From f5d5c075a29dfaf421402d420db4079c8a85ee1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Youssef <speedyoussef@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:10:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Fix=20=C2=B7=20Bloom=20section=20heads=20left-a?=
 =?UTF-8?q?lign=20(hero=20stays=20centered)=20+=20drop=20Newsprint=20doubl?=
 =?UTF-8?q?e-rule?=
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- Bloom: .section__head was text-align: center with .section-label justify-content: center and .section__title margin-inline: auto — every section read as centered-everything (the AI fingerprint). Flipped to text-align: left, justify-content: flex-start, margin-inline: 0. Hero (.hero--marquee) stays centered via its own rules; the atmospheric glow does the centering work without needing every section head to repeat it. Tag stays above the title in the same column (still passes gate 66).
- Newsprint: removed border-top: 3px double var(--color-ink) from .section__head — the double rule above each section tag was reading as decorative noise on a layout that already has a strong 1 px bottom border. Single bottom border kept.
---
 site/css/components.css | 11 +++++++----
 site/css/sections.css   |  1 -
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/css/components.css b/site/css/components.css
index f9ea23d..e9b0120 100644
--- a/site/css/components.css
+++ b/site/css/components.css
@@ -3555,18 +3555,21 @@ html[data-theme="bloom"] body {
   justify-self: center;
 }
 
-/* Bloom's section heads — also centered for atmosphere. */
+/* Bloom — left-aligned section heads (hero stays centered above). The
+   atmospheric glow does the centering work — re-centering section heads
+   reads as a templated AI fingerprint. Tag stays above the title in the
+   same column (matches slop-test gate 66). */
 [data-theme="bloom"] .section__head {
   grid-template-columns: 1fr;
-  text-align: center;
+  text-align: left;
   border-bottom: 0;
   padding-bottom: var(--space-md);
 }
 [data-theme="bloom"] .section-label {
-  justify-content: center;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
 }
 [data-theme="bloom"] .section__title {
-  margin-inline: auto;
+  margin-inline: 0;
   max-width: 26ch;
 }
 
diff --git a/site/css/sections.css b/site/css/sections.css
index 1a7d8fc..4355b02 100644
--- a/site/css/sections.css
+++ b/site/css/sections.css
@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@
 }
 [data-theme="newsprint"] .section__head {
   grid-template-columns: 1fr;
-  border-top: 3px double var(--color-ink);
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-ink);
   padding-block: 0.5rem;
   align-items: baseline;