/* /authors — the recruitment landing for practitioners. Speaks from the
   master's point of view: what you get by leading a profession. Shares the
   house vocabulary with /contribute (typographic hero, numbered blocks, one
   blue accent, otherwise monochrome) and funnels into the co-author form. */

.authors {
  margin-inline: auto;
  max-inline-size: 44rem;
}

/* ---- Hero -------------------------------------------------------------- */

.authors-hero {
  margin-block-end: 3.5rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.authors-hero__eyebrow {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  margin-block: 0;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.authors-hero__title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 3rem);
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin-block: var(--block-space-half) 1.25rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.authors-hero__intro {
  color: var(--color-ink);
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  hyphens: none;
  line-height: 1.65;
  margin-block: 0;
  margin-inline: auto;
  max-inline-size: 36rem;
}

/* ---- Framing note ------------------------------------------------------ */

.authors-frame {
  color: var(--color-ink);
  font-size: 1.075rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  margin-block-end: 4rem;
}

.authors-frame p {
  margin-block: 0 1.35rem;
}

.authors-frame__highlight {
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--color-ink);
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.5;
  margin-block: 1.9rem;
  padding-inline-start: 1.1rem;
}

/* Mission "why now" paragraph — shares the framing-note voice. */
.authors-why__body {
  color: var(--color-ink);
  font-size: 1.075rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  margin-block: 0;
  max-inline-size: 40rem;
}

/* ---- Shared block scaffolding ------------------------------------------ */

.authors-block {
  margin-block-end: 4rem;
}

.authors-block__title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 4vw, 1.8rem);
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-block: 0 var(--block-space-half);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.authors-block__lead {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin-block: 0 1.75rem;
  max-inline-size: 40rem;
}

/* ---- Benefits — bordered cards anchored by a ghosted numeral ----------- */

.authors-benefits {
  display: grid;
  gap: var(--block-space);
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

@media (min-width: 44rem) {
  .authors-benefits {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  }
}

.authors-benefit {
  background: var(--color-subtle-light);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-subtle);
  border-radius: 0.5rem;
  padding: 1.5rem;
}

.authors-benefit__index {
  color: var(--color-ink);
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  line-height: 1;
  opacity: 0.28;
}

.authors-benefit__title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-block: 0.6rem var(--block-space-half);
}

.authors-benefit__text {
  color: var(--color-ink);
  hyphens: none;
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin-block: 0;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

/* ---- Tooling showcase — a live illustration, not a screenshot ----------
   Built from the real .badge components (badges.css), so it matches the app
   pixel-for-pixel and can never rot. */

.authors-showcase {
  margin: 2.5rem auto 0;
  max-inline-size: 34rem;
}

.authors-sources {
  background: var(--color-subtle-light);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-subtle);
  border-radius: 0.75rem;
  padding: 1.25rem 1.35rem;
}

.authors-sources__label {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  margin-block: 0 var(--block-space);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.authors-sources__list {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.9rem;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.authors-sources__item {
  align-items: start;
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.75rem;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
}

/* Nudge the badge to sit on the title's baseline row. */
.authors-sources__item .badge {
  margin-block-start: 0.15rem;
}

.authors-sources__body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-inline-size: 0;
}

.authors-sources__title {
  color: var(--color-link);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.authors-sources__note {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin-block-start: 0.15rem;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

.authors-sources__history {
  align-items: center;
  border-block-start: 1px solid var(--color-subtle);
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  display: flex;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  gap: 0.45rem;
  margin-block: 1.1rem 0;
  padding-block-start: 0.9rem;
}

.authors-sources__history .icon {
  block-size: 1rem;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  inline-size: 1rem;
}

.authors-showcase__cap {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  margin-block-start: 0.9rem;
  text-align: center;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

/* ---- Who it's for — plain honest checklist ----------------------------- */

.authors-who {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.75rem;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.authors-who__item {
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--color-subtle);
  color: var(--color-ink);
  line-height: 1.6;
  padding-inline-start: 1rem;
}

/* ---- How to start (vertical timeline, mirrors the edit pipeline) ------- */

.authors-steps {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.authors-steps__step {
  display: flex;
  gap: var(--block-space);
  padding-block-end: 1.75rem;
  position: relative;
}

.authors-steps__step:last-child {
  padding-block-end: 0;
}

.authors-steps__step:not(:last-child)::before {
  background: var(--color-subtle);
  content: "";
  inline-size: 1px;
  inset-block: 2.25rem 0;
  inset-inline-start: 1.1rem;
  position: absolute;
}

.authors-steps__num {
  align-items: center;
  background: var(--color-bg);
  border: 1px solid var(--color-subtle);
  border-radius: 50%;
  block-size: 2.25rem;
  color: var(--color-ink);
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  inline-size: 2.25rem;
  justify-content: center;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

.authors-steps__body {
  padding-block-start: 0.2rem;
}

.authors-steps__title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-block: 0 0.25rem;
}

.authors-steps__desc {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  line-height: 1.55;
  margin-block: 0;
}

/* ---- Closing CTA ------------------------------------------------------- */

.authors-cta {
  text-align: center;
}

.authors-cta__title {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 4vw, 1.8rem);
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-block: 0 var(--block-space-half);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.authors-cta__text {
  color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin-block: 0 1.5rem;
  margin-inline: auto;
  max-inline-size: 36rem;
}

.authors-cta__links {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 0.75rem;
  justify-content: center;
}