:root {
      --ink: #1B2A33;
        --ink-soft: #4A5B66;
          --ink-faint: #8496A0;
            --paper: #FAF9F6;
              --paper-deep: #F1EEE8;
                --brass: #9A7B4F;
                  --rule: #DDD8CE;
                    --max: 46rem;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }

html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }

body {
      margin: 0;
        background: var(--paper);
          color: var(--ink);
            font-family: "Public Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
              font-size: 17px;
                line-height: 1.65;
                  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

.wrap {
      max-width: var(--max);
        margin: 0 auto;
          padding: 0 1.5rem;
}

/* ---------- masthead ---------- */

.masthead {
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
        padding: 1.4rem 0;
}

.masthead .wrap {
      display: flex;
        align-items: baseline;
          justify-content: space-between;
            gap: 1rem;
              flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.wordmark {
      font-family: "Newsreader", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
        font-size: 1.32rem;
          font-weight: 500;
            letter-spacing: 0.01em;
              color: var(--ink);
                text-decoration: none;
}

.wordmark span {
      color: var(--brass);
}

.masthead nav {
      display: flex;
        gap: 1.5rem;
          font-size: 0.86rem;
            letter-spacing: 0.04em;
              text-transform: uppercase;
}

.masthead nav a {
      color: var(--ink-soft);
        text-decoration: none;
          border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
            padding-bottom: 2px;
}

.masthead nav a:hover,
.masthead nav a[aria-current="page"] {
      color: var(--ink);
        border-bottom-color: var(--brass);
}

/* ---------- type ---------- */

h1, h2, h3 {
      font-family: "Newsreader", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
        font-weight: 400;
          line-height: 1.22;
            color: var(--ink);
}

h1 {
      font-size: 2.35rem;
        letter-spacing: -0.01em;
          margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
}

h2 {
      font-size: 1.42rem;
        margin: 2.8rem 0 0.7rem;
}

h3 {
      font-size: 1.08rem;
        font-family: "Public Sans", sans-serif;
          font-weight: 600;
            letter-spacing: 0.01em;
              margin: 1.8rem 0 0.4rem;
}

p { margin: 0 0 1.1rem; }

a { color: var(--ink); text-underline-offset: 3px; text-decoration-color: var(--brass); }

.lede {
      font-size: 1.15rem;
        color: var(--ink-soft);
          max-width: 34rem;
}

.eyebrow {
      font-size: 0.76rem;
        text-transform: uppercase;
          letter-spacing: 0.14em;
            color: var(--brass);
              margin: 0 0 1.1rem;
                font-weight: 600;
}

main { padding: 3.6rem 0 1rem; }

section { margin-bottom: 1rem; }

ul { padding-left: 1.15rem; margin: 0 0 1.1rem; }
li { margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }

.small { font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }

hr {
      border: 0;
        border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
          margin: 3rem 0;
}

/* ---------- signature: the status sequence ---------- */

.sequence {
      margin: 2.4rem 0 2.8rem;
        padding: 1.9rem 1.7rem 1.5rem;
          background: var(--paper-deep);
            border-left: 2px solid var(--brass);
}

.sequence-label {
      font-size: 0.76rem;
        text-transform: uppercase;
          letter-spacing: 0.13em;
            color: var(--ink-faint);
              margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
}

.step {
      position: relative;
        padding-left: 1.7rem;
          padding-bottom: 1.35rem;
}

.step:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }

.step::before {
      content: "";
        position: absolute;
          left: 0;
            top: 0.44rem;
              width: 9px;
                height: 9px;
                  border-radius: 50%;
                    background: var(--brass);
}

.step::after {
      content: "";
        position: absolute;
          left: 4px;
            top: 1.15rem;
              bottom: 0.1rem;
                width: 1px;
                  background: var(--rule);
}

.step:last-child::after { display: none; }

.step .what {
      font-family: "Newsreader", Georgia, serif;
        font-size: 1.1rem;
}

.step .when {
      font-size: 0.86rem;
        color: var(--ink-faint);
}

/* ---------- message samples ---------- */

.msg {
      background: #fff;
        border: 1px solid var(--rule);
          padding: 0.9rem 1.1rem;
            margin: 0 0 0.9rem;
              font-size: 0.95rem;
                color: var(--ink-soft);
                  max-width: 32rem;
}

/* ---------- footer ---------- */

footer {
      border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
        margin-top: 4rem;
          padding: 2rem 0 3rem;
            font-size: 0.9rem;
              color: var(--ink-soft);
}

footer a { color: var(--ink-soft); }

footer .row {
      display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
          gap: 1.5rem;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
}

@media (max-width: 34rem) {
      h1 { font-size: 1.85rem; }
        main { padding-top: 2.4rem; }
          .masthead nav { gap: 1rem; }
}

a:focus-visible, .wordmark:focus-visible {
      outline: 2px solid var(--brass);
        outline-offset: 3px;
}

}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}