/* ============================================================
   FONT — enforced across every element on this page
============================================================ */
.about-hero,
.about-hero *,
.values-section,
.values-section *,
.process-section,
.process-section * {
  font-family: 'FixedExcelsiorSys', sans-serif;
}

/* ============================================================
   SHARED
============================================================ */
.about-eyebrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: initial;
  gap: 26px;
  font-size: 3.9rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--gold);
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
}

.about-eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  width: 24px;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--gold);
  display: inline-block;
}

/* ============================================================
   ABOUT PAGE HERO — Meet the Founder
============================================================ */
.about-hero {
  background-color: var(--dusk-blue);
  padding: 60px 8%;
  border-bottom: 5px solid black;
  position: relative;
}

.about-hero .about-eyebrow {
  position: absolute;
  top: 40px;
  left: 8%;
  margin: 0;
}

.about-hero-wrap {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 300px 1fr;
  gap: 70px;
  max-width: 1300px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ---------- Photo column ---------- */
.founder-photo-col {
  text-align: center;
}

.founder-photo-frame {
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
  border-radius: 50%;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0 auto 20px;
  border: 2px solid var(--alabaster-grey);
  transition: border-color 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease;
}

.founder-photo-frame:hover {
  border-color: var(--gold);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
}

.founder-photo {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform 0.5s ease;
}

.founder-photo-frame:hover .founder-photo {
  transform: scale(1.08);
}

.founder-name {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--white);
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

.founder-role {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--alabaster-grey);
}

/* ---------- Content column ---------- */
.about-hero-content {
  padding-top: 90px;
}

.about-hero-content h1 {
  font-size: 3.4rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--white);
  margin-bottom: 22px;
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.about-hero-content p {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 120px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--alabaster-grey);
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  max-width: 900px;
}

.about-hero-content p:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .about-hero-wrap {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 30px;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .founder-photo-frame {
    max-width: 220px;
  }
  .about-hero-content p {
    max-width: none;
  }
}

/* ============================================================
   VALUES SECTION
============================================================ */
.values-section {
  padding: 100px 8%;
  background: var(--white);
  border-bottom: 5px solid black;
}

.values-header {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 auto 56px;
}

.values-header h2 {
  font-size: 2.9rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--prussian-blue);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}

.values-header p {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight:140px;
  color: var(--dusk-blue);
}

.values-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(220px, 1fr));
  gap: 24px;
  max-width: 1300px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.value-card {
  background: var(--white);
  border-top: 3px solid var(--dusk-blue);
  padding: 28px 22px 30px;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease, border-color 0.3s ease;
}

.value-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 34px rgba(10, 17, 40, 0.18);
  border-color: var(--gold);
}

.value-number {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  color: var(--dusk-blue);
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  transition: color 0.3s ease;
}

.value-card:hover .value-number {
  color: var(--gold);
}

.value-card h3 {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--prussian-blue);
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.value-card p {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #333;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .values-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .values-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}

/* ============================================================
   PROCESS FLOW SECTION — 3 panels, on the story section's old background
============================================================ */
.process-section {
  padding: 100px 8%;
  background: var(--alabaster-grey);
}

.process-section .values-header {
  margin: 0 0 56px;
  text-align: left;
}

.process-section .values-header h2 {
  color: var(--prussian-blue);
}

.process-section .values-header p {
  color: var(--dusk-blue);
  font-size: 1.35rem;
}

.process-timeline {
  max-width: 820px;
  margin: 0;
}

.process-step {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 72px 1fr;
  column-gap: 32px;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateX(-24px);
  transition: opacity 0.7s ease, transform 0.7s ease, margin-left 0.35s ease;
}

.process-step.is-visible {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateX(0);
}

/* staircase indent: each step tabs in a bit further than the last */
.process-step:nth-child(1) { margin-left: 0; }
.process-step:nth-child(2) { margin-left: 56px; transition-delay: 0.12s; }
.process-step:nth-child(3) { margin-left: 112px; transition-delay: 0.24s; }

/* ---------- marker column: number + connecting line ---------- */
.process-marker {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.process-number {
  width: 56px;
  height: 56px;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--dusk-blue);
  border: 2px solid var(--gold);
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  transition: background 0.35s ease, transform 0.35s ease;
}

.process-step:hover .process-number {
  background: var(--gold);
  color: var(--prussian-blue);
  transform: scale(1.08);
}

.process-line {
  width: 2px;
  flex: 1;
  min-height: 64px;
  margin-top: 8px;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    var(--lavender-grey) 0,
    var(--lavender-grey) 6px,
    transparent 6px,
    transparent 12px
  );
}

.process-step:last-child .process-line {
  display: none;
}

/* ---------- content column ---------- */
.process-content {
  padding: 6px 0 56px;
}

.process-step:last-child .process-content {
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

.process-content h3 {
  font-size: 1.45rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: var(--prussian-blue);
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.process-content p {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: #333;
  max-width: 560px;
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .process-step {
    grid-template-columns: 56px 1fr;
    column-gap: 20px;
  }
  .process-step:nth-child(2) { margin-left: 24px; }
  .process-step:nth-child(3) { margin-left: 48px; }
  .process-number {
    width: 44px;
    height: 44px;
    font-size: 1.2rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .about-hero-content h1 {
    font-size: 2.6rem;
  }
}