/* ---------- Tag line + lock badge ---------- */
.card-kicker { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; }
.lock-badge {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.3rem;
  font-family: var(--gh-font-heading, system-ui, sans-serif);
  font-size: 0.65rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  line-height: 1;
  padding: 0.25rem 0.45rem;
  color: var(--accent);
  border: 1px solid var(--accent);
}
.lock-badge__icon { width: 0.6rem; height: 0.6rem; display: block; }

/* ---------- "Keep reading" box on gated posts ---------- */
.paywall {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: 2.5rem;
  text-align: center;
}
/* Fade the last lines of the public preview into the box */
.paywall::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 100%;
  height: 7rem;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, var(--bg));
  pointer-events: none;
}
.paywall__inner {
  border-top: 3px solid var(--accent);
  background: var(--surface);
  padding: 2.25rem 1.5rem 2rem;
}
.paywall__icon {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 2.75rem;
  height: 2.75rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--accent);
  color: var(--on-accent);
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}
.paywall__icon .lock-badge__icon { width: 1rem; height: 1rem; }
.paywall__title { font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0 0 0.5rem; }
.paywall__text { color: var(--subtle); margin: 0 auto 1.25rem; max-width: 34rem; }
.paywall__button { min-width: 14rem; }
.paywall__signin { font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--muted); margin: 1rem 0 0; }
.paywall__signin a { color: var(--accent); font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; }
.paywall__signin a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* ---------- Comments (Ghost's built-in comments, after the author box) ---------- */
.post-comments {
  margin-top: 3rem;
  padding-top: 1.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}