:root{
  /* Wordmark scale — Fraunces 500, tracking tightens as size grows */
  --wordmark-masthead:clamp(96px,17vw,240px); /* @kind font */
  --wordmark-mark:120px;
  --wordmark-header:22px;
  --wordmark-signature:16px;
  --wordmark-glyph:11px;
  --track-wordmark:-.012em;
  --track-wordmark-tight:-.008em;
  --track-wordmark-small:-.003em;

  /* Editorial serif — Newsreader */
  --credo-size:clamp(30px,3.6vw,48px);
  --credo-leading:1.28;
  --prose-size:19px;
  --prose-size-sm:17px;
  --prose-leading:1.65;
  --slot-size:26px;          /* the leader's name in the pairing */
  --for-ratio:0.40; /* @kind other */          /* "for" is 40% of the wordmark size */

  /* Utility sans — IBM Plex Sans, always tracked, always uppercase */
  --label-size:10.5px;
  --label-size-sm:9.5px;
  --label-size-lg:12px;
  --track-label:.28em;
  --track-label-wide:.32em;
  --track-signature:.42em;   /* ERSKINE & CO formal signature */
  --weight-wordmark:500;
  --weight-prose:400;
  --weight-label:400;
  --measure-prose:60ch;
  --measure-note:66ch;
  --measure-credo:22ch;

  --text-label:var(--font-sans);
  --text-prose:var(--font-serif);
  --text-mark:var(--font-display);
}