Apply the publication's thesis to its own design

- Self-host Newsreader/Inter/IBM Plex Mono via fontsource (no external requests)
- Open each story with its trust anatomy: pattern moved into the article
  header, expanded by default; review date flags itself when overdue
- Homepage shows only what exists: podcast, book, and guide placeholders
  replaced by one honest roadmap note
- Story-card diagram now drawn from the story's own trust pattern; the
  failure link encodes status (dashed developing, broken disputed, solid
  resolved)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

package-lock.json

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@astrojs/rss": "4.0.19",
+        "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.2.8",
+        "@fontsource-variable/newsreader": "^5.2.10",
+        "@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono": "^5.2.7",
         "astro": "7.0.9"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -629,28 +632,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emnapi/core/-/core-1.11.2.tgz",
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-        "tslib": "^2.4.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@emnapi/runtime": {
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-      "optional": true,
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@@ -1077,6 +1058,33 @@
         "node": ">=18"
       }
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+    "node_modules/@fontsource-variable/inter": {
+      "version": "5.2.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fontsource-variable/inter/-/inter-5.2.8.tgz",
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+      "license": "OFL-1.1",
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ayuhito"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@fontsource-variable/newsreader": {
+      "version": "5.2.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fontsource-variable/newsreader/-/newsreader-5.2.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MdI2iRwrqWpMOU/2aV2BgfZ4dJNlj/XlYaY8Zb7t87mWqHskYW0XiUANkt1cyOCiEfW2VQ0bQ5vZgGPp6B2B4w==",
+      "license": "OFL-1.1",
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ayuhito"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono": {
+      "version": "5.2.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono/-/ibm-plex-mono-5.2.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MKAb8qV+CaiMQn2B0dIi1OV3565NYzp3WN5b4oT6LTkk+F0jR6j0ZN+5BKJiIhffDC3rtBULsYZE65+0018z9w==",
+      "license": "OFL-1.1",
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ayuhito"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@img/colour": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@img/colour/-/colour-1.1.0.tgz",
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       "devOptional": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "undici-types": "~8.3.0"
       }
@@ -2205,6 +2214,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
         "fast-uri": "^3.0.1",
@@ -2857,6 +2867,7 @@
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       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "esbuild": "bin/esbuild"
       },
@@ -4016,6 +4027,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "prettier": "bin/prettier.cjs"
       },
@@ -4494,6 +4506,7 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
         "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
@@ -4806,6 +4819,7 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
+      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "lightningcss": "^1.32.0",
         "picomatch": "^4.0.5",
@@ -5245,6 +5259,7 @@
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       "devOptional": true,
       "license": "ISC",
+      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "yaml": "bin.mjs"
       },

package.json

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@astrojs/rss": "4.0.19",
+    "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.2.8",
+    "@fontsource-variable/newsreader": "^5.2.10",
+    "@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono": "^5.2.7",
     "astro": "7.0.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

src/components/Footer.astro

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import { site } from '../site.config';
 
   .footer-title {
     color: var(--paper);
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 2rem;
     line-height: 1;
   }

src/components/Header.astro

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ import { navigation, site } from '../site.config';
   }
 
   .masthead strong {
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 1.55rem;
     letter-spacing: -0.03em;
   }

src/components/MaintenanceMeta.astro

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const { author, maintainers, published, reviewed, status, sourcePath } = Astro.props;
+
+const REVIEW_DUE_DAYS = 180;
+const reviewAgeDays = Math.floor((Date.now() - reviewed.getTime()) / 86_400_000);
+const reviewDue = reviewAgeDays > REVIEW_DUE_DAYS;
 ---
 
 <dl class="metadata" aria-label="Publication and maintenance details">
@@ -19,22 +23,25 @@ const { author, maintainers, published, reviewed, status, sourcePath } = Astro.p
     <dt>By</dt>
     <dd>{author}</dd>
   </div>
-  <div>
-    <dt>Published</dt>
-    <dd><time datetime={published.toISOString()}>{formatDate(published)}</time></dd>
-  </div>
   <div>
     <dt>Last reviewed</dt>
-    <dd><time datetime={reviewed.toISOString()}>{formatDate(reviewed)}</time></dd>
+    <dd>
-  </div>
+      <time datetime={reviewed.toISOString()}>{formatDate(reviewed)}</time>
-  <div>
+      {reviewDue && <span class="review-due">review due</span>}
-    <dt>Maintained by</dt>
+    </dd>
-    <dd>{maintainers.join(', ')}</dd>
   </div>
   <div>
     <dt>Status</dt>
     <dd><span class:list={['status', `status-${status}`]}>{status}</span></dd>
   </div>
+  <div>
+    <dt>Published</dt>
+    <dd><time datetime={published.toISOString()}>{formatDate(published)}</time></dd>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    <dt>Maintained by</dt>
+    <dd>{maintainers.join(', ')}</dd>
+  </div>
   <div>
     <dt>Record</dt>
     <dd><a href={`${site.repositoryUrl}/src/branch/main/${sourcePath}`}>Source file ↗</a></dd>
@@ -66,6 +73,16 @@ const { author, maintainers, published, reviewed, status, sourcePath } = Astro.p
     font-weight: 600;
   }
 
+  .review-due {
+    margin-left: 0.5rem;
+    color: var(--amend);
+    font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
+    font-size: 0.62rem;
+    font-weight: 500;
+    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
+
   .status {
     display: inline-flex;
     align-items: center;

src/components/StoryCard.astro

@@ -8,15 +8,23 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
+const pattern = entry.data.trustPattern;
+const status = entry.data.status;
+const nodes = pattern
+  ? ['CLAIM', 'TRUSTED', 'FAILURE']
+  : ['PERSON', 'SYSTEM', 'CONSEQUENCE'];
 ---
 
 <article class:list={['story-card', { featured }] }>
-  <div class="visual" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="visual" data-status={status}>
-    <span>PERSON</span>
+    <div class="chain" aria-hidden="true">
-    <i></i>
+      <span>{nodes[0]}</span>
-    <span>SYSTEM</span>
+      <i></i>
-    <i class="broken"></i>
+      <span>{nodes[1]}</span>
-    <span>CONSEQUENCE</span>
+      <i class="fail-link"></i>
+      <span>{nodes[2]}</span>
+    </div>
+    {pattern && <p class="visual-claim">“{pattern.claim}”</p>}
   </div>
   <div class="story-copy">
     <p class="eyebrow">Story · {formatDate(entry.data.published)}</p>
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
     flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 1.4rem;
     padding: 2rem;
     background: var(--blue);
     color: var(--paper);
@@ -51,7 +60,13 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
     letter-spacing: 0.1em;
   }
 
-  .visual i {
+  .chain {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+
+  .chain i {
     display: block;
     width: 1px;
     height: 2.8rem;
@@ -59,13 +74,25 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
     background: #8ea7c1;
   }
 
-  .visual .broken {
+  /* The failure link encodes the story's status. */
-    position: relative;
+
+  /* developing — the claim is still being tested: a dashed, uncertain link */
+  .chain .fail-link {
     height: 3.4rem;
+    background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+      to bottom,
+      #8ea7c1 0 0.45rem,
+      transparent 0.45rem 0.9rem
+    );
+  }
+
+  /* disputed — the link is broken */
+  [data-status='disputed'] .chain .fail-link {
+    position: relative;
     background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #8ea7c1 0 38%, transparent 38% 62%, #8ea7c1 62%);
   }
 
-  .visual .broken::after {
+  [data-status='disputed'] .chain .fail-link::after {
     position: absolute;
     width: 0.8rem;
     height: 2px;
@@ -76,6 +103,31 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
     transform: rotate(-45deg);
   }
 
+  /* resolved — the link holds */
+  [data-status='resolved'] .chain .fail-link {
+    background: #8ea7c1;
+  }
+
+  /* historical — the record stands, the heat is gone */
+  .visual[data-status='historical'] {
+    background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--blue) 55%, var(--ink));
+  }
+
+  [data-status='historical'] .chain .fail-link {
+    background: #8ea7c1;
+  }
+
+  .visual-claim {
+    max-width: 24ch;
+    margin: 0;
+    color: #c5d1df;
+    font-size: 0.68rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+    line-height: 1.55;
+    text-align: center;
+    text-transform: none;
+  }
+
   .story-copy {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -86,7 +138,7 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
   h3 {
     max-width: 17ch;
     margin: 0;
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 3rem);
     font-weight: 600;
     letter-spacing: -0.03em;
@@ -122,19 +174,36 @@ const { entry, featured = false } = Astro.props;
 
     .visual {
       min-height: 190px;
+      gap: 1rem;
+    }
+
+    .chain {
       flex-direction: row;
     }
 
-    .visual i {
+    .chain i {
       width: 2.5rem;
       height: 1px;
       margin: 0 0.65rem;
     }
 
-    .visual .broken {
+    .chain .fail-link {
       width: 3rem;
       height: 1px;
+      background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+        to right,
+        #8ea7c1 0 0.45rem,
+        transparent 0.45rem 0.9rem
+      );
+    }
+
+    [data-status='disputed'] .chain .fail-link {
       background: linear-gradient(to right, #8ea7c1 0 38%, transparent 38% 62%, #8ea7c1 62%);
     }
+
+    [data-status='resolved'] .chain .fail-link,
+    [data-status='historical'] .chain .fail-link {
+      background: #8ea7c1;
+    }
   }
 </style>

src/components/TrustPattern.astro

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const { pattern } = Astro.props;
 ---
 
 {pattern && (
-  <details class="trust-pattern">
+  <details class="trust-pattern" open>
     <summary>The trust pattern</summary>
     <dl>
       <div><dt>Claim</dt><dd>{pattern.claim}</dd></div>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const { pattern } = Astro.props;
 <style>
   .trust-pattern {
     width: min(100%, var(--reading));
-    margin-top: 3.5rem;
+    margin-top: 2rem;
     border-top: 1px solid var(--ink);
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
   }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const { pattern } = Astro.props;
 
   dd {
     margin: 0;
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 1.08rem;
   }
 

src/layouts/ArticleLayout.astro

@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ const props = Astro.props;
         status={props.status}
         sourcePath={props.sourcePath}
       />
+      <TrustPattern pattern={props.trustPattern} />
     </header>
     <div class="article-body prose">
       <slot />
     </div>
-    <TrustPattern pattern={props.trustPattern} />
   </article>
 </BaseLayout>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const props = Astro.props;
   h1 {
     max-width: 18ch;
     margin: 0;
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 6.8rem);
     font-weight: 500;
     letter-spacing: -0.05em;

src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 import Footer from '../components/Footer.astro';
 import Header from '../components/Header.astro';
 import { site } from '../site.config';
+import '@fontsource-variable/newsreader/opsz.css';
+import '@fontsource-variable/newsreader/opsz-italic.css';
+import '@fontsource-variable/inter/index.css';
+import '@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono/400.css';
+import '@fontsource/ibm-plex-mono/500.css';
 import '../styles/global.css';
 
 interface Props {

src/pages/about.astro

@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ import { site } from '../site.config';
   .about-head h1 { max-width: 14ch; }
   .about-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(180px, .5fr) 1.5fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 10vw, 10rem); align-items: start; }
   aside { position: sticky; top: 2rem; font-size: .8rem; }
-  .portrait { display: grid; aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; margin: 0 0 1rem; place-items: center; background: var(--blue); color: var(--paper); font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: 3rem; }
+  .portrait { display: grid; aspect-ratio: 4 / 5; margin: 0 0 1rem; place-items: center; background: var(--blue); color: var(--paper); font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: 3rem; }
   @media (max-width: 700px) { .about-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } aside { position: static; max-width: 220px; } }
 </style>

src/pages/book.astro

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { site } from '../site.config';
 
 <style>
   .book-page { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(250px, .65fr) 1.35fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 9rem); align-items: center; padding: clamp(4rem, 9vw, 8rem) 0; }
-  .cover { display: grid; aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; place-items: center; border: 1px solid #7690ad; background: var(--blue); box-shadow: 22px 22px 0 #d8d1c4; color: var(--paper); font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 5rem); line-height: .85; text-align: center; }
+  .cover { display: grid; aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; place-items: center; border: 1px solid #7690ad; background: var(--blue); box-shadow: 22px 22px 0 #d8d1c4; color: var(--paper); font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 5rem); line-height: .85; text-align: center; }
   .cover img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
   h1 { max-width: 13ch; }
   .lede { max-width: 58ch; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1.1rem; }
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ import { site } from '../site.config';
   .book-anatomy div { padding: 1rem; border-right: 1px solid var(--rule); }
   .book-anatomy div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
   .book-anatomy span { color: var(--amend); font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace; font-size: .68rem; }
-  .book-anatomy p { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.15rem; }
+  .book-anatomy p { font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.15rem; }
   @media (max-width: 750px) { .book-page { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .cover { max-width: 320px; } .book-anatomy { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .book-anatomy div { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); } }
 </style>

src/pages/briefing/index.astro

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const entries = newestFirst(await getCollection('briefings', ({ data }) => !data
   .archive-head > p:last-child { max-width: 58ch; color: var(--muted); }
   .issue-list article { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 8rem 1fr 1fr 8rem; gap: 1.5rem; align-items: baseline; padding: 1.5rem 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
   .issue-list span, .issue-list time { color: var(--muted); font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace; font-size: .68rem; }
-  h2 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; }
+  h2 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; }
   h2 a { text-decoration: none; }
   .issue-list p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: .9rem; }
   @media (max-width: 760px) { .issue-list article { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; } h2, .issue-list p { grid-column: 1 / -1; } }

src/pages/guides/index.astro

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const entries = guidesByReview(await getCollection('guides', ({ data }) => !data
   .archive-head > p:last-child { max-width: 62ch; color: var(--muted); }
   .guide-list article { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 5rem 1fr 10rem; gap: 2rem; padding: 2rem 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
   .guide-list > article > span { color: var(--amend); font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace; font-size: .72rem; }
-  h2 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem); line-height: 1; }
+  h2 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.5rem); line-height: 1; }
   h2 a { text-decoration: none; }
   p, small { color: var(--muted); }
   small { font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace; font-size: .66rem; text-transform: uppercase; }

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
         </p>
         <div class="hero-actions">
           {featured && <a class="button primary" href={`/stories/${featured.id}`}>Read the current story</a>}
-          <a class="button" href="/podcast">Listen to the podcast</a>
+          {latestEpisode ? (
+            <a class="button" href="/podcast">Listen to the podcast</a>
+          ) : (
+            <a class="button" href="/about">How this publication works</a>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -63,74 +67,61 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
     </div>
   </section>
 
-  <section class="shell listening">
+  {latestEpisode && (
-    <div class="section-rule">
+    <section class="shell listening">
-      <h2 class="section-title">Listen</h2>
+      <div class="section-rule">
-      <a href="/podcast">Podcast archive →</a>
+        <h2 class="section-title">Listen</h2>
-    </div>
+        <a href="/podcast">Podcast archive →</a>
-    <div class="listen-grid">
-      <div class="sound-mark" aria-hidden="true">
-        <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
       </div>
-      <div>
+      <div class="listen-grid">
-        {latestEpisode ? (
+        <div class="sound-mark" aria-hidden="true">
-          <>
+          <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
-            <p class="eyebrow">Episode {latestEpisode.data.episode}</p>
+        </div>
-            <h3><a href={`/podcast/${latestEpisode.id}`}>{latestEpisode.data.title}</a></h3>
+        <div>
-            <p>{latestEpisode.data.description}</p>
+          <p class="eyebrow">Episode {latestEpisode.data.episode}</p>
-          </>
+          <h3><a href={`/podcast/${latestEpisode.id}`}>{latestEpisode.data.title}</a></h3>
-        ) : (
+          <p>{latestEpisode.data.description}</p>
-          <>
+        </div>
-            <p class="eyebrow">Podcast</p>
-            <h3>Who gets to act in our name?</h3>
-            <p>Conversations about authority, recovery, delegation, and the human lives hidden inside technical systems. Episodes and full transcripts will live here.</p>
-          </>
-        )}
       </div>
-    </div>
+    </section>
-  </section>
+  )}
 
-  <section class="shell guides">
+  {guides.length > 0 && (
-    <div class="section-rule">
+    <section class="shell guides">
-      <h2 class="section-title">Field guides</h2>
+      <div class="section-rule">
-      <a href="/guides">All guides →</a>
+        <h2 class="section-title">Field guides</h2>
-    </div>
+        <a href="/guides">All guides →</a>
-    {guides.length > 0 ? (
+      </div>
       <div class="guide-grid">
-        {guides.slice(0, 3).map((guide, index) => (
+        {guides.slice(0, 3).map((guide) => (
           <article>
-            <span class="guide-number">0{index + 1}</span>
+            <small class="guide-reviewed">Reviewed {formatDate(guide.data.reviewed)}</small>
             <h3><a href={`/guides/${guide.id}`}>{guide.data.title}</a></h3>
             <p>{guide.data.description}</p>
-            <small>Reviewed {formatDate(guide.data.reviewed)}</small>
           </article>
         ))}
       </div>
-    ) : (
+    </section>
-      <div class="guide-grid planned">
+  )}
-        {['Passkeys', 'Government wallets', 'Agent authority'].map((title, index) => (
-          <article>
-            <span class="guide-number">0{index + 1}</span>
-            <h3>{title}</h3>
-            <p>In preparation. Published only when the review date means something.</p>
-          </article>
-        ))}
-      </div>
-    )}
-  </section>
 
-  <section class="shell book-strip">
+  {site.book.enabled && (
-    <div class="book-object" aria-hidden="true"><span>THE<br />BOOK</span></div>
+    <section class="shell book-strip">
-    <div>
+      <div class="book-object" aria-hidden="true"><span>THE<br />BOOK</span></div>
-      <p class="eyebrow">The book</p>
+      <div>
-      <h2>A permanent home, not a checkout widget.</h2>
+        <p class="eyebrow">The book</p>
-      <p>The book page is ready for its real title, cover, sample chapter, argument, and purchase route—without inventing details before they are supplied.</p>
+        <h2>{site.book.title}</h2>
-      <a class="button" href="/book">Visit the book page</a>
+        <p>{site.book.description}</p>
-    </div>
+        <a class="button" href="/book">Visit the book page</a>
-  </section>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )}
 
   <div class="shell maintenance-wrap">
     <RecentMaintenance />
+    <p class="planned-note">
+      Planned but not yet real: the podcast{site.book.enabled ? '' : ', the book'}, and more guides.
+      Nothing ships here before it exists — <a href={`${site.repositoryUrl}/src/branch/main/ROADMAP.md`}>see the roadmap ↗</a>
+    </p>
   </div>
 </BaseLayout>
 
@@ -153,7 +144,7 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
   }
 
   .hero-note p:first-child {
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 1.45rem;
     line-height: 1.2;
   }
@@ -197,7 +188,7 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
   .guide-grid h3,
   .book-strip h2 {
     margin: 0.35rem 0;
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-weight: 600;
     letter-spacing: -0.025em;
     line-height: 1;
@@ -292,10 +283,13 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
     border-right: 0;
   }
 
-  .guide-number {
+  .guide-reviewed {
-    color: var(--amend);
+    display: block;
+    color: var(--muted);
     font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
-    font-size: 0.72rem;
+    font-size: 0.65rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
   }
 
   .guide-grid h3 {
@@ -303,18 +297,14 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
     font-size: 2rem;
   }
 
-  .guide-grid p,
+  .guide-grid p {
-  .guide-grid small {
     color: var(--muted);
   }
 
-  .guide-grid small {
+  .planned-note {
-    font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
+    margin: 2rem 0 0;
-    font-size: 0.65rem;
+    color: var(--muted);
-  }
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
-
-  .planned article {
-    opacity: 0.75;
   }
 
   .book-strip {
@@ -335,7 +325,7 @@ const latestEpisode = episodes[0];
     border: 1px solid #7690ad;
     box-shadow: 18px 18px 0 #0e2c51;
     background: #102f55;
-    font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+    font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 2.5rem;
     line-height: 0.9;
     text-align: center;

src/pages/podcast/index.astro

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const entries = newestFirst(await getCollection('episodes', ({ data }) => !data.
   .episode-list { margin-top: 6rem; }
   .episode-list article { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 4rem 1fr 8rem; gap: 2rem; padding: 2rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
   .episode-list article > span, time { color: var(--muted); font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace; font-size: .7rem; }
-  h3 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.3rem; line-height: 1; }
+  h3 { margin: 0; font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.3rem; line-height: 1; }
   h3 a { text-decoration: none; }
   .episode-list p { color: var(--muted); }
   @media (max-width: 700px) { .podcast-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .episode-list article { grid-template-columns: 2rem 1fr; } time { grid-column: 2; } }

src/styles/global.css

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   --max: 1180px;
   --reading: 720px;
   color-scheme: light;
-  font-family: Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
+  font-family: 'Inter Variable', Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
   font-synthesis: none;
   background: var(--paper);
   color: var(--ink);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ select {
 
 .display {
   margin: 0;
-  font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+  font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
   font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 7vw, 6.5rem);
   font-weight: 500;
   letter-spacing: -0.045em;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ select {
 
 .section-title {
   margin: 0;
-  font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+  font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
   font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.25rem);
   font-weight: 600;
   letter-spacing: -0.025em;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ select {
 
 .prose {
   width: min(100%, var(--reading));
-  font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, serif;
+  font-family: 'Newsreader Variable', Georgia, serif;
   font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 2.2vw, 1.35rem);
   line-height: 1.7;
 }