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/* Revision 0.2: textured surround, smooth reading paper, reader controls. */
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.vdn-welcome{padding-top:0;padding-bottom:20px}.vdn-welcome p{max-width:470px}.vdn-welcome h1{margin-top:0}.vdn-hero{padding-top:52px;gap:50px}.vdn-recommended-caption{background:rgba(255,255,255,.8);padding:22px 25px 22px;width:91%}.vdn-recommended-caption p{padding-right:65px}
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.vdn-genre-art .vdn-art-cloud{fill:#fff;stroke:none}.vdn-genre-art .vdn-art-ring{fill:#fff;stroke:var(--gold);stroke-width:1.8}
.vdn-genres-section{margin-block:18px 24px;padding:34px 28px 36px;background:linear-gradient(120deg,rgb(0 182 228 / .075),rgb(255 255 255 / .28) 58%,rgb(254 172 0 / .065));border-left:3px solid var(--gold)}.vdn-genres-section .vdn-section-heading>span{background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--blue),transparent);opacity:.32}.vdn-carousel-pause{font:9px var(--sans);color:var(--blue);padding:6px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--gold)}
.vdn-reader{--sheet:#fffdf8;--sheet-ink:#242923;--sheet-link:#126781;--sheet-line:#dcded4;max-width:1000px;margin:0 auto}.vdn-reader[data-paper=white]{--sheet:#fff;--sheet-ink:#252925;--sheet-line:#d9ddd8}.vdn-reader[data-paper=cream]{--sheet:#f4e8cd;--sheet-ink:#393021;--sheet-link:#215d6d;--sheet-line:#d5c7aa}.vdn-reader[data-paper=mist]{--sheet:#edf0f1;--sheet-ink:#253238;--sheet-link:#17647c;--sheet-line:#cbd4d8}.vdn-reader[data-paper=night]{--sheet:#232d34;--sheet-ink:#e6e9e4;--sheet-link:#a8dce8;--sheet-line:#4a5b64}
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.vdn-voices img{border:1px solid #c5c8bf;padding:3px;background:#fff;filter:none}.vdn-author-box img{filter:none;border:1px solid #d0d2c7;padding:4px;background:#fff}
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@media print{body{background-image:none}.vdn-reader-controls{display:none!important}.vdn-reading-sheet{background:white!important;color:black!important;box-shadow:none;border:0;padding:0}.vdn-reader .vdn-reading-content{color:black;font-size:12pt}.vdn-reader .vdn-reading-content a{color:black}}

/* Revision 0.6: hierarchical navigation. */
.vdn-menu li{position:relative}.vdn-menu .current-menu-ancestor>a{color:var(--blue);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:8px;text-decoration-color:var(--gold)}
.vdn-menu .sub-menu{position:absolute;z-index:50;left:-18px;top:calc(100% - 2px);min-width:230px;margin:0;padding:9px 0;list-style:none;background:rgb(255 255 255 / .97);border-top:2px solid var(--gold);box-shadow:0 12px 30px rgb(20 36 36 / .12);visibility:hidden;opacity:0;transform:translateY(7px);transition:opacity .18s,transform .18s,visibility .18s}
.vdn-menu .sub-menu .sub-menu{left:calc(100% - 4px);top:-9px}.vdn-menu .sub-menu a{padding:9px 18px;white-space:normal;line-height:1.35}.vdn-menu .sub-menu a:hover,.vdn-menu .sub-menu a:focus-visible{background:rgb(0 182 228 / .07);color:var(--blue)}
.vdn-menu li:hover>.sub-menu,.vdn-menu li:focus-within>.sub-menu,.vdn-menu .sub-menu.is-open{visibility:visible;opacity:1;transform:none}.vdn-submenu-toggle{width:22px;height:32px;padding:0;color:var(--blue);font:15px/1 var(--sans)}.vdn-submenu-toggle span{display:block;transition:transform .18s}.vdn-submenu-toggle[aria-expanded=true] span{transform:rotate(180deg)}
@media(max-width:800px){.vdn-header .vdn-menu{display:block;justify-content:initial}.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)}.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li>a{padding:11px 4px}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu{grid-column:1/-1;position:static;display:none;visibility:visible;opacity:1;transform:none;min-width:0;padding:3px 0 10px 18px;background:rgb(255 255 255 / .38);border:0;border-left:2px solid var(--gold);box-shadow:none}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu.is-open{display:block}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu li{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu a{padding:8px 12px}.vdn-submenu-toggle{width:40px;height:43px}}

/* Revision 0.7: quiet desktop menu markers. */
@media(min-width:801px){.vdn-header .vdn-submenu-toggle{display:none}.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li>a{padding-bottom:8px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(98 104 96 / .28);text-decoration:none}.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li.menu-item-has-children>a{border-bottom:2px solid var(--gold)}.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li.current-menu-item>a,.vdn-header .vdn-menu>li.current-menu-ancestor>a{color:var(--blue)}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu a{border-bottom:1px solid rgb(98 104 96 / .13);text-decoration:none}.vdn-header .vdn-menu .sub-menu li:last-child>a{border-bottom:0}}

/* Revision 0.8: adjustable literary motif and compact carousel control. */
body{background-image:var(--vdn-texture);background-repeat:repeat;background-size:180px 180px;background-position:0 0}
body:before{content:"";display:block;position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:0;pointer-events:none;background-image:var(--vdn-motif);background-repeat:repeat;background-size:860px 620px;background-position:50% 40px;opacity:var(--vdn-motif-opacity,.55)}
.vdn-header,main,.vdn-footer{position:relative;z-index:1}
.vdn-no-texture{background-image:none}.vdn-no-texture:before{display:none}
.vdn-carousel-pause{width:26px;height:26px;padding:2px;display:grid;place-items:center;border:0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--gold)}
.vdn-carousel-pause svg{width:15px;height:15px}

/* Revision 0.8.2: soft blur handoff between recommendations. */
.vdn-slides{overflow:hidden}.vdn-slide.vdn-blur-out{animation:vdn-blur-out .32s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.7,1) both}.vdn-slide.vdn-blur-in{animation:vdn-blur-in .68s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.25,1) both}
@keyframes vdn-blur-out{from{filter:blur(0);opacity:1;transform:scale(1)}to{filter:blur(11px);opacity:.58;transform:scale(1.012)}}
@keyframes vdn-blur-in{from{filter:blur(11px);opacity:.58;transform:scale(1.012)}to{filter:blur(0);opacity:1;transform:scale(1)}}
@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.vdn-slide.vdn-blur-out,.vdn-slide.vdn-blur-in{animation:none}}

/* Revision 0.8.3: keep desktop submenus above the page content. */
.vdn-header{z-index:30;overflow:visible;isolation:isolate}main,.vdn-footer{z-index:1}