.author-credentials {
  color: var(--gold-soft);
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  max-width: 48rem;
  margin: 1.25rem 0 0;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.author-credentials span {
  color: var(--gold);
  padding: 0 .35rem;
}

.author-credentials + .author-bio {
  margin-top: 1.4rem;
}

/* Rocco's exact photographed handprint, cropped only through CSS. */
.signature-transition {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: min(100% - 2.5rem, 72rem);
  height: clamp(10.5rem, 16vw, 13.5rem);
  margin: clamp(2.4rem, 4.5vw, 4rem) auto clamp(-.8rem, -1vw, -.35rem);
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
  border: 1px solid rgba(202, 152, 52, .22);
  border-radius: 1.75rem;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fffdf8 0%, #f8f2e8 48%, #fffdf8 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 .9rem 2.4rem rgba(7, 37, 52, .07);
}

.signature-transition::before,
.signature-transition::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.signature-transition::before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #fffdf8 0%, transparent 28%, transparent 72%, #fffdf8 100%);
}

.signature-transition::after {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fffdf8 0%, transparent 24%, transparent 76%, #fffdf8 100%);
}

.signature-transition img {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 0;
  width: clamp(26rem, 38vw, 30rem);
  max-width: none;
  height: auto;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  opacity: .24;
  object-fit: initial;
  transform: translate(-50%, -57%);
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.04);
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 58% 52% at 50% 50%, #000 42%, transparent 92%);
  mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 58% 52% at 50% 50%, #000 42%, transparent 92%);
}

.signature-transition figcaption {
  position: absolute;
  right: clamp(1.15rem, 3vw, 2.4rem);
  bottom: .9rem;
  z-index: 2;
  margin: 0;
  padding: .42rem .7rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(7, 37, 52, .08);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: rgba(255, 253, 248, .82);
  color: rgba(7, 37, 52, .72);
  letter-spacing: .105em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: .62rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
}

.sponsor-copy .access-heading {
  max-width: 18ch;
  font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 4.4vw, 4.05rem);
}

.access-choice-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-top: 1.6rem;
}

.access-choice {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 1.3rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .28);
  border-radius: 1.15rem;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .075);
}

.access-choice h3 {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.25;
}

.access-choice p {
  margin: .7rem 0 0;
  font-size: .82rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.purchase-choice {
  color: var(--navy-deep);
  border-color: rgba(202, 152, 52, .5);
  background: var(--paper);
}

.purchase-choice p {
  color: var(--ink-muted);
}

.sponsor-choice p {
  color: #d6e0e4;
}

.choice-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .4rem;
  min-height: 2.55rem;
  margin-top: 1rem;
  padding: .65rem 1rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: var(--gold);
  color: var(--navy-deep);
  font-size: .75rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: transform .16s, background .16s, box-shadow .16s;
}

.choice-link:hover {
  transform: translateY(-1px);
  background: var(--gold-soft);
  box-shadow: 0 .65rem 1.6rem rgba(0, 0, 0, .16);
}

.choice-link:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--gold-soft);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.access-choice-grid + .sponsor-impact {
  margin-top: 1.4rem;
}

.cashapp-qr-link {
  display: block;
  border-radius: .9rem;
}

.cashapp-qr-link:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--gold-soft);
  outline-offset: 5px;
}

.cash-tag-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  justify-self: center;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .35rem;
  margin-top: .85rem;
  padding: .62rem .95rem;
  border: 1px solid rgba(7, 37, 52, .16);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--navy-deep);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: transform .16s, border-color .16s, box-shadow .16s;
}

.sponsor-card figcaption .cash-tag-link span {
  color: inherit;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1em;
  font-weight: inherit;
}

.cash-tag-link:hover {
  transform: translateY(-1px);
  border-color: rgba(202, 152, 52, .72);
  box-shadow: 0 .55rem 1.25rem rgba(7, 37, 52, .12);
}

.cash-tag-link:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--gold);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .author-credentials {
    font-size: .67rem;
  }

  .signature-transition {
    width: calc(100% - 1.5rem);
    height: 10.5rem;
    border-radius: 1.25rem;
  }

  .signature-transition img {
    width: 27rem;
  }

  .signature-transition figcaption {
    right: 50%;
    bottom: .7rem;
    white-space: nowrap;
    transform: translateX(50%);
  }

  .access-choice-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .sponsor-copy .access-heading {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 12vw, 3.35rem);
  }
}