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/* Keep the established wordmark and use the article heading face throughout. */
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.hero-caption h1{max-width:850px}
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/* Colours sampled from the author's supplied reference. */
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/* A quiet invitation at the end of a story. */
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/* A compact literary frontispiece and a distinct invitation to chance. */
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/* Original letters have a restrained masthead; their illustrations stay with the relevant text. */
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/* A quiet chapter tab; the full contents appear only when invited. */
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}
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/* Quiet controls at the top, with touch-safe tablet navigation. */
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/* Touch devices let the header scroll away; desktop keeps the reading navigation available
   even when the browser window is reduced from full-screen. */
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/* The same broad, uncropped illustration, with an adaptive literary title. */
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/* Full-bleed article openings, including chapters reached by continuous reading. */
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/* Every article starts immediately beneath the masthead, across all formats. */
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@media(max-width:760px){.book-frontispiece{padding-top:66px}.book-frontispiece>div{padding:30px 24px}.book-frontispiece h1{font-size:42px}}

/* Original dispatch wordmark and engraved ornament form one quiet bookplate. */
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.prose .image-block:has(.newsletter-mark) figure{margin:0}
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/* A compact author introduction; inline links share their surrounding type. */
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.intro .intro-author{font:400 20px/1.5 var(--reading-font);max-width:43ch;margin:0}
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/* The article image continues behind the navigation, as on the home page. */
.article-page>.article-hero:has(.article-cover img){padding-top:0}
.article-page>.book-frontispiece{padding-top:0}
.article-page .article-hero .article-cover{position:relative}
.article-page>.article-hero .article-cover:before{content:'';position:absolute;z-index:1;inset:0 0 auto;height:150px;background:linear-gradient(#0008,transparent);pointer-events:none}
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