.about {
  background: var(--surface);
  padding: var(--spacing-2xl) clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 4rem);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.about-container {
  max-width: var(--max-width);
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 5fr) minmax(0, 6fr);
  gap: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 4rem);
  align-items: start;
}

.about-label-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: var(--spacing-md);
  padding-top: 0.4rem;
}

.vertical-text {
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.34em;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  color: var(--ink-faint);
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}

.about-label-line {
  width: 1px;
  height: 120px;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--vermillion), transparent);
}

.about-heading {
  font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4.5vw, 3.6rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-bottom: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  color: var(--ink);
}

.about-text p {
  color: var(--ink-dim);
  line-height: 1.9;
  margin-bottom: var(--spacing-md);
}
.about-text p:first-child::first-letter {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-size: 3.4em;
  float: left;
  line-height: 0.85;
  padding-right: 0.12em;
  color: var(--vermillion);
}

/* Quote card — r4-style note card with a dashed border and resting tilt */
.about-quote {
  position: relative;
  margin: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem) 0;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.25rem);
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1.5px dashed rgba(174, 139, 74, 0.55);
  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.8vw, 1.45rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--ink);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft);
  --tilt: -1deg;
  transform: rotate(var(--tilt));
  transition: transform var(--transition-pop);
}
.about-quote:hover {
  transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(-4px);
}

.about-quote cite {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
  margin-top: var(--spacing-sm);
  color: var(--gold);
}

/* Image composition */
.about-image-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  /* polaroid tilt; the reveal-right animation settles onto this angle */
  --tilt: 1.6deg;
}

/* Polaroid frame — thick white border, dashed outline, straighten on hover */
.about-image {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 520px;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  object-fit: cover;
  filter: saturate(0.92);
  border: 10px solid var(--surface);
  outline: 2px dashed rgba(174, 139, 74, 0.5);
  outline-offset: 8px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft);
  transition: filter var(--transition-slow), transform var(--transition-pop);
}
.about-image-wrapper {
  justify-self: end;
  width: 100%;
}
.about-image-wrapper:hover .about-image {
  filter: saturate(1.05);
  transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(-6px) scale(1.01);
}

/* Washi-tape strips pinning the polaroid */
.about-image-wrapper::before,
.about-image-wrapper::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 88px;
  height: 26px;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, rgba(124, 139, 110, 0.4) 0 6px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55) 6px 12px);
  border-left: 1px dashed rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
  border-right: 1px dashed rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 8px -3px rgba(38, 37, 28, 0.35);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 3;
}
.about-image-wrapper::before {
  top: -13px;
  left: -20px;
  transform: rotate(-36deg);
}
.about-image-wrapper::after {
  top: -13px;
  right: -20px;
  transform: rotate(36deg);
}

/* Vermillion monogram seal */
.about-seal {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  bottom: -26px;
  left: -26px;
  width: 84px;
  height: 84px;
  background: var(--vermillion-deep);
  color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-weight: 600;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 2rem;
  border-radius: 50%;
  outline: 2px dashed rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
  outline-offset: -8px;
  box-shadow: 0 20px 40px -10px rgba(188, 59, 40, 0.45);
  transform: rotate(-8deg);
  transition: transform var(--transition-pop);
}
.about-seal:hover {
  transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1.08);
}

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
  .about-container {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .about-label-container {
    flex-direction: row;
    height: auto;
    gap: var(--spacing-sm);
  }
  .vertical-text {
    writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
    transform: none;
  }
  .about-label-line {
    width: 60px;
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--vermillion), transparent);
    align-self: center;
  }
  .about-image-wrapper {
    justify-self: start;
    max-width: 460px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  .about-seal {
    width: 64px;
    height: 64px;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    bottom: -18px;
    left: -12px;
  }
  .about-image-wrapper::before,
  .about-image-wrapper::after {
    width: 62px;
    height: 20px;
  }
  .about-quote {
    --tilt: -0.6deg;
  }
}