/* ---------- Fonts ---------- */ @font-face { font-family: "Eloquia"; src: url("/fonts/EloquiaDisplay-Regular.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "Eloquia"; src: url("/fonts/EloquiaDisplay-Black.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 900; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } /* Pill fonts are subset to caps + digits (a few KB each). Archivo Narrow only loads on devices without Arial Narrow (phones, mostly). */ @font-face { font-family: "Archivo Narrow"; src: url("/fonts/ArchivoNarrow-caps.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } @font-face { font-family: "PP Pangram Sans Rounded Compressed"; src: url("/fonts/PPPangramSansRounded-CompressedExtrabold-caps.woff2") format("woff2"); font-weight: 800; font-style: normal; font-display: swap; } /* ---------- Tokens ---------- */ :root { --sky: #409ae4; /* shown until the clouds image paints */ --paper: #ffffff; --grey: #c9c9c9; /* pill text */ --grey-hover: #8f8f8f; --blue: #02bbff; /* exit pill */ --blue-light: #a8e6ff; --blue-deep: #0096d6; --font: "Eloquia", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; --font-pill: "Arial Narrow", "Archivo Narrow", "Helvetica Neue Condensed", Arial, sans-serif; --font-exit: "PP Pangram Sans Rounded Compressed", "Arial Rounded MT Bold", "Eloquia", sans-serif; --fs-display: clamp(2.75rem, 8vw, 7rem); /* wordmark */ --fs-md: clamp(1rem, 0.9rem + 0.5vw, 1.25rem); /* footer */ --pill-h: clamp(3rem, 1.6rem + 3.6vw, 5rem); --gutter: clamp(1.25rem, 3.5vw, 3rem); } /* ---------- Base ---------- */ *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; } html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background: var(--sky); } body { margin: 0; min-height: 100svh; display: grid; grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto; font-family: var(--font); color: var(--paper); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; } h1, h2, p, ul { margin: 0; } ul { padding: 0; list-style: none; } .visually-hidden { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0; } /* ---------- Sky ---------- Fixed layer instead of background-attachment: fixed (which is janky on iOS). The clouds are pre-blurred at high resolution (up to 3840 wide) with a fine grain so the soft gradients stay smooth on retina screens. AVIF first, WebP fallback. Drift: two copies of the same photo slide slowly to the right, half a cycle apart. The top copy fades in and out so that each copy only ever jumps back to its start while it is hidden. The result is an endless one-way drift with no seam, and while the copies overlap the clouds appear to gently change shape. Only transform and opacity animate, so it runs on the GPU. */ .sky { --sky-t: 50s; /* one full cycle */ --drift: max(20vw, 258px); /* distance travelled per cycle (0.4vw/s) */ position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: -1; overflow: hidden; background: var(--sky); } .sky__layer { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: calc(var(--drift) * -1); /* oversized to the left so the slide never shows an edge */ background: center / cover no-repeat; animation: sky-drift var(--sky-t) linear infinite; will-change: transform; } .sky__layer--b { animation: sky-drift var(--sky-t) linear infinite, sky-fade var(--sky-t) ease-in-out infinite; animation-delay: calc(var(--sky-t) / -2), 0s; will-change: transform, opacity; } /* Background switch: or in index.html. Both photos get the same treatment (blur, fine grain, AVIF + WebP at 1280/2560/3840) and the same drift. Add ?bg=clouds or ?bg=meadow to the URL to preview the other one without deploying. */ html[data-bg="meadow"] .sky__layer { background-image: url("/images/meadow-blur-2560.webp"); background-image: image-set( url("/images/meadow-blur-1280.avif") type("image/avif") 1x, url("/images/meadow-blur-2560.avif") type("image/avif") 2x, url("/images/meadow-blur-1280.webp") type("image/webp") 1x, url("/images/meadow-blur-2560.webp") type("image/webp") 2x); } @media (min-width: 701px) { html[data-bg="meadow"] .sky__layer { background-image: image-set( url("/images/meadow-blur-2560.avif") type("image/avif") 1x, url("/images/meadow-blur-3840.avif") type("image/avif") 2x, url("/images/meadow-blur-2560.webp") type("image/webp") 1x, url("/images/meadow-blur-3840.webp") type("image/webp") 2x); } } html[data-bg="clouds"] .sky__layer { background-image: url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-2560.webp"); background-image: image-set( url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-1280.avif") type("image/avif") 1x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-2560.avif") type("image/avif") 2x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-1280.webp") type("image/webp") 1x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-2560.webp") type("image/webp") 2x); } @media (min-width: 701px) { html[data-bg="clouds"] .sky__layer { background-image: image-set( url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-2560.avif") type("image/avif") 1x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-3840.avif") type("image/avif") 2x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-2560.webp") type("image/webp") 1x, url("/images/clouds-blur-v2-3840.webp") type("image/webp") 2x); } } @keyframes sky-drift { from { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); } to { transform: translate3d(var(--drift), 0, 0); } } /* Top copy is solid while the bottom copy resets (0%/100%) and invisible while it resets itself (50%) */ @keyframes sky-fade { 0%, 8% { opacity: 1; } 42%, 58% { opacity: 0; } 92%, 100% { opacity: 1; } } /* A little blue at the foot so the white © stays legible over cloud */ .sky::after { content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: 1; inset: auto 0 0 0; height: 22%; background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(48, 140, 228, 0.6), rgba(48, 140, 228, 0)); } html[data-bg="meadow"] .sky::after { /* green at the foot instead of blue, so the footer sits on grass */ background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(40, 110, 10, 0.5), rgba(40, 110, 10, 0)); } /* ---------- Wordmark ---------- */ .top { padding: calc(var(--gutter) * 0.8) var(--gutter) 0; text-align: center; } .wordmark { display: inline-block; font-size: var(--fs-display); font-weight: 900; line-height: 0.85; letter-spacing: -0.015em; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: nowrap; } .wordmark__mark { font-size: 0.28em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; vertical-align: top; position: relative; top: -0.1em; margin-left: 0.15em; margin-right: -1em; /* keep BEAUTIFUL itself optically centred */ } /* ---------- Pills ---------- */ .portfolio { display: grid; place-items: center; padding: calc(var(--gutter) * 1.5) var(--gutter); } .pills { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 0; /* pills touch on every side, as in the reference */ /* One shadow for the whole cluster, so touching pills don't shade each other; keeps white pills readable over white cloud */ filter: drop-shadow(0 1px 4px rgba(20, 90, 170, 0.16)); max-width: calc(var(--pill-h) * 17); } .pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; height: var(--pill-h); padding: 0 calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.3); border-radius: calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.27); background: var(--paper); color: var(--grey); font-family: var(--font-pill); font-size: calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.7); line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; transition: transform 140ms ease, color 140ms ease, filter 140ms ease; } /* Exited companies: glossy blue tube */ .pill--exit { padding: calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.07) calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.42) 0; /* top nudge: this font sits high */ border-radius: 999px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--blue-light) 0%, #4dcfff 12%, var(--blue) 30%, var(--blue) 62%, var(--blue-deep) 100%); box-shadow: inset 0 calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.05) calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.05) rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55), inset 0 calc(var(--pill-h) * -0.07) calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.09) rgba(0, 95, 160, 0.45); color: var(--blue-light); font-family: var(--font-exit); font-weight: 800; font-size: calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.78); letter-spacing: -0.01em; } /* Hover effects only where there is a real pointer: on touch screens :hover sticks after a tap */ @media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) { a.pill:hover { z-index: 1; transform: translateY(-0.06em) scale(1.03); color: var(--grey-hover); } a.pill--exit:hover { color: var(--paper); filter: brightness(1.07) saturate(1.1); } } /* Closed companies (shut down / ceased operations): faded pill, no hover effect */ .pill--closed { opacity: 0.5; } @media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) { a.pill--closed:hover { transform: none; color: var(--grey); } } /* Exit pills: the name is swapped for a looping EXIT EXIT EXIT marquee. Desktop: on hover. Touch screens: a small script in index.html adds .is-exiting to all the blue pills together for 3 seconds at a time, with a soft crossfade. The label stays in the layout (just transparent) so the pill keeps its width. */ .pill--exit { overflow: hidden; } .pill__marquee { position: absolute; inset: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; padding-top: calc(var(--pill-h) * 0.07); /* same nudge as the label */ color: var(--paper); opacity: 0; -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, #000 16%, #000 84%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, #000 16%, #000 84%, transparent); } .pill__track { display: flex; flex: none; white-space: pre; animation: exit-marquee 2.4s linear infinite paused; } .pill__track > span { flex: none; } /* each half ends in one space, so the loop seam is a single space too */ @keyframes exit-marquee { to { transform: translateX(-50%); } } .pill--exit:focus-visible .pill__label, .pill--exit.is-exiting .pill__label { opacity: 0; } .pill--exit:focus-visible .pill__marquee, .pill--exit.is-exiting .pill__marquee { opacity: 1; } .pill--exit:focus-visible .pill__track, .pill--exit.is-exiting .pill__track { animation-play-state: running; } /* the scheduled swap on touch screens fades; the desktop hover swap stays instant */ .pill--exit.is-exiting .pill__label, .pill--exit.is-exiting .pill__marquee, .pill--exit.was-exiting .pill__label, .pill--exit.was-exiting .pill__marquee { transition: opacity 400ms ease; } .pill--exit.was-exiting .pill__track { animation-play-state: running; } /* keep scrolling while it fades out */ /* Hover only where a real pointer exists, so taps on phones go straight to the link */ @media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) { .pill--exit:hover .pill__label { opacity: 0; } .pill--exit:hover .pill__marquee { opacity: 1; } .pill--exit:hover .pill__track { animation-play-state: running; } } a.pill:active { transform: scale(0.98); } a.pill:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid var(--paper); outline-offset: 3px; } /* ---------- Footer ---------- */ .footer { padding: 0 var(--gutter) calc(var(--gutter) * 0.8); text-align: center; font-size: var(--fs-md); } .footer__tagline { margin-left: 0.5em; white-space: nowrap; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .pill { transition: none; } .pill__track { animation: none; } .sky__layer { animation: none; } .sky__layer--b { display: none; } }