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src/components/Header.astro

@@ -17,89 +17,172 @@ const contactHref = `${home}#contact`;
 const path = Astro.url.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') || '/';
 const isCurrent = (href: string) => href.split('#')[0] === path && !href.includes('#');
 ---
-<header class="header" data-header>
+<header class="header" data-header data-tone="paper">
-  <div class="container header__inner">
+  <div class="container header__shell">
-    <a class="header__home" href={home} aria-label={ui.nav.homeLabel}><Wordmark inline /></a>
+    <div class="header__bar hud-frame">
+      <a class="header__home" href={home} aria-label={ui.nav.homeLabel}>
+        <Wordmark inline class="header__logo header__logo--paper" />
+        <Wordmark inline light class="header__logo header__logo--night" />
+      </a>
 
-    <nav class="header__nav" aria-label="Primary" id="primary-nav">
+      <nav class="header__nav hud-frame" aria-label="Primary" id="primary-nav">
         <ul class="header__list" role="list">
-        {items.map((item) => (
+          {items.map((item) => {
-          <li><a href={item.href} aria-current={isCurrent(item.href) ? 'page' : undefined}>{item.label}</a></li>
+            const current = isCurrent(item.href);
-        ))}
+            return (
+              <li><a class:list={[{ 'hud-corners': current }]} href={item.href} aria-current={current ? 'page' : undefined}>{item.label}</a></li>
+            );
+          })}
           <li class="header__contact-mobile"><a href={contactHref}>{ui.nav.contact}</a></li>
         </ul>
       </nav>
 
-    <a class="button button--small header__contact" href={contactHref}>{ui.nav.contact}</a>
+      <a class="header__contact" href={contactHref}>{ui.nav.contact}</a>
 
       <button class="header__toggle" type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="primary-nav" data-nav-toggle>
         <span data-label-open>{ui.nav.menu}</span>
         <span data-label-close hidden>{ui.nav.close}</span>
       </button>
     </div>
+  </div>
 </header>
 
 <style>
+  /* The header is a transparent sticky strip; the bar floats inside it with room on every side
+     for the corner crosses. Only the bar takes pointer events, so the margin never blocks clicks. */
   .header {
     position: sticky;
     top: 0;
     z-index: 20;
-    background: var(--paper);
+    pointer-events: none;
-    border-bottom: var(--hairline) solid var(--line);
   }
-  .header__inner {
+  .header__shell {
+    padding-block: var(--space-3);
+  }
+  .header__bar {
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    isolation: isolate;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: stretch;
+    min-height: calc(var(--header-height) - 2 * var(--space-3));
+    color: var(--ink-base);
+    font-family: var(--font-mono);
+    font-size: var(--step-micro);
+    font-weight: var(--weight-medium);
+    line-height: 1;
+    letter-spacing: var(--track-caps);
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    transition: color var(--dur) var(--ease), border-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
+  }
+  /* The glass sits on a pseudo-element rather than the bar itself: a backdrop-filter on the bar
+     would make it a backdrop root, and the mobile panel inside it could then blur nothing. */
+  .header__bar::before,
+  .header__nav[data-open]::before {
+    content: '';
+    position: absolute;
+    inset: 0;
+    z-index: -1;
+    background: var(--glass-solid);
+    transition: background-color var(--dur) var(--ease);
+  }
+  @supports (backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) or (-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) {
+    .header__bar::before,
+    .header__nav[data-open]::before {
+      background: var(--glass);
+      -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(var(--glass-blur)) saturate(1.4);
+      backdrop-filter: blur(var(--glass-blur)) saturate(1.4);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Over a night section the bar takes the night tone. */
+  .header[data-tone='night'] { --hud-line: var(--hud-line-on-night); }
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__bar { color: var(--ink-on-night); }
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__bar::before,
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__nav[data-open]::before { background: var(--glass-solid-on-night); }
+  @supports (backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) or (-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(1px)) {
+    .header[data-tone='night'] .header__bar::before,
+    .header[data-tone='night'] .header__nav[data-open]::before { background: var(--glass-on-night); }
+  }
+
+  .header__home {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
-    justify-content: space-between;
+    padding-inline: var(--space-4);
-    gap: var(--gap);
-    min-height: var(--header-height);
-  }
-  .header__home { text-decoration: none; }
-  .header__nav { margin-left: auto; }
-  .header__list {
-    display: flex;
-    gap: var(--space-6);
-  }
-  .header__list a {
     text-decoration: none;
-    font-weight: var(--weight-regular);
+  }
-    padding-block: var(--space-2);
+  .header__home :global(.header__logo--night),
-    border-bottom: var(--hairline) solid transparent;
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__home :global(.header__logo--paper) { display: none; }
-    transition: border-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease);
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__home :global(.header__logo--night) { display: block; }
+
+  /* Cells: every item is a full-height cell, divided from its neighbour by one frame line. */
+  .header__nav { margin-left: auto; display: flex; }
+  /* On desktop the nav is just a run of cells inside the bar: no frame of its own. */
+  .header__nav.hud-frame { border: 0; }
+  .header__nav.hud-frame::after { content: none; }
+  .header__list { display: flex; }
+  .header__list li { display: flex; border-left: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color); }
+  .header__list a,
+  .header__contact,
+  .header__toggle {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding-inline: var(--space-4);
+    text-decoration: none;
+    transition: background-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease);
   }
   .header__list a:hover,
-  .header__list a[aria-current='page'] { border-bottom-color: currentColor; }
+  .header__toggle:hover { background: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor var(--tint-hover), transparent); }
-  .header__contact { margin-left: var(--space-6); }
+  .header__list a[aria-current='page'] { background: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor var(--tint-active), transparent); }
-  .header__contact-mobile { display: none; }
+  .header__contact {
+    border-left: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color);
+    background: var(--ink-base);
+    color: var(--paper);
+  }
+  .header__contact:hover { background: var(--ink-muted-base); }
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__contact { background: var(--paper); color: var(--night); }
+  .header[data-tone='night'] .header__contact:hover { background: var(--paper-deep); }
+  .header__list .header__contact-mobile { display: none; }
   .header__toggle {
     display: none;
-    font-weight: var(--weight-medium);
+    border-left: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color);
-    padding: var(--space-2) 0;
+    text-transform: inherit;
+    letter-spacing: inherit;
+  }
+
+  /* Focus ring drawn inside the cell, so it never collides with the frame lines. */
+  .header__bar :focus-visible {
+    outline-offset: calc(-1 * var(--space-1));
+    border-radius: 0;
+  }
+
+  /* A panel left open across a resize to desktop must not paint a second glass layer. */
+  @media (min-width: 48rem) {
+    .header__nav[data-open]::before { content: none; }
   }
 
   @media (max-width: 47.99rem) {
     .header__contact { display: none; }
-    .header__contact-mobile { display: block; }
+    .header__list .header__contact-mobile { display: flex; }
-    .header__toggle { display: inline-block; }
+    .header__toggle { display: flex; margin-left: auto; }
     .header__nav {
       position: absolute;
-      inset: 100% 0 auto 0;
+      top: calc(100% + var(--space-3));
+      left: calc(-1 * var(--line));
+      right: calc(-1 * var(--line));
       display: none;
-      padding: var(--space-5) var(--gutter) var(--space-7);
-      background: var(--paper);
-      border-bottom: var(--hairline) solid var(--line);
     }
+    /* As the mobile panel it is a full .hud-frame: border and corner crosses. */
+    .header__nav.hud-frame { border: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color); }
+    .header__nav.hud-frame::after { content: ''; }
     .header__nav[data-open] { display: block; }
-    .header__list { flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }
+    .header__list { flex-direction: column; }
-    .header__list li + li { border-top: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
+    .header__list li { border-left: 0; }
+    .header__list li + li { border-top: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color); }
     .header__list a {
-      display: block;
+      flex: 1;
       padding-block: var(--space-4);
-      font-size: var(--step-h3);
+      font-size: var(--step-small);
-      letter-spacing: var(--track-h3);
-      border-bottom: 0;
     }
-    .header__list a[aria-current='page'] { font-weight: var(--weight-medium); }
   }
 </style>
 
@@ -120,4 +203,30 @@ const isCurrent = (href: string) => href.split('#')[0] === path && !href.include
     document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => { if (e.key === 'Escape') set(false); });
     nav.addEventListener('click', (e) => { if ((e.target as HTMLElement).closest('a')) set(false); });
   }
+
+  /* Tone: watch a one-pixel line through the middle of the bar and switch to night while a
+     .night section crosses it. An IntersectionObserver, so nothing runs on scroll. */
+  const sections = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('.night');
+  if (header && sections.length && 'IntersectionObserver' in window) {
+    const under = new Set<Element>();
+    let observer: IntersectionObserver | undefined;
+    const watch = () => {
+      observer?.disconnect();
+      under.clear();
+      const mid = Math.round(header.offsetHeight / 2);
+      observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+        for (const entry of entries) {
+          if (entry.isIntersecting) under.add(entry.target); else under.delete(entry.target);
+        }
+        header.dataset.tone = under.size ? 'night' : 'paper';
+      }, { rootMargin: `-${mid}px 0px -${window.innerHeight - mid - 1}px 0px` });
+      sections.forEach((section) => observer!.observe(section));
+    };
+    watch();
+    let resize: number | undefined;
+    window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(resize);
+      resize = window.setTimeout(watch, 150);
+    });
+  }
 </script>

src/components/Wordmark.astro

@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
     blinking in on every navigation; the header needs that, the footer does not. */
 import logoInline from '../assets/logo.webp?inline';
 import logoUrl from '../assets/logo.webp?url';
+/* Light lettering for dark surfaces, derived from the supplied logo; the mark is unchanged. */
+import logoLightInline from '../assets/logo-light.webp?inline';
+import logoLightUrl from '../assets/logo-light.webp?url';
 
-interface Props { class?: string; inline?: boolean }
+interface Props { class?: string; inline?: boolean; light?: boolean }
-const { class: className, inline = false } = Astro.props;
+const { class: className, inline = false, light = false } = Astro.props;
+const src = light ? (inline ? logoLightInline : logoLightUrl) : (inline ? logoInline : logoUrl);
 ---
 <img
   class:list={['wordmark', className]}
-  src={inline ? logoInline : logoUrl}
+  src={src}
   alt="CipherCell"
   width="311"
   height="72"

src/components/home/Hero.astro

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 import { Picture } from 'astro:assets';
-import plant from '../../assets/images/plant-at-dusk.jpg';
+import background from '../../assets/images/background.png';
 import { t, type Lang } from '../../i18n/ui';
 
 interface Props { lang: Lang }
@@ -9,33 +9,21 @@ const ui = t(lang);
 ---
 <section class="hero night" aria-labelledby="hero-title">
   <div class="hero__media">
-    <!-- The still is the video's first frame, so it carries the hero until the video is ready
+    <!-- Abstract and decorative, so it carries no alt text. -->
-         and stays put for anyone who never gets one: no script, reduced motion, saved data. -->
     <Picture
-      src={plant}
+      src={background}
-      alt={ui.hero.imageAlt}
+      alt=""
+      quality={70}
       formats={['avif']}
       fallbackFormat="webp"
-      widths={[640, 960, 1440, 1920, 2400, 3024]}
+      widths={[640, 960, 1440, 1920, 2400]}
       sizes="100vw"
       loading="eager"
       fetchpriority="high"
       decoding="async"
-      class="hero__img img-cover img-doc"
+      class="hero__img img-cover"
       pictureAttributes={{ class: 'hero__picture' }}
     />
-    <video
-      class="hero__video img-cover img-doc"
-      muted
-      loop
-      playsinline
-      disablepictureinpicture
-      preload="none"
-      aria-hidden="true"
-      data-hero-video
-      data-mp4="/video/hero-plant.mp4"
-      data-webm="/video/hero-plant.webm"
-    ></video>
     <div class="hero__overlay"></div>
   </div>
 
@@ -53,8 +41,10 @@ const ui = t(lang);
     position: relative;
     display: flex;
     align-items: flex-end;
-    /* Fills the screen under the header, and never less than the headline needs. */
+    /* Runs up under the floating header so the glass bar sits on the image, fills the screen,
-    min-height: max(28rem, calc(100svh - var(--header-height)));
+       and is never less than the headline needs. */
+    margin-top: calc(-1 * var(--header-height));
+    min-height: max(28rem, 100svh);
     overflow: hidden;
   }
   .hero__media { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
@@ -64,22 +54,10 @@ const ui = t(lang);
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     object-fit: cover;
-    object-position: 60% 50%;
+    object-position: 50% 50%;
     transform-origin: 50% 60%;
     animation: hero-settle var(--dur-hero) var(--ease) both;
   }
-  .hero__video {
-    position: absolute;
-    inset: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    object-fit: cover;
-    object-position: 60% 50%;
-    opacity: 0;
-    transition: opacity var(--dur-slow) var(--ease);
-  }
-  /* Set once the video can actually play, so the still never cuts to black. */
-  .hero__video[data-ready] { opacity: 1; }
   .hero__overlay {
     position: absolute;
     inset: 0;
@@ -109,32 +87,6 @@ const ui = t(lang);
 
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
     .hero__img, :global(.hero__img), .hero__line { animation: none; opacity: 1; transform: none; }
-    .hero__video { display: none; }
   }
 </style>
 
-<script>
-  /* The sources are attached here rather than in the markup, so the file is only fetched for
-     someone who will actually see it move: not under reduced motion, not on saved data, and not
-     on a phone, where a 21:9 frame is cropped to a sliver and the bytes cost the most. */
-  const video = document.querySelector<HTMLVideoElement>('[data-hero-video]');
-  const wants = window.matchMedia('(min-width: 48rem)').matches
-    && !window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
-  const connection = (navigator as Navigator & { connection?: { saveData?: boolean } }).connection;
-  if (video && wants && !connection?.saveData) {
-    const add = (src: string | null, type: string) => {
-      if (!src) return;
-      const source = document.createElement('source');
-      source.src = src;
-      source.type = type;
-      video.append(source);
-    };
-    add(video.dataset.webm ?? null, 'video/webm');
-    add(video.dataset.mp4 ?? null, 'video/mp4');
-    video.addEventListener('canplay', () => video.setAttribute('data-ready', ''), { once: true });
-    video.preload = 'auto';
-    video.load();
-    /* A blocked autoplay leaves the still in place, which is a fine hero on its own. */
-    video.play().catch(() => {});
-  }
-</script>

src/i18n/ui.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ const en = {
   },
   hero: {
     lines: ['Security for the software', 'everything else runs on.'],
-    imageAlt: 'An industrial plant at dusk: pipe racks, storage tanks and a lattice mast carrying 5G antennas under an overcast sky.',
   },
   manifesto: {
     lines: ['Security is built in,', 'not bolted on.'],
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ const de: typeof en = {
   },
   hero: {
     lines: ['Sicherheit für die Software,', 'auf der alles andere läuft.'],
-    imageAlt: 'Eine Industrieanlage in der Dämmerung: Rohrbrücken, Tanks und ein Gittermast mit 5G-Antennen unter bedecktem Himmel.',
   },
   manifesto: {
     lines: ['Sicherheit wird eingebaut,', 'nicht angeschraubt.'],

src/styles/base.css

@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
   unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
 }
 
+/* Self-hosted JetBrains Mono, variable, latin + latin-ext. Menu bar only. */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url('/fonts/jetbrains-mono-latin-wght-normal.woff2') format('woff2-variations');
+  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 100 900;
+  font-display: swap;
+  src: url('/fonts/jetbrains-mono-latin-ext-wght-normal.woff2') format('woff2-variations');
+  unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
+}
+
 /* Reset */
 *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
 * { margin: 0; }
@@ -92,6 +110,37 @@ p { overflow-wrap: break-word; }
   font-weight: var(--weight-regular);
 }
 
+/* HUD frame: a 1px border with a small plus-shaped cross centred on each outer corner.
+   .hud-frame draws border and crosses; .hud-corners draws only the crosses, for an element whose
+   edges already sit on lines (the current menu item). Both read --line, --arm and --frame-color,
+   so a parent can retune them. Note: --line is redefined here as a width, not the colour token. */
+.hud-frame,
+.hud-corners {
+  --line: var(--hud-line-width);
+  --arm: var(--hud-arm);
+  --frame-color: var(--hud-line);
+  position: relative;
+}
+.hud-frame { border: var(--line) solid var(--frame-color); }
+.hud-frame::after,
+.hud-corners::after {
+  content: '';
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: calc(-1 * (var(--arm) + var(--line)));
+  pointer-events: none;
+  --len: calc(2 * var(--arm) + var(--line));
+  --g: linear-gradient(var(--frame-color), var(--frame-color)) no-repeat;
+  background:
+    var(--g) left 0 top var(--arm) / var(--len) var(--line),
+    var(--g) left var(--arm) top 0 / var(--line) var(--len),
+    var(--g) right 0 top var(--arm) / var(--len) var(--line),
+    var(--g) right var(--arm) top 0 / var(--line) var(--len),
+    var(--g) left 0 bottom var(--arm) / var(--len) var(--line),
+    var(--g) left var(--arm) bottom 0 / var(--line) var(--len),
+    var(--g) right 0 bottom var(--arm) / var(--len) var(--line),
+    var(--g) right var(--arm) bottom 0 / var(--line) var(--len);
+}
+
 /* Primitives */
 .container {
   width: 100%;

src/styles/tokens.css

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
   /* Type */
   --font-sans: 'Inter Tight', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif;
+  /* Menu bar only: the tactical HUD labels. */
+  --font-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, 'SF Mono', Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
 
   --step-display: clamp(2.75rem, 1.2rem + 6.2vw, 7rem);
   --step-h2:      clamp(1.9rem,  1.1rem + 2.6vw, 3.25rem);
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
   --step-title:   clamp(1.6rem,  1.2rem + 1.5vw, 2.5rem);
   --step-body:    clamp(1rem,    0.96rem + 0.2vw, 1.125rem);
   --step-small:   0.875rem;
+  --step-micro:   0.75rem;
 
   --weight-regular: 400;
   --weight-medium:  500;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@
   --track-display: -0.03em;
   --track-h2:      -0.02em;
   --track-h3:      -0.01em;
+  --track-caps:     0.08em;
 
   --leading-display: 1.02;
   --leading-h2:      1.08;
@@ -81,6 +85,21 @@
   /* Chrome */
   --header-height: 4.5rem;
 
+  /* HUD frame (menu bar): one line width and colour for every line, borders and crosses alike. */
+  --hud-line-width: 1px;
+  --hud-arm:        7px;
+  --hud-line:          rgb(26 26 24 / 0.3);
+  --hud-line-on-night: rgb(233 229 223 / 0.3);
+  /* Frosted glass behind the bar. One blur, kept small so it stays cheap to composite. */
+  --glass:          rgb(233 229 223 / 0.76);
+  --glass-on-night: rgb(14 16 15 / 0.56);
+  --glass-solid:          rgb(233 229 223 / 0.96);
+  --glass-solid-on-night: rgb(14 16 15 / 0.94);
+  --glass-blur:     14px;
+  /* Tints mixed from the text colour, so they work on either tone. */
+  --tint-hover:  6%;
+  --tint-active: 9%;
+
   /* Focus */
   --focus-width: 2px;
   --focus-offset: 3px;