/* Letters of recommendation page: a dark starfield header over a light reading body. */

.letters-head {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--starlight);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--night-deep) 0%, var(--night-mid) 68%, var(--night-soft) 100%);
  padding-bottom: 3rem;
}
.letters-head .stars { opacity: 0.6; }
.letters-head .topbar { position: relative; z-index: 2; }
.letters-head .brand-script {
  font-size: 1.9rem;
  color: var(--starlight);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.letters-head-inner {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  max-width: 44rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 1.4rem 1.4rem 0;
  text-align: center;
}
.letters-head-inner .section-script { color: var(--lavender); }
.letters-head-inner h1 {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5.5vw, 3.1rem);
  margin: 0.1rem 0 0.9rem;
}
.letters-intro {
  color: rgba(238, 240, 250, 0.85);
  max-width: 33rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* ---- reading body ---- */
.letters-main {
  background: var(--mist);
  padding: 3.5rem 0 4.5rem;
}

/* letters sit side by side when there's room: 3 up on wide desktops, 2 on mid
   widths, 1 column on phones. auto-fit drops a column each time the min width
   no longer fits, so it degrades 3 -> 2 -> 1 on its own. align-items:start lets
   each letter keep its natural height rather than stretching to the tallest. */
.letters-wrap { max-width: 78rem; }
.letters-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(20rem, 1fr));
  gap: 1.6rem;
  align-items: start;
}

.letter {
  position: relative;
  background: linear-gradient(172deg, #ffffff, #f4f6fd);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 40px rgba(96, 115, 189, 0.16);
  padding: 2.4rem 1.7rem 2rem;
  scroll-margin-top: 1.4rem;
}
.letter-body p { color: #33475a; }
.letter-body p + p { margin-top: 0.9rem; }

.letter-sign {
  margin-top: 1.5rem;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(96, 115, 189, 0.18);
  font-family: var(--font-script);
  font-size: 1.9rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--periwinkle);
}

/* the letter a card linked into, briefly haloed on arrival */
.letter:target {
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px var(--periwinkle), 0 18px 44px rgba(96, 115, 189, 0.24);
}

.letters-cta {
  margin-top: 2.8rem;
  text-align: center;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
}
.letters-home-link {
  color: var(--periwinkle);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1.5px solid transparent;
  transition: border-color 0.18s ease;
}
.letters-home-link:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--dawn-deep); }

@media (min-width: 40rem) {
  .letter { padding: 2.5rem 2.2rem 2.2rem; }
}