a {
  color: #8B0000;
}



.site-title, 
.site-title a {
  letter-spacing: 1px !important;  /* adjust value as needed */
}

/* Hide only the post date */
.posted-on,
.entry-date,
time.entry-date,
.entry-meta .posted-on {
    display: none !important;
}

a:where(:not(.wp-element-button)) {
    text-decoration: unset !important;
}

header#masthead {
    background: ;
}

header#masthead, .site-description span {
   background: ;
}

/* make the subscribe button red */
form input[type="submit"],
form button[type="submit"] {
    background-color: #8B0000 !important; /* red */
    color: #ffffff !important;            /* white text */
    border: none !important;
}

/* Latest Posts widget: hover links red instead of yellow */
.widget_recent_entries a:hover {
    color: #8B0000 !important;
}

/* Force blockquotes to align text to the left */
.wp-block-quote,
.wp-block-quote p {
    text-align:  !important;
	font-size: 1em !important;
    line-height: 1.5 !important;
}

/* Reduce vertical padding around logo/header */
.site-branding,
.custom-logo-link,
.site-header {
    padding-top: 10px !important;
    padding-bottom: 10px !important;
    margin-top: 0 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

/* Optional: reduce overall header height */
.site-header-inner,
.header-inner,
.header-content {
    min-height: auto !important;
    padding-top: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
}

/* Tighten logo spacing specifically */
.custom-logo {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
    max-height: 120px; /* adjust if needed */
}


.entry-content {
    font-size: 1.18rem;
    line-height: 1.9;
    letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

.entry-content p {
    margin-bottom: 1.8em;
}

.entry-title {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 4rem);
    line-height: 1.1;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

blockquote {
    border-left: 4px solid #b30000;
    padding-left: 1.5rem;
    font-style: ;
    font-size: 1.25rem;
    line-height: 1.7;
    margin: 2.5rem 0;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {

    .entry-content {
        font-size: 1.08rem;
        line-height: 1.8;
    }

    .entry-title {
        font-size: 2.2rem;
    }

    .custom-logo {
        max-height: 90px;
    }
}

/* Reduce space below header on mobile */

@media (max-width: 768px) {

    .site-content,
    #content,
    main {
        margin-top: 0 !important;
        padding-top: 10px !important;
    }

/* Minimal space between header and content on mobile */

@media (max-width: 768px) {

    .site-header,
    #masthead {
        margin-bottom: 0 !important;
        padding-bottom: 0 !important;
    }

    .site-content,
    #content,
    main {
        margin-top: 0 !important;
        padding-top: 0 !important;
    }

    article,
    .post,
    .page {
        margin-top: 0 !important;
        padding-top: 0 !important;
    }
}