* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: #fdfcfb;
  color: #181722;
  font-family:
    system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.68;
}

a {
  color: #6346f5;
  text-decoration-thickness: 0.08em;
  text-underline-offset: 0.18em;
}

.seo-static-fallback {
  width: min(1280px, calc(100% - 48px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 56px 0 72px;
}

.blog-shell article,
.blog-shell > section,
.blog-shell nav {
  max-width: 900px;
}

.blog-shell article > p:first-of-type {
  margin-top: 0;
}

h1,
h2,
h3 {
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #181722;
  line-height: 1.18;
}

h1 {
  max-width: 860px;
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem);
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
}

h2 {
  margin: 44px 0 14px;
  font-size: 1.55rem;
}

h3 {
  margin: 28px 0 8px;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
}

p,
li {
  font-size: 1.03rem;
}

ul {
  padding-left: 1.25rem;
}

.blog-hero {
  margin-bottom: 34px;
}

.blog-hero--split {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(280px, 0.95fr);
  gap: 36px;
  align-items: center;
  max-width: none;
}

.eyebrow,
.article-meta {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.article-meta {
  letter-spacing: 0;
  text-transform: none;
}

.lede {
  max-width: 780px;
  margin: 0 0 22px;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 1.18rem;
  line-height: 1.62;
}

.breadcrumb {
  margin-bottom: 22px;
}

.hero-media {
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  border-radius: 18px;
  background: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.hero-media img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
  background: #f8fafc;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.article-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 18px;
  max-width: none;
}

.article-grid h2 {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
}

.article-card {
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  border-radius: 16px;
  background: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.article-card img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
  object-fit: contain;
  background: #fdfcfb;
}

.article-card h3,
.article-card p {
  margin-right: 18px;
  margin-left: 18px;
}

.article-card h3 a {
  color: #181722;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.article-card h3 a:hover,
.article-card h3 a:focus-visible {
  color: #6346f5;
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-thickness: 0.08em;
  text-underline-offset: 0.22em;
}

.article-card p {
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.97rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.topic-clusters {
  margin: 46px 0 40px;
  max-width: none;
}

.topic-clusters h2 {
  max-width: 820px;
  margin-top: 0;
}

.topic-cluster-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 18px;
}

.topic-cluster-card {
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  padding: 24px 0;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.topic-cluster-card h3 {
  margin-top: 0;
}

.topic-cluster-card p {
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.97rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.topic-cluster-card li + li {
  margin-top: 6px;
}

.insight-card,
.cta-band {
  margin: 30px 0 36px;
  border: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  border-radius: 18px;
  padding: 24px;
  background: #ffffff;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.insight-card h2,
.cta-band h2 {
  margin-top: 0;
}

.insight-card p,
.cta-band p {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  color: #696779;
}

.comparison-table {
  margin: 32px 0 38px;
  overflow-x: auto;
  border: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  border-radius: 16px;
  background: #ffffff;
}

table {
  width: 100%;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  min-width: 660px;
}

th,
td {
  padding: 16px 18px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  text-align: left;
  vertical-align: top;
}

th {
  background: #f1edff;
  color: #181722;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

tr:last-child td {
  border-bottom: 0;
}

.step-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 16px;
  margin: 26px 0 36px;
}

.step-grid section {
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  padding: 24px 0;
  background: transparent;
}

.step-grid span {
  color: #6346f5;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.step-grid h3 {
  margin-top: 8px;
}

.step-grid p {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.97rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.cta-band {
  background: #f1edff;
  color: #181722;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.cta-band h2 {
  color: #181722;
}

.cta-band p {
  color: #696779;
}

.cta-band a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 18px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  padding: 0 18px;
  background: #6346f5;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.blog-shell > nav[aria-label] {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 44px;
  padding-top: 24px;
  border-top: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
}

.blog-shell > nav[aria-label] a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  border: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  border-radius: 12px;
  padding: 0 16px;
  background: #ffffff;
  color: #6346f5;
  font-weight: 650;
  text-decoration: none;
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .seo-static-fallback {
    width: calc(100% - 48px);
    padding: 36px 0 56px;
  }

  .blog-hero--split,
  .article-grid,
  .topic-cluster-grid,
  .step-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .hero-media {
    border-radius: 14px;
  }

  .insight-card,
  .cta-band {
    padding: 20px;
  }

  .blog-shell .comparison-table table {
    min-width: 0;
    table-layout: fixed;
  }

  .blog-shell .comparison-table th,
  .blog-shell .comparison-table td {
    padding: 12px 10px;
    font-size: 0.82rem;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }
}

.blog-shell > .article-grid,
.blog-shell > .topic-clusters,
.blog-shell > .blog-hero--split {
  max-width: none;
}

.blog-shell a:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid #6346f5;
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.blog-shell .cta-band a:hover {
  background: #5134d7;
}

@media (min-width: 641px) and (max-width: 960px) {
  .article-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }
}

/* Editorial guides share the public shell's quieter reading rhythm. */
.seo-static-fallback { padding-top:40px; }
h1 { font-size:clamp(2rem,3.4vw,3rem); line-height:1.15; letter-spacing:-.03em; }
.hero-media { box-shadow:none; border-radius:16px; }
.blog-shell article .hero-media img { max-height:360px; }

/* Reserve image space without cropping instructional examples or learner faces. */
.hero-media img { height: auto; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; object-fit: contain; }
.blog-shell article .hero-media img { max-height: none; }
.article-byline { margin: -4px 0 22px; color: #696779; font-size: .9rem; }
.sentence-example { padding: 18px 20px; border-left: 3px solid #6346f5; background: #f6f4f9; }
.sentence-example > span { display: block; }
.sentence-example > span + span { margin-top: 6px; color: #696779; font-size: .95rem; }

.blog-footer {
  border-top: 1px solid #e6e2ed;
  background: #fdfcfb;
  padding: 36px 0 56px;
}

.blog-footer__inner {
  width: min(1280px, calc(100% - 48px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 24px;
}

.blog-footer__brand {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 8px;
}

.blog-footer__brand p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
}

.blog-footer__links {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px 24px;
}

.blog-footer__links a {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 44px;
  color: #696779;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.blog-footer__links a:hover,
.blog-footer__links a:focus-visible {
  color: #6346f5;
}