/* ==========================================================================
   Single Style 10 — Dark Hero
   Full-width dark hero with the featured image fading in from the right.
   ========================================================================== */
.eps-10.eps-fonts { --eps-title-font: 'Epilogue', var(--font-heading, sans-serif); --eps-ui: 'Inter', var(--font-body, sans-serif); --eps-body-font: 'Inter', var(--font-body, sans-serif); }
.eps-10 { --eps-hero-bg: #191e2b; --eps-title-size: clamp(2.2rem, 1.2rem + 3vw, 3.5rem); --eps-title-weight: 800; --eps-body-size: 1.1rem; --eps-radius: 10px; }

.eps-head--hero {
    overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 40px;
    background: var(--eps-hero-bg); color: #fff;
    border-radius: 0 0 20px 20px;
}
.eps-head--hero > .container { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 60px; }
.eps-hero__bg {
    position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; width: 55%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; opacity: .8;
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, #000 45%); mask-image: linear-gradient(to right, transparent, #000 45%);
}
.eps-head--hero .eps-head__text { max-width: 820px; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-title { color: #fff; letter-spacing: -1.5px; line-height: 1.08; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-tagline .ep-article-tagline { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85); font-family: var(--eps-ui); font-size: 1.2rem; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; color: #fff; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__line, .eps-head--hero .eps-meta__date { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__line > * + * { border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .2); }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__by a, .eps-head--hero .eps-meta__save { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__share-label { color: #fff; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0; font-size: 13px; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__share-label i { display: inline-block; font-size: 17px; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__share .eps-sb { background: transparent; color: #fff; }
.eps-head--hero .eps-meta__share .eps-sb:hover { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14); }
.eps-head--hero .eps-crumbs a, .eps-head--hero .eps-crumbs span { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); }
.eps-head--hero .eps-cat { padding: 8px 14px; font-family: var(--eps-title-font); font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.eps-head--hero .ep-google-preferred-wrapper { margin: 20px 0 0; }

/* Body */
.eps-10 .eps-rail .eps-sb { width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%; color: var(--eps-fg); }
.eps-10 .eps-rail__label { font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 1.5px; color: var(--eps-fg); }
.eps-10 .eps-content h2 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.8px; }
.eps-10 .dropcap-wrapper > p:first-of-type::first-letter { font-weight: 900; font-size: 5.2rem; }
.eps-10 .eps-content blockquote p { font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.3px; }
.eps-10 .ep-toc-container { background: var(--eps-card); box-shadow: 0 6px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, .05); }
.eps-10 .ep-toc-number { border-radius: 20px; min-width: 20px; height: 20px; padding: 0 5px; justify-content: center; }
.eps-10 .ep-toc-title i::before { content: '\ef32'; }

/* Sidebar: corner-bracket headings */
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .ep-section-heading .title-text { position: relative; padding: 0 22px; font-size: 1.4rem; font-weight: 800; }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .ep-section-heading .title-text::before,
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .ep-section-heading .title-text::after { content: ''; position: absolute; width: 8px; height: 8px; border: 2px solid var(--eps-accent); }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .ep-section-heading .title-text::before { top: 0; left: 0; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .ep-section-heading .title-text::after { bottom: 0; right: 0; border-left: 0; border-top: 0; }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .widget-ad .ep-section-heading .title-text { padding: 0; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .widget-ad .ep-section-heading .title-text::before { content: '- '; position: static; width: auto; height: auto; border: 0; }
.eps-10 .ep-sidebar .widget-ad .ep-section-heading .title-text::after { content: ' -'; position: static; width: auto; height: auto; border: 0; }
.eps-10 .widget-social .contact-social-item { border-radius: 10px; }
.eps-10 .ep-latest-thumb img, .eps-10 .ep-latest-ph { border-radius: 8px; }

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .eps-head--hero { border-radius: 0; }
    .eps-head--hero > .container { padding-top: 48px; padding-bottom: 40px; }
    .eps-hero__bg { width: 100%; opacity: .3; -webkit-mask-image: none; mask-image: none; }
}
[data-theme="dark"] .eps-10 { --eps-hero-bg: #1e2432; }
/* Live tag on the dark hero: light red keeps 4.5:1 */
.eps-10 .eps-head--hero .ep-live-badge { --ep-live-text: #fca5a5; }