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/* Warm paper, ochre actions and the shared black-and-gold identity. */
:root{
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 --paper-dark:#eee3c3;
 --white:#fffdf3;
 --black:#171511;
 --ink:var(--black);
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 --accent-hover:#ffe34d;
 --accent-soft:#fff3b0;
 --footer-text:#d9cfae;
 --dark-rule:#625331;
 --control-rule:#8f793d;
 --max:1240px;
 --gold-rule:18px;
}
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/* Shared identity; page-specific experimental composition lives in home.css. */

h1,h2,.brand{letter-spacing:normal}
.site-header{background:var(--black);color:var(--paper);border-color:var(--dark-rule)}
.nav{min-height:128px}
.brand{font-size:52px;line-height:1.4}
.brand small{font-size:15px;line-height:1.9;color:var(--footer-text)}
.nav-links{font-size:14px;flex-wrap:wrap;row-gap:8px}
.nav-links a:hover,.nav-links a[aria-current=page]{color:var(--accent)}
.nav-links a[aria-current=page]{box-shadow:0 1px var(--accent)}
.nav .download-nav{background:var(--accent);color:var(--black);font-weight:600}
.nav .download-nav[aria-current=page]{color:var(--black)}
.nav .download-nav:hover{background:var(--accent-hover);color:var(--black)}
.site-header a:focus-visible,.site-footer a:focus-visible{outline-color:var(--accent)}
.site-footer{background:var(--black);color:var(--paper)}
.footer-top .brand small{color:var(--footer-text)}
.footer-links a{min-height:44px;display:inline-flex;align-items:center}
.num{font-family:Vazirmatn,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;white-space:nowrap}
.footer-closing{border-top:var(--gold-rule) solid var(--accent);margin-top:30px}
.footer-closing .footer-bottom{margin-top:0;border-top:0;color:var(--footer-text);flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:baseline}
.footer-bottom>a{white-space:nowrap;align-self:baseline;flex-shrink:0;margin-inline-start:auto}
.footer-copyright{font-size:11px;line-height:2;color:var(--footer-text);margin:16px 0 0}
.footer-bottom>.footer-copyright{margin:0;flex:1 1 32rem}
@media(max-width:760px){.footer-closing{margin-top:20px}.footer-copyright{font-size:10px}}
@media(max-width:1050px){.brand{font-size:44px}.brand small{font-size:13px}.nav-links{font-size:13px;gap:18px}}
@media(max-width:760px){.nav{min-height:0;padding-top:20px}.brand{font-size:43px}.brand small{font-size:14px}.nav-links{font-size:12px;gap:15px}.nav-links a{min-height:44px;display:inline-flex;align-items:center}.nav .download-nav{padding:8px 13px}.footer-top .brand small{font-size:13px}}
@media(max-width:380px){.brand{font-size:39px}.brand small{font-size:12px}.nav-links{gap:9px;font-size:11px}.nav .download-nav{padding:7px 9px;font-size:11px}}
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