/* ══════════════════════════════════════════════════
   BLOG CARD — editorial style
   Uses TBC brand colours only
══════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

.blog-card {
    padding: 1.5rem 1.5rem 1.25rem;
    background: var(--clr-white);
    border-left: 3px solid var(--clr-primary);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--clr-third-60);
    transition: border-left-color 0.25s ease,
                box-shadow 0.25s ease,
                transform 0.2s ease;
    position: relative;
}

.blog-card:hover {
    border-left-color: var(--clr-secondary);
    box-shadow: 4px 0 0 0 var(--clr-secondary),
                0 6px 24px var(--clr-third-60);
    transform: translateY(-2px);
}

/* ── Eyebrow / Category ────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-eyebrow {
    margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
}

.blog-card-category {
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    color: var(--clr-primary);
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.blog-card-category:hover {
    color: var(--clr-secondary);
}

/* ── Title ─────────────────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-title {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1.4;
    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
    font-family: var(--ff-heading);
}

.blog-card-title a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--clr-heading-black);
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.blog-card-title a:hover {
    color: var(--clr-primary);
}

/* ── Meta ──────────────────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-meta {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 0.4rem;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
    color: var(--clr-third-80);
    margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
    padding-bottom: 0.65rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--clr-third-60);
}

.blog-card-date,
.blog-card-read-time {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 0.25rem;
}

.blog-card-sep {
    color: var(--clr-third-60);
}

/* ── Excerpt ───────────────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-excerpt {
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    color: var(--clr-third-80);
    line-height: 1.65;
    flex-grow: 1;
    margin-bottom: 0.85rem;
}

/* ── Tags ──────────────────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-tags {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 0.3rem;
    margin-bottom: 0.85rem;
}

.blog-card-tag {
    font-size: 0.68rem;
    font-weight: 500;
    padding: 0.2rem 0.55rem;
    border-radius: 5px;
    /* background: var(--clr-primary-60); */
    color: var(--clr-third);
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: 0.03em;
    transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.blog-card-tag a:hover {
    background: var(--clr-primary);
    color: var(--clr-white);
}

/* ── Footer ────────────────────────────────────── */
.blog-card-footer {
    margin-top: auto;
    padding-top: 0.6rem;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--clr-third-60);
}

.blog-card-read-more {
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: var(--clr-primary);
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 0.1rem;
    transition: gap 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.blog-card-read-more:hover {
    color: var(--clr-secondary);
    gap: 0.4rem;
}

.blog-card-read-more i {
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.blog-card-read-more:hover i {
    transform: translateX(3px);
}