.about-container {
    max-width: 1600px; /* Keep your specific widths here */
    margin: 0 auto;    /* Centers the content */
    /* CRITICAL: Do not put background-color on these classes anymore */
}

.about-container {
    padding: 160px 8% 100px;
    max-width: 1600px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
}

.hero-subtext {
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: -2rem;
    opacity: 0.6;
    font-weight: 500;
}


.hero-title {
    /* Lowers the fluid scaling factor from 15vw to 7.5vw so it sits beautifully on one line on desktop */
    font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 7.5vw, 9rem); 
    /* Forces the flex container to align all words along their actual text baselines */
    align-items: baseline !important; 
}

.word-map {
    /* Adds horizontal breathing room inside the hidden mask so italic slants don't clip */
    padding-right: 0.2em; 
    padding-left: 0.05em;
    
    /* Compensates for the added padding to keep your original gap spacing intact */
    margin-right: -0.12em; 
}

.word-inner.tm {
    /* Safely micro-adjusts the Playfair Display font vertically without disrupting your GSAP transform animation */
    position: relative;
    top: -0.01em; /* Tweak this value slightly (e.g., between -0.01em and -0.06em) to lock it perfectly in line with your sans-serif text */
}

#lower {
 top: .065em;
}
/* Kriss.ai Style Split Grid */
.info-split {
    margin-top: 150px;
}

.split-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr;
    padding: 60px 0;
    gap: 40px;
}

.split-left {
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    color: var(--dark);
    opacity: 0.8;
}

.split-right h3 {
    font-size: 3rem;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    font-family: "playfair-display", serif;
}

.large-para {
    font-size: 2.2rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    color: var(--dark);
}

.large-para span {
    color: var(--maroon);
    font-style: italic;
}

.split-divider {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.split-divider-end {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
    width: 20%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 40.25%;
    margin-top: 5rem;
}



/* Session Grid */
.session-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 40px;
}

.year {
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-weight: 800;
    color: var(--maroon);
}


@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .split-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}


/* --- THE DISCIPLINES GRID --- */
.discipline-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 40px 20px;
}

.disc-item h5 {
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
    color: var(--maroon);
}

.disc-item span {
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    opacity: 0.6;
}



/* --- CLOSING --- */
.closing-section {
    padding-top: 100px;
    text-align: center;
}

.closing-section p {
    font-size: 1.2rem;
    opacity: 0.5;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.final-line {
    font-family: "playfair-display", serif;
    font-size: 2.5rem;
    color: var(--dark);
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .discipline-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .spec-heavy, .spec-italic, .spec-light, .spec-serif { font-size: 2rem; }
}