2 { font-size: 1.4rem; }
  .journal-empty { padding: 45px 20px; }
  .journal-empty h2 { font-size: 1.65rem; }
  .journal-cta { padding: 48px 0 55px; }
  .journal-cta-panel { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; gap: 27px; padding: 28px; }
  .journal-cta .button { width: 100%; }
  .journal-kicker { font-size: .57rem; }
  .journal-article-header { padding-top: 24px; padding-bottom: 27px; }
  .journal-breadcrumb { margin-bottom: 28px; }
  .journal-article-header h1 { margin: 16px 0 24px; font-size: 2.2rem; }
  .journal-article-meta { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; }
  .journal-copy-link { margin-left: 0; }
  .journal-article-cover { margin-bottom: 28px; }
  .journal-article-cover > img { border-radius: 12px; }
  .journal-cover-article { min-height: 230px; border-radius: 12px; }
  .journal-cover-article i { font-size: 2.8rem; }
  .journal-reading-layout { padding-bottom: 35px; gap: 28px; }
  .journal-prose { font-size: .95rem; line-height: 1.9; }
  .journal-prose h1, .journal-prose h2 { font-size: 1.5rem; }
  .journal-prose h3 { font-size: 1.25rem; }
  .journal-article-end { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; gap: 18px; }
  .journal-related { padding-top: 30px; }
}
@media (max-width: 359px) { .journal-search button i { display: none; } .journal-card-top { flex-wrap: wrap; } .journal-page .brand-wordmark small { display: none; } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .journal-page *, .journal-page *::before, .journal-page *::after { scroll-behavior: auto !important; animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
  .journal-reveal-ready { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
  .journal-card:hover { transform: none; }
}