/* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   cyber72 — about.css
   About-page-only components. Drop into wp-content/themes/cyber72-light/style.css
   under a /* NEW: About page */ header. All classes are NEW and prefixed
   .about-*; nothing here redefines tokens or globals — those live in
   colors_and_type.css + tokens.css.
   ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */


/* ─── Page-level: anchors land below sticky nav + progress bar ──────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
html.about-page { scroll-padding-top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 14px); }

/* NEW: About page — reading progress bar pinned under global nav */
.about-progress {
  position: fixed;
  top: var(--nav-h);
  left: 0; right: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: transparent;
  z-index: 49;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.about-progress > i {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  width: 0%;
  background: var(--green);
  transition: width .08s linear;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-progress > i { box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(0,255,156,.45); }


/* ─── CVE ticker placeholder (chrome — minimal local fallback) ──────────── */
/* NEW: About page — local fallback for the global ticker; production uses the
   shared <!-- WP: cyber72 header/ticker --> partial. */
.about-ticker {
  background: #07090a;
  color: #cfe9d9;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #1a2022;
  height: 30px;
  display: flex; align-items: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11.5px;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  position: relative;
}
.about-ticker::before,
.about-ticker::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 140px;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 2;
}
.about-ticker::before { left: 0;  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #07090a, transparent); }
.about-ticker::after  { right: 0; background: linear-gradient(-90deg, #07090a, transparent); }
.about-ticker-track {
  display: inline-flex;
  white-space: nowrap;
  gap: 36px;
  padding-left: 36px;
  animation: marquee 60s linear infinite;
}
.about-ticker-item { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
.about-ticker-item .dot { width: 6px; height: 6px; }
.about-ticker-item .k   { color: #525e60; }
.about-ticker-item .v   { color: #cfe9d9; }
.about-ticker-item .sev-c { color: #ff5566; }
.about-ticker-item .sev-h { color: #ffb020; }
.about-ticker-item .sev-m { color: #00ff9c; }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .about-ticker-track { animation: none; }
}


/* ─── Breadcrumb (page-local; sits above hero) ──────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-bcrumb-wrap { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); background: var(--bg); }
.about-bcrumb {
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 12px var(--container-pad);
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 6px;
}
.about-bcrumb a { color: var(--ink-dim); transition: color .12s; }
.about-bcrumb a:hover { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-bcrumb .sep  { color: var(--ink-mute); }
.about-bcrumb .here { color: var(--ink); }


/* ─── HERO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--bg);
}
.about-hero-inner {
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 88px var(--container-pad) 72px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr;
  gap: 64px;
  align-items: end;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}
.about-hero .eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: var(--tracking-eyebrow);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}
.about-hero .eyebrow::before { content: "▸ "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-hero h1 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: clamp(56px, 8vw, 104px);
  line-height: 0.92;
  letter-spacing: -.03em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.about-hero h1 .green { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-hero h1 .stop  { color: var(--green-dim); }

.about-hero-meta {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding-top: 18px;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  display: grid; gap: 8px;
}
.about-hero-meta .row { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px; }
.about-hero-meta .k { color: var(--ink-mute); min-width: 88px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .14em; font-size: 10.5px; }
.about-hero-meta .v { color: var(--ink); }
.about-hero-meta .v .dot { margin-right: 8px; vertical-align: 1px; }

/* Hero grid drift bg */
.about-hero-grid {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,.045) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 48px 48px;
  background-position: -1px -1px;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,.6), rgba(0,0,0,.1));
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,.6), rgba(0,0,0,.1));
  animation: gridDrift var(--t-grid-drift) infinite;
  pointer-events: none;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-hero-grid {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px);
}
@keyframes gridDrift { from { background-position-x: -1px } to { background-position-x: -49px } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .about-hero-grid { animation: none; } }

/* Hero corner brackets */
.about-hero .corner {
  position: absolute;
  width: 24px; height: 24px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  z-index: 2;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-hero .corner { border-color: var(--ink-dim); }
.about-hero .corner.tl { top: 12px; left: 12px;  border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.about-hero .corner.tr { top: 12px; right: 12px; border-left: 0;  border-bottom: 0; }
.about-hero .corner.bl { bottom: 12px; left: 12px;  border-right: 0; border-top: 0; }
.about-hero .corner.br { bottom: 12px; right: 12px; border-left: 0;  border-top: 0; }


/* ─── Page shell: sticky TOC + main column ──────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-shell {
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 56px var(--container-pad) 64px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 248px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 56px;
  align-items: start;
}


/* ─── Sticky TOC rail (desktop) ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-toc {
  position: sticky;
  top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 28px);
  align-self: start;
  max-height: calc(100vh - var(--nav-h) - 56px);
  overflow: auto;
  scrollbar-width: thin;
}
.about-toc-head {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: var(--tracking-eyebrow);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  padding-bottom: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
}
.about-toc-head::before { content: "▸"; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-toc-head .count { margin-left: auto; color: var(--ink-mute); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: .06em; }

.about-toc-cluster { margin-bottom: 14px; }
.about-toc-cluster-label {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  padding: 8px 0 4px;
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 8px;
}
.about-toc-cluster-label::before { content: "//"; color: var(--green-dim); font-weight: 600; }
.about-toc-cluster-label .n { margin-left: auto; color: var(--ink-mute); opacity: .7; }

.about-toc-list { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.about-toc-list li { line-height: 1.2; }
.about-toc-list a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr;
  gap: 6px;
  align-items: baseline;
  padding: 6px 10px 6px 10px;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  border-left: 2px solid transparent;
  transition: color .15s, border-color .15s, background .15s;
}
.about-toc-list a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.about-toc-list a.active {
  color: var(--ink);
  border-left-color: var(--green-dim);
  background: rgba(10,138,85,.06);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-toc-list a.active { background: rgba(0,255,156,.05); }
.about-toc-list a .code {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10.5px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
}
.about-toc-list a.active .code { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-toc-list a .ttl {
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  text-wrap: balance;
}


/* ─── Mobile TOC drawer ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-toc-mobile {
  display: none;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--panel);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-toc-mobile { background: rgba(15,19,20,.4); }
.about-toc-mobile summary {
  padding: 14px 18px;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink);
  cursor: pointer;
  list-style: none;
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
}
.about-toc-mobile summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.about-toc-mobile summary::before { content: "▸"; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-toc-mobile[open] summary::before { content: "▾"; }
.about-toc-mobile summary .count { margin-left: auto; color: var(--ink-mute); font-size: 11px; }
.about-toc-mobile .group {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.about-toc-mobile .group .label {
  padding: 10px 18px 6px;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 10.5px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  background: var(--bg-2);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-toc-mobile .group .label { background: rgba(7,9,10,.4); }
.about-toc-mobile ol { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.about-toc-mobile li a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 10px 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  border-left: 2px solid transparent;
}
.about-toc-mobile li a .code { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 11px; color: var(--ink-mute); letter-spacing: .04em; }
.about-toc-mobile li a.active { color: var(--ink); border-left-color: var(--green-dim); background: rgba(10,138,85,.06); }
.about-toc-mobile li a.active .code { color: var(--green-dim); }


/* ─── Section heads ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-section { padding-top: 8px; }
.about-section + .about-section { margin-top: 84px; }
.about-section-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 22px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 22px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  margin-bottom: 36px;
}
.about-section-head .eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: var(--tracking-eyebrow);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.about-section-head .eyebrow::before { content: "▸ "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-section-head h2 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: clamp(36px, 4.2vw, 56px);
  line-height: 1.0;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.about-section-head h2 .green { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-section-head .lede {
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  max-width: 38ch;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.about-section-head .meta {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-align: right;
}


/* ─── Section A: lead block ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-lead-block {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 56px;
  padding-bottom: 56px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  margin-bottom: 48px;
}
.about-lead-block .col {
  display: grid; gap: 18px;
}
.about-lead-block .col h3 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 28px;
  line-height: 1.12;
  letter-spacing: -.015em;
  margin: 0 0 4px;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.about-lead-block .col .code {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.about-lead-block .col .code::before { content: "// "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-lead-block .col p {
  font-size: 16.5px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 60ch;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.about-lead-block .col p + p { margin-top: 0; }
.about-lead-block .col strong {
  color: var(--ink);
  font-weight: 600;
  background: linear-gradient(transparent 65%, rgba(10,138,85,.18) 65%);
  padding: 0 2px;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-lead-block .col strong {
  background: linear-gradient(transparent 65%, rgba(0,255,156,.16) 65%);
}


/* ─── Section A: pillars grid (3 cells, border-collapse style) ──────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-pillars {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.about-pillar {
  padding: 28px 24px 30px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  display: grid; gap: 14px;
  align-content: start;
  background: var(--panel);
  position: relative;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-pillar { background: rgba(15,19,20,.4); }
.about-pillar .head {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--line);
  padding-bottom: 12px;
}
.about-pillar .idx {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--green-dim);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  font-weight: 600;
}
.about-pillar .tag { margin-left: auto; }
.about-pillar h3 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.about-pillar p {
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  margin: 0;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}


/* ─── Solutions index grid (anchor menu) ────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-index {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  margin-bottom: 56px;
}
.about-index a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 60px 1fr 20px;
  gap: 12px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--panel);
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: 13.5px;
  color: var(--ink);
  transition: background .12s, color .12s, border-color .12s;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-index a { background: rgba(15,19,20,.4); }
.about-index a:hover { background: rgba(10,138,85,.05); }
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-index a:hover { background: rgba(0,255,156,.04); }
.about-index a .code {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
}
.about-index a:hover .code { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-index a .ttl { text-wrap: balance; line-height: 1.3; }
.about-index a .arr {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 14px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  transition: transform .15s, color .15s;
}
.about-index a:hover .arr { color: var(--green-dim); transform: translate(2px, -2px); }


/* ─── Solution block (chessboard rhythm: standard ↔ flip ↔ pano ↔ card) ── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-sol {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 48px;
  align-items: start;
  padding: 64px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 24px);
}
.about-sol:first-of-type { border-top: 0; padding-top: 16px; }

/* Standard layout: body left, sticky photo right */
/* Flipped layout: body right, sticky photo left, with proportions swapped */
.about-sol[data-flip="true"] {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.05fr);
}
.about-sol[data-flip="true"] .about-sol-body  { order: 2; }
.about-sol[data-flip="true"] .about-sol-media { order: 1; }

/* ── Panoramic (data-layout="pano"): wide image up top, body in 2-col split */
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] {
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  gap: 36px;
  padding: 72px 0;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-media { order: 1; }
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-body  { order: 2; }
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-photo { aspect-ratio: 24 / 9; }
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-body {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 320px) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 28px 64px;
  align-items: start;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-body > .meta { grid-column: 1; }
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-body > h3    { grid-column: 1; max-width: none; }
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-sol-body > p     { grid-column: 2; max-width: 68ch; }

/* Terminal-pano: same wide-on-top idea, but the terminal is the media */
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] {
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  gap: 36px;
  padding: 72px 0;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-media { order: 1; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body  { order: 2; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-term-body { min-height: 220px; padding: 22px 28px; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-term-body .glyph { font-size: 46px; margin: 0 0 16px; text-align: left; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-term-body .glyph .sub { display: inline-block; margin-left: 16px; vertical-align: middle; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 320px) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 28px 64px;
  align-items: start;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body > .meta { grid-column: 1; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body > h3    { grid-column: 1; max-width: none; }
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body > p     { grid-column: 2; max-width: 68ch; }

/* ── Card (data-layout="card"): photo + text both inside a single hairline cell */
.about-sol[data-layout="card"] {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 64px 0;
  border-top: 0;
  background: var(--panel);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  overflow: hidden;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-sol[data-layout="card"] { background: rgba(15,19,20,.45); }
.about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-sol-body {
  padding: 40px 36px;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-sol-media {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  align-self: stretch;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="card"][data-flip="true"] {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr);
}
.about-sol[data-layout="card"][data-flip="true"] .about-sol-media {
  border-left: 0;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line-2);
}
.about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-photo {
  border: 0;
  aspect-ratio: auto;
  flex: 1;
  min-height: 380px;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-photo-cap {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 10px 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--bg-2);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-photo-cap { background: rgba(7,9,10,.4); }

.about-sol-body { display: grid; gap: 14px; align-content: start; }
.about-sol-body .meta {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.about-sol-body .meta .code {
  color: var(--green-dim);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}
.about-sol-body .meta .sep { color: var(--ink-mute); }
.about-sol-body h3 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: clamp(26px, 2.4vw, 34px);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -.015em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.about-sol-body h3 .green { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-sol-body p {
  font-size: 15.5px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 60ch;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.about-sol-body p strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; }
.about-sol-body p code,
.about-sol-body p .mono {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 13.5px;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--bg-2);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: 0 5px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}


/* ─── Solution media: stock photo placed in branded frame ───────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-sol-media {
  position: sticky;
  top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 32px);
  align-self: start;
  margin: 0;
}
/* Wide / cell layouts release the sticky behaviour */
.about-sol[data-layout="pano"]     .about-sol-media,
.about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-media,
.about-sol[data-layout="card"]     .about-sol-media { position: static; }

.about-photo {
  position: relative;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--bg-2);
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-photo { box-shadow: none; background: #0a0e0f; }

.about-photo img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}

/* Placeholder (visible if the WP image isn't loaded yet) */
.about-photo .ph {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background-image:
    repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, rgba(0,0,0,.05) 0 1px, transparent 1px 14px);
  z-index: 0;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-photo .ph {
  background-image:
    repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, rgba(255,255,255,.03) 0 1px, transparent 1px 14px);
}
.about-photo .ph-cap {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 5px 9px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--panel);
}
.about-photo img { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

/* Corner brackets */
.about-photo .corner {
  position: absolute;
  width: 22px; height: 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  z-index: 3;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-photo .corner { border-color: var(--ink); }
.about-photo .corner.tl { top: 8px; left: 8px;  border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.about-photo .corner.tr { top: 8px; right: 8px; border-left: 0;  border-bottom: 0; }
.about-photo .corner.bl { bottom: 8px; left: 8px;  border-right: 0; border-top: 0; }
.about-photo .corner.br { bottom: 8px; right: 8px; border-left: 0;  border-top: 0; }



/* ─── No-photo solution: terminal motif ─────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-term {
  background: #070a0b;
  border: 1px solid #1a2022;
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-term);
  color: #cfe9d9;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.about-term-bar {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
  padding: 9px 14px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #1a2022;
  background: #0a0e0f;
}
.about-term-bar .dots { display: flex; gap: 6px; }
.about-term-bar .dots i { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 50%; display: block; }
.about-term-bar .dots i:nth-child(1) { background: #3a1216; }
.about-term-bar .dots i:nth-child(2) { background: #3a2a12; }
.about-term-bar .dots i:nth-child(3) { background: #103a1f; }
.about-term-bar .title { color: #cfe9d9; font-size: 11px; }
.about-term-bar .id { margin-left: auto; color: #808c8e; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .08em; }
.about-term-body { padding: 18px 22px; min-height: 280px; }
.about-term-body .ln { display: block; }
.about-term-body .ln + .ln { margin-top: 6px; }
.about-term-body .prompt { color: #00ff9c; }
.about-term-body .key    { color: #5cc8ff; }
.about-term-body .val    { color: #cfe9d9; }
.about-term-body .ok     { color: #00ff9c; }
.about-term-body .warn   { color: #ffb020; }
.about-term-body .crit   { color: #ff5566; }
.about-term-body .dim    { color: #808c8e; }
.about-term-body .glyph  {
  display: block;
  font-size: 60px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 6px 0 14px;
  color: #00ff9c;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
}
.about-term-body .glyph .sub { display: block; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .14em; color: #808c8e; margin-top: 6px; }
.about-term-body .caret {
  display: inline-block;
  width: .55ch; height: 1em;
  background: #00ff9c;
  vertical-align: -2px;
  animation: caret 1s steps(2) infinite;
}


/* ─── Final CTA strip ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-cta {
  position: relative;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--bg-2);
  padding: 72px 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-cta { background: #06080a; }
.about-cta::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,.035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 48px 48px;
  pointer-events: none;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-cta::before {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px);
}
.about-cta-inner {
  position: relative;
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 var(--container-pad);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 48px;
  align-items: end;
}
.about-cta .eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: var(--tracking-eyebrow);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.about-cta .eyebrow::before { content: "▸ "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-cta h2 {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: clamp(40px, 5vw, 72px);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  text-wrap: balance;
  max-width: 18ch;
}
.about-cta h2 .green { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-cta-side {
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px;
  align-items: stretch;
  min-width: 280px;
}
.about-cta-side .btn { padding: 14px 18px; justify-content: space-between; }
.about-cta-side .ir {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  padding: 14px 18px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: var(--radius-xs);
  transition: border-color .12s, color .12s;
  text-align: left;
}
.about-cta-side .ir:hover { border-color: var(--red); color: var(--red); }
.about-cta-side .ir .dot.red { width: 8px; height: 8px; }
.about-cta-side .mono {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11.5px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  text-align: right;
}


/* ─── Back-to-top button ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page */
.about-backtop {
  position: fixed;
  right: 24px;
  bottom: 24px;
  z-index: 45;
  width: auto; padding: 10px 14px;
  background: var(--panel);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11.5px;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: var(--radius-xs);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(8px);
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity .2s ease, transform .2s ease, border-color .12s, color .12s;
}
.about-backtop.show { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); pointer-events: auto; }
.about-backtop:hover { border-color: var(--green-dim); color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-backtop::before { content: "↑"; color: var(--green-dim); margin-right: 6px; }


/* ─── Footer placeholder (chrome — keep slim on this page) ──────────────── */
/* NEW: About page — local fallback only; production uses <!-- WP: footer --> */
.about-ftr {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--bg-2);
  padding: 36px 0;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-ftr { background: #06080a; }
.about-ftr-inner {
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 var(--container-pad);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 22px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.about-ftr-inner a { color: var(--ink-dim); }
.about-ftr-inner a:hover { color: var(--green-dim); }


/* ─── Site header (chrome — local fallback) ─────────────────────────────── */
/* NEW: About page — minimal sticky header for the standalone preview. */
.about-hdr {
  position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 50;
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(160%);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(160%);
  background: rgba(247,246,241,.82);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  height: var(--nav-h);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-hdr { background: rgba(7,9,10,.7); }
.about-hdr-inner {
  max-width: var(--container-max);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 var(--container-pad);
  height: 100%;
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 28px;
}
.about-hdr-logo {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 18px;
  letter-spacing: -.015em;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.about-hdr-logo .mark {
  width: 22px; height: 22px;
  border: 1.5px solid var(--green);
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
}
.about-hdr-logo .mark::before {
  content: "72";
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 9.5px;
  color: var(--green-dim);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
}
.about-hdr-logo .seg { color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-hdr-nav {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 22px;
  flex: 1;
}
.about-hdr-nav a {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  transition: color .12s;
}
.about-hdr-nav a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
.about-hdr-nav a.on { color: var(--ink); }
.about-hdr-nav a.on::before { content: "/ "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-hdr-tools {
  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
  margin-left: auto;
}
.about-theme-toggle {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  padding: 6px 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: var(--radius-xs);
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  transition: border-color .12s, color .12s;
}
.about-theme-toggle:hover { border-color: var(--green-dim); color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-theme-toggle .sw {
  display: inline-block; width: 8px; height: 8px;
  background: var(--ink);
  vertical-align: 1px;
  margin-right: 6px;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-theme-toggle .sw { background: var(--green); }
.about-burger {
  display: none;
  width: 32px; height: 32px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: transparent;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 0;
  position: relative;
}
.about-burger i, .about-burger i::before, .about-burger i::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 6px; right: 6px;
  height: 1.5px;
  background: var(--ink);
}
.about-burger i { top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%); }
.about-burger i::before { top: -6px; }
.about-burger i::after  { top: 6px; }


/* ─── Responsive ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .about-shell { grid-template-columns: 220px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 40px; }
  .about-sol { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 32px; }
  .about-index { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .about-pillars { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .about-hero-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; padding: 64px var(--container-pad) 56px; }
  .about-lead-block { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 32px; }
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .about-shell {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 0;
    padding: 36px var(--container-pad) 56px;
  }
  .about-toc { display: none; }
  .about-toc-mobile { display: block; }
  .about-sol {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 24px;
    padding: 48px 0;
  }
  /* Mobile reading order: always text → media, regardless of desktop flip */
  .about-sol .about-sol-body  { order: 1; }
  .about-sol .about-sol-media { order: 2; }
  .about-sol-media { position: static; }
  /* Pano/termpano: keep media-first on mobile (lead with the big visual) */
  .about-sol[data-layout="pano"]     .about-sol-media,
  .about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-media { order: 1; }
  .about-sol[data-layout="pano"]     .about-sol-body,
  .about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body  { order: 2; }
  .about-sol[data-layout="pano"]     .about-sol-body,
  .about-sol[data-layout="termpano"] .about-sol-body {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .about-sol[data-layout="pano"] .about-photo { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
  /* Card on mobile */
  .about-sol[data-layout="card"] { padding: 0; margin: 36px 0; }
  .about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-sol-media {
    border-left: 0; border-right: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  }
  .about-sol[data-layout="card"] .about-photo { min-height: 220px; }

  .about-pillars { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-pillar { padding: 22px 18px; }
  .about-cta-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 0 var(--container-pad-mobile); }
  .about-cta { padding: 56px 0; }
  .about-section-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 14px; align-items: start; }
  .about-section-head .meta { text-align: left; }
  .about-hdr-inner { padding: 0 var(--container-pad-mobile); }
  .about-hdr-nav { display: none; }
  .about-burger { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }
  .about-shell { padding-left: var(--container-pad-mobile); padding-right: var(--container-pad-mobile); }
  .about-bcrumb { padding: 10px var(--container-pad-mobile); font-size: 11.5px; }
  .about-hero-inner { padding: 56px var(--container-pad-mobile) 44px; }
  .about-ftr-inner { padding: 0 var(--container-pad-mobile); flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; }
  .about-backtop { right: 14px; bottom: 14px; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .about-index { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(40px, 12vw, 64px); }
  .about-section + .about-section { margin-top: 56px; }
}


/* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   NEW: About page — Founder panel (surfaced at the top) + 2x2 "by the numbers".
   Founder is a single contained person-panel in the page's hairline-card
   language: portrait on a tinted plate with corner brackets + LinkedIn beneath
   it, identity + bio vertically centred so the panel never voids out. Stats keep
   the original green-number / label / mono-sub cells, laid out as a clean 2x2.
   ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */

/* ── Founder panel ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.about-founder {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 272px minmax(0, 1fr);
  align-items: stretch;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--panel);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-card);
  overflow: hidden;
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--nav-h) + 24px);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-founder { background: rgba(15,19,20,.45); box-shadow: none; }

/* Left plate: portrait (with corner brackets) + LinkedIn directly beneath it */
.about-founder-aside {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 28px;
  background: var(--bg-2);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line-2);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-founder-aside { background: #0a0e0f; }
.about-founder-photo {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  width: 216px;
  max-width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--panel);
}
.about-founder-photo img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.03);
  transition: filter .5s ease;
}
/* Reveal the real person in colour on interaction — "a living human runs this". */
.about-founder:hover .about-founder-photo img,
.about-founder:focus-within .about-founder-photo img { filter: grayscale(0); }
.about-founder-photo .corner {
  position: absolute;
  width: 15px; height: 15px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  z-index: 2;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.about-founder-photo .corner.tl { top: 7px; left: 7px;  border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.about-founder-photo .corner.tr { top: 7px; right: 7px; border-left: 0;  border-bottom: 0; }
.about-founder-photo .corner.bl { bottom: 7px; left: 7px;  border-right: 0; border-top: 0; }
.about-founder-photo .corner.br { bottom: 7px; right: 7px; border-left: 0;  border-top: 0; }

.about-founder-li {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 9px;
  width: 216px;
  max-width: 100%;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  background: var(--panel);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  letter-spacing: .03em;
  transition: border-color .14s, color .14s, background .14s;
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-founder-li { background: rgba(15,19,20,.55); }
.about-founder-li:hover {
  border-color: var(--green-dim);
  color: var(--green-dim);
  background: rgba(10,138,85,.05);
}
html[data-theme="dark"] .about-founder-li:hover { background: rgba(0,255,156,.04); }
.about-founder-li svg { width: 15px; height: 15px; flex-shrink: 0; }

/* Right: identity + bio, vertically centred against the photo plate */
.about-founder-main {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 34px 40px;
}
.about-founder-name {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: clamp(26px, 2.4vw, 32px);
  line-height: 1.04;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.about-founder-role {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 12px;
  color: var(--green-dim);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin: 8px 0 16px;
}
.about-founder-bio p {
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.62;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 56ch;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}
.about-founder-bio p + p { margin-top: 12px; }

/* ── Single-column variant of the lead block (bench intro) ─────────────────── */
.about-lead-block.solo {
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  border-bottom: 0;
  padding-bottom: 26px;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
}

/* ── "By the numbers" — caption + 2x2 stat grid (original green-number cells) ─
   NB: wrapper is .bench-stats (NOT .about-stats — that name is a 2-col grid in
   the base style.css and would force cap+grid side by side). */
.bench-stats { margin-top: 4px; }
.about-stats-cap {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 6px 14px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.about-stats-cap .code {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 11px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.about-stats-cap .code::before { content: "// "; color: var(--green-dim); }
.about-stats-cap .h {
  font-family: var(--font-display);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 22px;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  color: var(--ink);
}
/* 2x2 layout — reuses the .about-pillar cell (panel + hairlines) at full width */
.about-stats-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); margin-bottom: 0; }
.about-stat { padding: 26px 28px; gap: 10px; align-content: start; }
.about-stat .head { border-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; align-items: baseline; gap: 14px; }
.about-stat .about-stat-num { font-size: 34px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.01em; } /* mono + green inherited from .idx */
.about-stat .about-stat-label {
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink);
  line-height: 1.25;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}
.about-stat .about-stat-sub {
  font-size: 11.5px;
  color: var(--ink-mute);
  letter-spacing: .05em;
}

/* ── Founder + stats responsive ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .about-founder { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-founder-aside {
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    gap: 18px;
    border-right: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-2);
  }
  .about-founder-photo { width: 132px; }
  .about-founder-li { width: auto; }
  .about-founder-main { padding: 26px 24px; }
  .about-stats-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}