/* ===== about.css — byte-exact relocation of the page's inline cascade (V185 lineage). Order preserved; layer comments intact. ===== */ @font-face { font-family: 'Archivo'; src: url('/fonts/archivo-var-latin.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400 900; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono'; src: url('/fonts/plexmono-400-latin.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono'; src: url('/fonts/plexmono-500-latin.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 500; font-display: swap; } * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; } html { scroll-behavior: smooth; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { html { scroll-behavior: auto; } } body { background: var(--surface-page); color: var(--text-strong); font-family: 'Archivo','Archivo Fallback', ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: clamp(16px, 15.1px + 0.26vw, 18.6px); line-height: 1.6; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; } a { color: inherit; } .wrap { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 22px; } nav { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-light); background: var(--surface-page); } .nav-inner { max-width: 1080px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; height: 64px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; } .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-decoration: none; font-size: 17px; } .brand svg { width: 28px; height: 28px; border-radius: 6px; } .nav-links { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 26px; font-size: 14.5px; } .nav-links a { text-decoration: none; color: var(--text-body); } .nav-links a:hover { color: var(--text-strong); } .nav-links a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--text-strong); } .btn { display: inline-block; text-decoration: none; background: var(--btn-fill); color: var(--btn-label) !important; font-weight: 700; padding: 9px 16px; border-radius: 8px; font-size: 14px; } .nav-inner { position: relative; } .mz-burger { display: none; background: none; border: 1px solid var(--rule-soft); border-radius: 8px; padding: 9px 13px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; color: var(--text-strong); cursor: pointer; } @media (max-width: 760px) { .nav-links a:not(.btn) { display: none; } .nav-links { display: flex; } .mz-burger { display: inline-block; } .nav-links.open { flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; text-align: center; position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; background: var(--surface-page); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-light); padding: 6px 22px 16px; gap: 0; z-index: 150; box-shadow: 0 14px 30px rgba(24,24,26,.08); } .nav-links.open a { display: block !important; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #efeee9; font-size: 16px; } .nav-links.open a.btn { border: 0; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; } } section { padding: 74px 0; } section:first-of-type { padding-top: 44px; } .eyebrow { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent-on-light); font-weight: 500; } h1 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -0.02em; font-size: clamp(34px, 2vw + 26px, 42px); line-height: 1.1; margin: 14px 0 8px; } h2 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -0.015em; font-size: 27px; margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.15; } p { color: var(--text-body); margin-bottom: 21px; } .ar { display: block; font-size: 72px; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--text-strong); margin: 34px 0 4px; } .def { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--text-muted); margin-bottom: 26px; } .def b { color: var(--text-strong); font-weight: 500; } .rule { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-on-light); margin: 58px 0; } /* V225: .quiet is overridden to #0f1115 inline on this page, so the light hairlines were drawing a near-white line on near-black. */ .quiet { background: var(--text-on-dark); border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark); } .verify { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 13px; color: var(--accent-on-light); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent-on-light); padding-bottom: 2px; } .back { display: inline-block; margin-top: 34px; font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 13px; color: var(--accent-on-light); text-decoration: none; } .back:hover { color: var(--accent-pressed); } footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-on-light); padding: 34px 0 44px; } .foot { max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 22px; font-size: 13.5px; color: var(--text-muted); } .foot a { color: var(--text-muted); } .disclaimer { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 11.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: var(--text-subtle); max-width: 640px; margin-top: 14px; } :focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--accent-on-light); outline-offset: 2px; } @media (max-width: 640px) { .ar { font-size: 58px; } section { padding: 56px 0; } section:first-of-type { padding-top: 28px; } } ::selection { background: var(--accent-on-light); color: var(--surface-page); } /* V54 duotone chrome */ nav { background: rgba(15,17,21,0.92) !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark) !important; } nav a { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted) !important; } nav a:hover { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } nav .brand, nav .brand a { color: var(--text-on-dark) !important; } footer { background: var(--surface-night) !important; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark) !important; color: var(--text-on-dark-muted) !important; } footer a { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted) !important; } footer a:hover { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } footer .foot-brand { color: var(--text-on-dark) !important; } footer p { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } /* Soft cross-page fade in supporting browsers, motion-safe only */ @media not (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { @view-transition { navigation: auto; } } .where-next { margin: 34px 0 26px; } .where-next .wn-grid { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 14px; } .where-next a.wn { flex: 1 1 220px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; background: #fff; border: 1px solid var(--rule-on-light); border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px 20px; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; text-align: center; transition: border-color .15s ease; } .where-next a.wn:hover { border-color: var(--accent-on-light); } .where-next .k { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .24em; color: #2f5a44; display: block; margin-bottom: 8px; } .where-next p { font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-body); margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; } .who-k { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: .18em; color: var(--accent-on-light); margin: 30px 0 4px; } /* ---------- centering layer ---------- */ section .wrap { text-align: center; } section .wrap p { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } section .wrap h1, section .wrap h2 { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } footer, .foot { text-align: center; } .foot .disclaimer, .disclaimer { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .where-next .wn-grid { justify-content: center; } .where-next a.wn { text-align: center; } /* bio: body copy left, name labels centered */ .who-k ~ p:not(.who-k) { text-align: left; } .who-k { text-align: center; } /* consistency: header units centered, body copy left */ section .wrap p:not(.who-k):not(.def):not(.mzn-link) { text-align: left; max-width: 720px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } /* ===== V95 UPSCALE LAYER — precision micro-interactions, motion only on affordances ===== */ h1, h2, h3 { text-wrap: balance; } p, .sub, figcaption { text-wrap: pretty; } a, button, summary { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; } :where(a, button, summary, [role="button"], input, .btn):focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent-on-light); outline-offset: 3px; border-radius: 4px; } .price-num, .ts-price, .score-num, .ps-num, .bd-row .v { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { ::view-transition-old(root) { animation-duration: .20s; } ::view-transition-new(root) { animation-duration: .24s; } /* buttons: lift, glow, press */ .btn { transition: transform .18s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1.2), box-shadow .22s ease, background-color .18s ease, color .18s ease, border-color .18s ease; } .btn:hover { transform: translateY(-1px); box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(26,127,83,.30), 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.16); } .btn:active { transform: translateY(0) scale(.98); box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(26,127,83,.22); transition-duration: .06s; } /* nav links: hairline underline that draws itself */ nav a:not(.btn) { position: relative; } nav a:not(.btn)::after { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: -3px; height: 1px; background: currentColor; opacity: .65; transform: scaleX(0); transform-origin: left center; will-change: transform; transition: transform .22s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } nav a:not(.btn):hover::after, nav a:not(.btn):focus-visible::after { transform: scaleX(1); } /* arrow links nudge forward */ .get, .back, .wb-all { transition: transform .18s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1), color .16s ease; display: inline-block; } .get:hover, .back:hover, .wb-all:hover { transform: translateX(2px); } /* clickable cards + proof figures: quiet elevation */ .wn, .wb-grid a { transition: transform .22s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1), box-shadow .25s ease, border-color .22s ease; } .wn:hover, .wb-grid a:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); } figure { transition: transform .28s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1), box-shadow .28s ease; } figure:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: 0 16px 40px rgba(15,17,21,.26); } figure a img { transition: filter .25s ease; } figure a:hover img { filter: brightness(1.05); } /* FAQ: answers rise into place, marker eases */ details summary { transition: color .16s ease; } details[open] > p { animation: mzFaqIn .32s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1) both; } @keyframes mzFaqIn { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-5px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: none; } } /* form inputs: focus breathes */ input[type="email"], input[type="text"] { transition: border-color .18s ease, box-shadow .18s ease; } input[type="email"]:focus, input[type="text"]:focus { box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(26,127,83,.18); } } /* ---- touch devices: press feedback replaces hover; luxury is response ---- */ body { padding-left: env(safe-area-inset-left); padding-right: env(safe-area-inset-right); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; } @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) { input[type="email"], input[type="text"] { font-size: 16px; } /* prevents iOS focus zoom */ } @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { a:active, summary:active { opacity: .62; transition: opacity .06s ease; } .btn:active { transform: scale(.97); opacity: 1; } .wn:active, .wb-grid a:active, .tool:active, figure:active { transform: scale(.985); transition: transform .1s ease; } .get:active, .back:active, .wb-all:active { transform: translateX(2px); opacity: 1; } } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { #mzNav.open { animation: mzMenuIn .22s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1) both; } @keyframes mzMenuIn { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-6px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: none; } } } /* ---- V97 platform layer: 2025-era CSS, all progressive ---- */ :root { interpolate-size: allow-keywords; accent-color: var(--accent-on-light); } html { scrollbar-gutter: stable; } h1, h2 { text-box: trim-both cap alphabetic; } p, figcaption { hanging-punctuation: first; } #mzNav.open, .lightbox { overscroll-behavior: contain; } #mzNav { view-transition-name: mizan-nav; } .brand { view-transition-name: mizan-brand; } #mzNav .btn { view-transition-name: mizan-nav-cta; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { /* details finally animates its height: the FAQ opens like a drawer, not a trapdoor */ details::details-content { block-size: 0; overflow-y: clip; transition: block-size .34s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1), content-visibility .34s allow-discrete; } details[open]::details-content { block-size: auto; } /* reading progress hairline, scroll-driven, zero JS */ @supports (animation-timeline: scroll()) { body::after { content: ""; position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; height: 2px; background: var(--accent-on-light); transform-origin: 0 50%; transform: scaleX(0); animation: mzProgress linear both; animation-timeline: scroll(root); z-index: 9999; pointer-events: none; } @keyframes mzProgress { to { transform: scaleX(1); } } } } /* render-on-demand for long pages: off-screen sections cost nothing */ /* ---- V98: 48px touch floor on coarse pointers — hit areas grow, layout does not ---- */ @media (pointer: coarse) { .mz-burger { min-width: 48px; min-height: 48px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; } .btn { min-height: 48px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; } .brand { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; min-height: 48px; } #mzNav.open a:not(.btn) { display: flex; align-items: center; min-height: 48px; } .mz-reseed, .get { min-height: 44px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; } .shelf a { display: inline-block; } .foot > p a, .foot-links a, .disclaimer a, a[href^="mailto:"] { padding-block: 15px; padding-inline: 8px; margin-block: -15px; margin-inline: -8px; display: inline-block; } .namelink a, .wb-all, .wb-line a, .back, .verify, .founder a, .gal-note a, .price-trial a, .read-note a, .ts-buy a, .mz-realtape, .sim-note a, .demo-note a, .hero-proof a { padding-block: 14px; margin-block: -14px; display: inline-block; } input[type="range"] { min-height: 44px; } summary { min-height: 48px; display: flex; align-items: center; } } /* V151 armor: invisible unless needed. clip kills any future 320px spill without creating a scroll container (sticky-safe); focus ring appears for keyboard users only. */ @supports (overflow: clip) { html { overflow-x: clip; } } :focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent-on-light); outline-offset: 2px; border-radius: 2px; } /* V152 rhythm: section labels get presence + guaranteed air, every page. Later in cascade at equal (0,1,0) specificity, so these declarations win for exactly the properties set; per-theme colors (.dark/.thD/.thL at (0,2,0)) still own color. display:block makes margin-bottom real on the span-based labels; gaps only grow, never shrink. */ .eyebrow { display: block; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.26em; margin-bottom: 18px; } .who-k { font-size: 12.5px; letter-spacing: .22em; margin: 30px 0 14px; } /* V153: heading rhythm, by default, everywhere. (a) .h1-quip carried margin: -8px ... — a negative top margin that shoved it into any large headline. Neutralized globally: +14px, same (0,1,0) specificity, later in cascade wins. (b) Every bold header gets a guaranteed floor of air before the next paragraph. Adjacent-sibling margins COLLAPSE (larger wins), so gaps only rise to 12px where they were tighter — nothing shrinks. */ .h1-quip { margin-top: 14px; } h1 + p, h2 + p, h3 + p { margin-top: 12px; } /* V157: trademark superscript — small, quiet, no line-box inflation */ .tm { font-size: .42em; vertical-align: .6em; letter-spacing: 0; opacity: .78; font-weight: 500; margin-left: 1px; } .brand .tm { margin-left: -10px; } /* V162 (rebased on V157 per owner): nav consistency, ZERO mechanics changed. The V158-V161 overlay/scroll-lock/armor system is deliberately NOT here — it misbehaved on real iPhones. The menu stays V157's simple absolute dropdown; this block only unifies its skin across all pages: - dark dropdown everywhere (index's own proven recipe, ported) - link text LEFT-aligned everywhere (chart alone was centered; majority wins) - burger identical everywhere (methodology shipped invisible: light glyph on the dark bar), green on hover/focus/open - burger breakpoint 760 -> 860 so seven links never wrap on small tablets */ @media (max-width: 860px) { .nav-links { display: none; } .mz-burger { display: inline-flex; } .nav-links.open { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; position: absolute; top: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; background: var(--surface-night-2) !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark) !important; box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(0,0,0,.55); padding: 6px 22px 16px; gap: 0; z-index: 150; } .nav-links.open a { display: block; padding: 13px 0 !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-night) !important; font-size: 16px; text-align: center !important; color: var(--text-on-dark-soft) !important; text-decoration: none; } .nav-links.open a:hover, .nav-links.open a:active { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } .nav-links.open a.btn { border-bottom: 0 !important; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center !important; background: var(--btn-fill) !important; color: var(--text-on-dark) !important; border-radius: 10px; } } .mz-burger { color: var(--text-on-dark) !important; background: transparent !important; border: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark-strong) !important; border-radius: 8px !important; padding: 7px 12px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 1 !important; cursor: pointer; touch-action: manipulation; } .mz-burger:hover, .mz-burger:focus-visible, .mz-burger[aria-expanded="true"] { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; border-color: var(--accent-on-light) !important; } /* V173: footer restructure — links row, icon row, attribution pushed down. Icons inline SVG (currentColor), green on hover, 44px tap targets. */ .foot-soc { margin: 14px 0 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 26px; } .foot-soc a { color: var(--text-subtle); display: inline-flex; padding: 12px; margin: -12px; } .foot-soc a:hover, .foot-soc a:focus-visible { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } .foot-soc svg { width: 19px; height: 19px; fill: currentColor; display: block; } .foot-attrib { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--text-subtle); margin: 16px 0 0; text-align: center; } /* V181: scroll progress bar — single deterministic driver. The native scroll-driven animation (body::after + animation-timeline) glitched on real WebKit: a tap triggers a style recompute and the animation momentarily resolves against a stale timeline snapshot (the ~half jump), re-linking on the next scroll. Native path removed; the JS rAF driver now runs for everyone. Same lesson as the nav rollback: mechanisms this toolchain cannot test on real WebKit stay boring. */ body::after { content: none !important; animation: none !important; } /* V147 — name section as a self-contained premium component. Scoped to the first section only; the rest of the site is untouched. Progressive throughout: container queries, cqi units, and view() scroll reveal are all additive — unsupported browsers get the same clean static layout they had yesterday. */ section:first-of-type .wrap { container-type: inline-size; container-name: mznname; } section:first-of-type h1 { font-size: clamp(30px, 4.4cqi + 15px, 52px); letter-spacing: -0.015em; } section:first-of-type .wrap > .ar { font-size: clamp(30px, 3.4cqi + 18px, 46px); } section:first-of-type .wrap > .def { font-size: clamp(15px, 0.7cqi + 12.5px, 18px); overflow-wrap: anywhere; } section:first-of-type .wrap > p:not(.h1-quip):not(.def) { max-inline-size: min(100%, 66ch); font-size: clamp(15.5px, 0.4cqi + 14.4px, 17.5px); line-height: 1.62; } @container mznname (min-width: 680px) { section:first-of-type .wrap > .def { letter-spacing: 0.015em; } section:first-of-type .wrap > p:not(.h1-quip):not(.def) { line-height: 1.7; } } .mzn-link a { display: inline-block; text-decoration: none; color: var(--accent-on-light); font-weight: 600; transition: transform .45s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1), opacity .45s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); } @media (hover: hover) and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { .mzn-link a:hover { transform: translateX(6px); } } @media (pointer: coarse) { .mzn-link a { padding-block: 14px; margin-block: -14px; } .mzn-link a:active { transform: translateX(4px); opacity: .75; transition-duration: .12s; } } @supports (animation-timeline: view()) { @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { section:first-of-type .wrap > p:not(.h1-quip):not(.def), .mzn-link { animation: mznRise both cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); animation-timeline: view(); animation-range: entry 0% entry 45%; } @keyframes mznRise { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(14px); } } } } .quiet h2{color:var(--text-on-dark)}.quiet p{color:var(--text-on-dark-muted)}.quiet .k{color:var(--text-subtle)} /* V58 mobile nav + wit component */ .mz-burger { color: var(--text-on-dark) !important; background: transparent !important; border: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark-strong) !important; border-radius: 8px; padding: 7px 12px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 1 !important; } .mz-burger:hover, .mz-burger:focus-visible { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; border-color: var(--accent-on-light) !important; } .nav-links.open { background: var(--surface-night-2) !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-dark) !important; box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(0,0,0,0.55); } .nav-links.open a { color: var(--text-on-dark-soft) !important; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule-on-night) !important; } .nav-links.open a:hover { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } .nav-links.open a.btn { color: #fff !important; border-bottom: 0 !important; } .h1-quip { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 12.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--accent-on-light); margin: -8px 0 24px; } /* centered name block, body copy stays left */ section:first-of-type .wrap > .eyebrow, section:first-of-type .wrap > h1, section:first-of-type .wrap > .h1-quip, section:first-of-type .wrap > .ar, section:first-of-type .wrap > .def { display: block; text-align: center; } /* V148: out-specify "section .wrap p:not(.who-k):not(.def)" (0,3,2 left) which beat the quip centering (0,3,1) */ section:first-of-type .wrap > p.h1-quip { text-align: center; margin-top: 14px; } /* V188 */ .who-k { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } .wn .k { font-weight: 700; } /* V189 green-token normalization — SCOPED (was global; see V225 note). This page is not a dark page: sections 1 and 3 sit on #faf9f5. The light green only belongs on the dark surfaces. Same pattern index.css already uses with .thD / .thL. */ .quiet .eyebrow { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } .who-k { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } .quiet .verify { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* V190 belt — scoped to match */ .who-k { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } .quiet .eyebrow, .quiet .verify { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } /* V225: light-surface eyebrows return to the deep green. #54c98a on #faf9f5 measured 1.97:1 — below the 4.5:1 floor for 13px text. #1a7f53 is 4.74:1. */ .eyebrow { color: var(--accent-on-light); } /* V201: the four thumbs-on-the-scale, as a list */ .scale-list { margin: 16px 0 18px; padding-left: 1.35em; text-align: left; } .scale-list li { margin: 7px 0; } .scale-list li::marker { color: var(--accent-on-light); } /* V207: LinkedIn verify as a proper centered button */ .verify-btn { display: inline-block; background: var(--btn-fill); color: var(--btn-label) !important; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; padding: 12px 22px; border-radius: 10px; text-decoration: none; } .verify-btn:hover { background: var(--btn-fill-hover); } /* V216: mobile menu text centered — final word, every page, every entry point */ @media (max-width: 900px) { .nav-links.open { text-align: center !important; } .nav-links.open a, .nav-links.open a.btn { text-align: center !important; } } /* ===== V225 audit layer ===== */ /* the load-bearing word, styled where style belongs (was inline on ) */ .word-no { color: var(--text-strong); font-weight: 700; } .quiet .word-no { color: var(--text-on-dark); } /* keyboard skip link: invisible until focused */ .skip { position: fixed; left: -9999px; top: 0; z-index: 300; background: var(--btn-fill); color: var(--btn-label); font-weight: 700; padding: 12px 18px; border-radius: 0 0 10px 0; text-decoration: none; } .skip:focus-visible { left: 0; } /* V225 REVERTED: content-visibility on
. The orphaned V97 comment probably describes something the author already tried and pulled. On a three-section page it saves nothing measurable, and contain-intrinsic-size is a guess — every wrong guess resizes the scrollbar mid-scroll. Not worth the jank on a page this short. Comment stays orphaned on purpose. */ /* ===== V226: the balance, as the page's one signature ===== */ /* Derived from the logo's own vocabulary: level centre line, red above, green below. Beam tips, fulcrum stays put — the only physically honest way to draw a scale coming to rest. Default state is LEVEL, so the no-motion fallback is the finished drawing, not a broken one. */ .beam { inline-size: 140px; /* fallback if cqi is unsupported */ inline-size: clamp(104px, 34cqi, 172px); /* 24cqi pinned to the floor on every phone */ margin: 6px auto 32px; display: block; } .beam-bar { display: block; block-size: 1px; inline-size: 100%; background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--warn) 0%, #cfcdc4 46% 54%, var(--accent-on-light) 100%); transform-origin: 50% 50%; } .beam-pivot { display: block; inline-size: 0; block-size: 0; margin: 0 auto; border-inline: 5px solid transparent; border-block-end: 7px solid #cfcdc4; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { .beam-bar { animation: mznBeamSettle 1.15s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1) both; } @keyframes mznBeamSettle { 0% { transform: rotate(-3.4deg); } 62% { transform: rotate(0.9deg); } 100% { transform: rotate(0deg); } } } /* V226: the four failure modes are the thumb on the scale, not virtues. Green markers read as approval. #c23b2e is the logo's own thumb-line red. */ .scale-list li::marker { color: var(--warn); } /* V226: verify button was ~44px on touch while .btn had a 48px floor */ @media (pointer: coarse) { .verify-btn { min-block-size: 48px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; } } /* V226: "where next" cards were #fff slabs with a #e6e4dc border sitting on the #0f1115 footer — the border is invisible on white, which is the tell that this component predates the V54 dark footer and never got revisited. Re-skinned with the dark tokens already in use elsewhere. No new colours. */ .where-next a.wn { background: transparent; border-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong); transition: border-color .18s ease, background-color .18s ease, transform .22s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } .where-next a.wn:hover, .where-next a.wn:focus-visible { border-color: var(--accent-on-light); background: rgba(26,127,83,.07); } .where-next .k { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } .where-next p { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } /* ===== V230: touch feedback ===== Every interactive element on the site had :hover styling and no :active. On a phone there is no hover, so a tap produced no visual response at all until the next paint — the main thing that makes a good site feel slow on mobile. Gated to (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) so desktop behaviour is byte-for-byte unchanged. Small controls get a press-in; large cards get opacity only, because scaling a big card reads as cheap. */ @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) { .btn, .btn-ghost, .verify-btn, .mz-burger, .lb-x, .foot-soc a, .jump a, .shelf a, .yt-lite, .yt-play, summary, [role="button"] { transition: transform .12s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1), opacity .12s ease, background-color .12s ease; } .btn:active, .btn-ghost:active, .verify-btn:active, .mz-burger:active, .lb-x:active, .foot-soc a:active, .jump a:active, .shelf a:active, summary:active, [role="button"]:active { transform: scale(.97); opacity: .92; } /* the most-tapped element on the site: press the play button, not the frame */ .yt-lite:active .yt-play { transform: scale(.94); background: var(--accent-pressed); } /* large surfaces: no scale, just a settle */ .card, .band-card, .tool, .where-next a.wn, .wn { transition: opacity .12s ease, border-color .18s ease, background-color .18s ease; } /* card-links are handled by the canonical :active treatment below; only non-link surfaces keep the opacity press. */ .tool:active { opacity: .88; } } /* reduced motion: keep the feedback, drop the movement */ @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) and (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .btn:active, .btn-ghost:active, .verify-btn:active, .mz-burger:active, .lb-x:active, .foot-soc a:active, .jump a:active, .shelf a:active, summary:active, [role="button"]:active, .yt-lite:active .yt-play { transform: none; opacity: .85; } } /* V248: the failure-mode list sat outside the reading column. Paragraphs are max-width 720 with auto margins; .scale-list had neither, so it spanned the full wrap and its left edge landed further out than every paragraph around it. That mismatch is what made the centred headings over left-aligned prose read as accidental rather than deliberate. Same column, same edge. The prose itself stays left-aligned on purpose: 695 words across 20 paragraphs is an essay, and centred essays are unreadable. Centred display type over a left-aligned reading column is the editorial pattern, not a compromise. */ .scale-list { max-width: 720px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } /* V258: the portrait. Placed at the line where the copy stops describing a company and starts describing a person. The reader has just been told MIZAN is built by one person named Qasim Chowdhry; the next thing they see is him. White background kept deliberately. The first attempt cut him out onto transparency, which on a black page made a muddy silhouette with no edge to it. A white disc on near-black is the opposite problem solved: maximum separation, a hard clean edge, and it reads as a struck coin rather than a photo someone pasted in. Crop is head-at-46%-of-frame with 11% headroom, which is standard portrait framing. The earlier version had him at roughly 20% and swimming in space. */ .portrait { margin: 36px auto 14px; inline-size: 148px; block-size: 148px; } .portrait picture { display: block; } .portrait img { display: block; inline-size: 148px; block-size: 148px; border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover; background: #fff; /* seamless with the photo's own ground */ /* hairline, then a dark gap, then the accent. Three rings at 1px each read as precision; one thick ring reads as a border. */ box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.28), 0 0 0 5px var(--surface-page), 0 0 0 6px rgba(84,201,138,.55), 0 10px 30px -12px rgba(0,0,0,.9); } @media (max-width: 640px) { .portrait, .portrait img { inline-size: 124px; block-size: 124px; } .portrait { margin-top: 28px; } } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { .portrait img { transition: box-shadow .25s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } } /* V266: the creed. Three separate assertions were running together on one line with middots, which reads as a single long string rather than three claims. One per line, each with room to land. */ [data-theme="dark"] .creed, .creed { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 12.5px; letter-spacing: .16em; line-height: 2; color: var(--accent-on-dark); text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; } /* V269: page thesis line takes the accent. */ [data-theme="dark"] p.h1-quip { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* V271: .creed and .foot-attrib are centred display lines, not body prose. Written at the end of the file with enough specificity to beat both section .wrap p:not(.who-k):not(.def) (0,3,2) and .who-k ~ p:not(.who-k) (0,2,1) WITHOUT editing either. Adding :not() to those rules raised THEIR specificity and knocked .h1-quip out of the tie it depended on. */ section .wrap p.creed.creed, section .wrap p.foot-attrib.foot-attrib { text-align: center; max-width: none; } [data-theme="dark"] p.creed.creed { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* v293 — the creed and the thesis line, re-centred after a silent specificity loss that shipped inside v291's own file. What happened, with the math: the prose rule "section .wrap p:not(.who-k):not(.def):not(.mzn-link)" gained its third :not() when .mzn-link was excluded, which raised it from (0,3,2) to (0,4,2). Both centring fixes were tie-and-source-order wins at (0,3,2) — V148 for .h1-quip, V271 for .creed — and a tie no longer exists, so both fell to text-align:left. This is the exact failure the V271 comment warned about, triggered by the rule it warned about. Full victim scan: these two lines were the ONLY casualties (.def / .who-k / .mzn-link are excluded by the :not()s, the LinkedIn button is inline-styled, and .foot-attrib lives outside section .wrap). The fix quadruples the class per the doubled-class convention: (0,5,2) OUTGUNS (0,4,2) outright instead of tying it, so these survive source-order moves and even a fourth :not() being added to the prose rule later. Only text-align (+ V271's max-width reset) is declared here, so nothing else about either element changes. */ section .wrap p.h1-quip.h1-quip.h1-quip.h1-quip { text-align: center; } section .wrap p.creed.creed.creed.creed { text-align: center; max-width: none; } /* MIZAN v329 stylesheet boundary */ /* ========================================================================== MIZAN shared dark theme V242 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The homepage already had a complete, visually-proven dark section theme (the V54 "duotone layer" in index.css, ~40 rules). It was trapped in one stylesheet, which is why index alternated dark and light while every interior page stayed cream. This file lifts that layer out so all nine pages can use it, then adds the handful of components that only exist on interior pages and therefore never got a dark counterpart: the tool cards, the proof strip, the restraint panel, the week headings, and the beam. Loaded AFTER each page's own stylesheet so it wins without !important, except where it has to beat an inline style attribute. ========================================================================== */ /* ---- surfaces ---------------------------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] { background: var(--surface-page); color: var(--text-on-dark-soft); } /* Blanket section fill, but it must not clobber sections that carry their own surface. At (0,2,1) it outranked [data-theme="dark"] .freehero at (0,2,0) and flattened the newsletter band into the page, losing the raised treatment entirely. Any section with its own surface goes in this list. */ [data-theme="dark"] section:not(.thL):not(.freehero):not(.quiet):not(.thD) { background: var(--surface-page); color: var(--text-on-dark-soft); } [data-theme="dark"] section.freehero, [data-theme="dark"] section.quiet, [data-theme="dark"] section.thD { color: var(--text-on-dark-soft); } /* ---- type -------------------------------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] h1, [data-theme="dark"] h2, [data-theme="dark"] h3, [data-theme="dark"] h4 { color: var(--text-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] p, [data-theme="dark"] li { color: var(--text-body); } [data-theme="dark"] b, [data-theme="dark"] strong { color: var(--text-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .eyebrow { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .k, [data-theme="dark"] .kicker { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* These were one group and should be three. Sorted by what they actually contain, measured rather than assumed: .sub 20 uses, median 29 words -> lead paragraphs, not captions .disclaimer 5 uses, median 60 words -> legal prose, long enough to need reading, secondary in tone .tbl-note 2 uses, median 20 words -> same .gal-note 1 use, median 7 words -> genuine caption .foot-attrib 5 uses, median 6 words -> genuine caption Painting a 29-word lead paragraph at caption grey is what made the free page intro read dim while everything around it was white. */ [data-theme="dark"] .sub { color: var(--text-body); } [data-theme="dark"] .disclaimer, [data-theme="dark"] .tbl-note { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } [data-theme="dark"] .gal-note, [data-theme="dark"] .foot-attrib { color: var(--text-subtle); } [data-theme="dark"] .h1-quip { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } /* Text links go green on dark. Buttons must be excluded by class or they inherit the link colour on top of their own fill -- which is exactly what happened to .verify-btn: light green label on green fill, 2.40:1. Any future filled button needs adding here, or better, needs the .btn class so it is covered automatically. */ [data-theme="dark"] a:not(.btn):not(.wn):not(.verify-btn):not(.skip):not(.btn-ghost) { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* ---- panels and cards -------------------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] .card, [data-theme="dark"] .band-card, [data-theme="dark"] .price-card, [data-theme="dark"] .tier, [data-theme="dark"] .read-box, [data-theme="dark"] .never, [data-theme="dark"] .faq details, [data-theme="dark"] blockquote, [data-theme="dark"] .restraint, [data-theme="dark"] .ob-steps div, [data-theme="dark"] .score-widget, [data-theme="dark"] .step { background: var(--surface-night); border-color: var(--rule-on-dark); box-shadow: none; } [data-theme="dark"] .tool, [data-theme="dark"] .proof-strip .ps, [data-theme="dark"] .jump a { background: var(--surface-night-2); border-color: var(--rule-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .freetools, [data-theme="dark"] section.freetools { background: var(--surface-page); } [data-theme="dark"] table.cmp, [data-theme="dark"] .tbl-wrap table, [data-theme="dark"] .tbl-wrap th, [data-theme="dark"] .tbl-wrap td { background: var(--surface-night); border-color: var(--rule-on-dark); color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } [data-theme="dark"] table.cmp td.mz, [data-theme="dark"] table.cmp th.mz { background: rgba(84,201,138,.10); } /* ---- rules and edges --------------------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] hr, [data-theme="dark"] .read-box, [data-theme="dark"] .figures + .wk-h { border-color: var(--rule-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .shots3 img, [data-theme="dark"] .shotwrap img, [data-theme="dark"] figure img { border-color: var(--rule-on-night); } [data-theme="dark"] input[type=email], [data-theme="dark"] input[type=text], [data-theme="dark"] textarea { background: var(--surface-night-2); border-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong); color: var(--text-on-dark); } /* ---- components added this session ------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] .wk-h { color: var(--text-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .wk-sub { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } /* was #6b6b66: 3.53:1 on dark */ [data-theme="dark"] .beam-pivot { border-block-end-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong); } [data-theme="dark"] .where-next a.wn { background: transparent; border-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong); } [data-theme="dark"] .where-next a.wn:hover { border-color: var(--accent-on-light); background: rgba(84,201,138,.07); } [data-theme="dark"] .where-next .k { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } [data-theme="dark"] .where-next p { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } [data-theme="dark"] .scale-list li::marker { color: var(--warn); } [data-theme="dark"] .word-no { color: var(--text-on-dark); } /* ---- ghost buttons ----------------------------------------------------- */ [data-theme="dark"] .btn-ghost, [data-theme="dark"] .btn.ghost { border-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong); color: var(--text-on-dark-soft); } [data-theme="dark"] .btn-ghost:hover, [data-theme="dark"] .btn.ghost:hover { border-color: var(--accent-on-light); color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* ---- inline-style rescues ---------------------------------------------- These three colours are written directly into style attributes in the markup, so nothing in a stylesheet can reach them without !important. Measured against #0f1115 they fail: #1a7f53 = 3.78:1, #6b6b66 = 3.53:1, #c23b2e = 3.56:1. Matched by attribute so only the failing values move. */ [data-theme="dark"] [style*="#1a7f53"] { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } [data-theme="dark"] [style*="#6b6b66"] { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted) !important; } [data-theme="dark"] [style*="#c23b2e"] { color: #e0705f !important; } /* ---- bands that were dark-on-light must not vanish dark-on-dark --------- .quiet carries an inline background:#0f1115 written into the markup, which now equals the page. Lift it to the raised surface so it still reads as a separate band. Same for the free-page hero. */ [data-theme="dark"] .quiet, [data-theme="dark"] .quiet[style] { background: var(--surface-night) !important; } [data-theme="dark"] .freehero { background: var(--surface-night); } [data-theme="dark"] section.thD { background: var(--surface-night); } /* ---- keep the light sections light where a page deliberately alternates - */ [data-theme="dark"] section.thL { background: #fbfbf9; color: #16181c; } [data-theme="dark"] section.thL h1, [data-theme="dark"] section.thL h2, [data-theme="dark"] section.thL h3, [data-theme="dark"] section.thL b, [data-theme="dark"] section.thL strong { color: var(--text-strong); } [data-theme="dark"] section.thL p, [data-theme="dark"] section.thL li { color: var(--text-body); } [data-theme="dark"] section.thL .eyebrow { color: var(--accent-on-light); } /* ========================================================================== V252 · the parts of a dark site nobody looks at until they bite ========================================================================== */ /* Tells the browser this surface is dark, so it renders scrollbars, form controls and any UA default in the matching palette instead of light. */ [data-theme="dark"] { color-scheme: dark; } /* Firefox and Windows otherwise paint a bright scrollbar down the edge of a black page. Chromium honours color-scheme; Firefox wants this explicitly. */ [data-theme="dark"] { scrollbar-color: var(--rule-on-dark-strong) var(--surface-page); } /* Windows High Contrast replaces the palette wholesale. Buttons and rules must keep a visible edge once brand colour is stripped out. */ @media (forced-colors: active) { .btn, .verify-btn, .btn-ghost, .where-next a.wn, .card, .tool { border: 1px solid; } .beam-bar, .beam-pivot { forced-color-adjust: none; } .yt-play { border: 1px solid; } } /* Print. Every page is dark now, so without this a print or save-as-PDF either dumps a solid black page or drops the text entirely. Force paper back to black-on-white, drop anything that costs ink and says nothing, and expand link targets so a printed page is still usable. */ @media print { [data-theme="dark"] { color-scheme: light; } html, body, section, .quiet, .card, .tool, .where-next a.wn, footer { background: #fff !important; color: #000 !important; } h1, h2, h3, h4, p, li, figcaption, .eyebrow, .k, .sub { color: #000 !important; } nav, .mz-burger, .skip, .yt-play, .foot-soc, .where-next, .beam { display: none !important; } a { color: #000 !important; text-decoration: underline; } a[href^="http"]::after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; font-size: 10pt; word-break: break-all; } figure, .tool, .card { break-inside: avoid; } img { max-width: 100% !important; } } /* ========================================================================== V263 · iOS form controls Safari applies its own inner shadow, rounding and background to text inputs regardless of what the stylesheet says. Without an appearance reset the newsletter field renders as a native iOS control sitting in the middle of a custom dark layout. The 16px floor is already set elsewhere and stays — below it iOS zooms the whole page on focus. ========================================================================== */ input[type="email"], input[type="text"], textarea, select { -webkit-appearance: none; appearance: none; border-radius: 10px; } input[type="email"], input[type="text"], textarea { /* Safari ignores background-color on inputs unless this is also cleared */ background-clip: padding-box; } /* iOS renders autofilled fields with a hard yellow-white that ignores the theme. This is the only way to override it. */ [data-theme="dark"] input:-webkit-autofill, [data-theme="dark"] input:-webkit-autofill:hover, [data-theme="dark"] input:-webkit-autofill:focus { -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--text-strong); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1000px var(--surface-night-2) inset; caret-color: var(--text-strong); } /* ========================================================================== V264 · the canonical card-link Loaded on every dark page after its own stylesheet, so it settles the argument between the older per-page hover rules. One border, one wash, one lift, one arrow. Motion respects the reduced-motion setting. ========================================================================== */ a.sh-card, a.wn, a.ps-link, a.step, a.card, a.band-card { transition: border-color .18s ease, background-color .18s ease, transform .18s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.3,1); } @media (hover: hover) { a.sh-card:hover, a.wn:hover, a.ps-link:hover, a.step:hover, a.card:hover, a.band-card:hover { border-color: var(--cardlink-border); background-color: var(--cardlink-wash); } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { a.sh-card:hover, a.wn:hover, a.ps-link:hover, a.step:hover, a.card:hover, a.band-card:hover { transform: translateY(var(--cardlink-lift)); } a.sh-card:hover::after, a.step:hover::after { transform: translateX(4px); } } } a.sh-card:focus-visible, a.wn:focus-visible, a.ps-link:focus-visible, a.step:focus-visible, a.card:focus-visible { border-color: var(--cardlink-border); background-color: var(--cardlink-wash); } /* ========================================================================== V265 · card-links on touch The canonical hover sits inside @media (hover: hover), which is correct — it stops phones latching a hover state. But it meant a tap on a card did nothing, while the footer cards DID shade green on iOS purely because their older rule was never gated. One worked by accident, the other was dead by design. :active is the touch equivalent of :hover. Same three tokens, so a tap on a phone now produces exactly what a hover produces on a desktop. ========================================================================== */ @media (hover: none), (pointer: coarse) { a.sh-card:active, a.wn:active, a.ps-link:active, a.step:active, a.card:active, a.band-card:active { border-color: var(--cardlink-border) !important; background-color: var(--cardlink-wash) !important; opacity: 1 !important; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { a.sh-card:active, a.wn:active, a.ps-link:active, a.step:active, a.card:active, a.band-card:active { transform: translateY(var(--cardlink-lift)); } a.sh-card:active::after, a.step:active::after { transform: translateX(4px); } } } /* ========================================================================== V267 · where the accent goes, and why -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The green had drifted into a per-page decision. The same element was accented on one page and not another: figcaption b green on index, but only inside #proof; white on chart .k accented on about/chart/free/methodology, not on index .kicker accented on chart, not on index .link accented on free, not on about The rule, applied everywhere from here: The accent marks ORIENTATION — the text that tells you what a thing is and where it goes. Section eyebrows, card labels, caption metadata, and inline links. It never marks a heading or body copy, because if the accent lands on everything it stops meaning anything. .h1-quip is deliberately NOT accented. "One builder. One word. Zero adjustable optimism." is voice, not a label. ========================================================================== */ [data-theme="dark"] .eyebrow, [data-theme="dark"] .page-eyebrow, [data-theme="dark"] .k, [data-theme="dark"] .kicker, [data-theme="dark"] figcaption b, [data-theme="dark"] .gal-note b, [data-theme="dark"] a.link, [data-theme="dark"] .who-k { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* the label inside a card-link follows the same rule */ [data-theme="dark"] a.sh-card .k, [data-theme="dark"] a.wn .k, [data-theme="dark"] a.step .n { color: var(--accent-on-dark); } /* ========================================================================== V268 · declarations that were being swallowed The cascade check found classes carrying a deliberate colour that never reached the page, because a generic rule outranked them: .tag .cat-note .shelf-cap .stamp .def lost to [data-theme="dark"] p .link inside the footer lost to footer a !important .foot-attrib text-align: center lost to the section left-align Each was written on purpose and each was dead. Restated here at a specificity that actually wins. ========================================================================== */ [data-theme="dark"] p.tag, [data-theme="dark"] p.cat-note, [data-theme="dark"] p.shelf-cap, [data-theme="dark"] p.stamp { color: var(--text-subtle); } [data-theme="dark"] p.def { color: var(--text-on-dark-muted); } /* an inline link keeps the accent even inside the footer, where a blanket footer a !important was flattening it to muted grey */ [data-theme="dark"] footer a.link, [data-theme="dark"] footer a.link:visited { color: var(--accent-on-dark) !important; } /* .foot-attrib is a centred credit line, not body prose */ [data-theme="dark"] p.foot-attrib { text-align: center; } /* ========================================================================== V269 · the line under the h1 carries the accent .h1-quip is the page thesis — the one sentence directly beneath the headline. "Nothing cherry-picked. Nothing cropped out." on the chart page, "One builder. One word. Zero adjustable optimism." on about. It was previously classed as voice and left white; it is the most quotable line on each page and it earns the accent. Deliberately NOT extended to methodology's .sub or index's .hero-sub: those are 13 and 24 word intro paragraphs, not a thesis line. Accenting a 24-word paragraph would spend the colour on body copy. ========================================================================== */ [data-theme="dark"] p.h1-quip { color: var(--accent-on-dark); }