diff --git a/src/components/home/Proof.astro b/src/components/home/Proof.astro
index df25d5d..0742ee7 100644
--- a/src/components/home/Proof.astro
+++ b/src/components/home/Proof.astro
@@ -74,15 +74,39 @@ const logos = await Promise.all([
     display: grid;
     gap: var(--space-5);
   }
-  .partners__list { display: grid; border-top: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
+  .partners__list {
+    position: relative;
+    display: grid;
+    border-block: var(--hairline) solid var(--line);
+  }
+  /* The menu bar's corner cross on two opposite corners of the row, upper left and lower right,
+     where its rules end, in the rules' colour. Drawn as in .hud-frame (base.css), but not with that class: it redefines
+     --line as a width, and the rules here need --line as the colour. */
+  .partners__list::after {
+    content: '';
+    position: absolute;
+    --arm: var(--hud-arm);
+    --w: var(--hud-line-width);
+    --len: calc(2 * var(--arm) + var(--w));
+    --g: linear-gradient(var(--line), var(--line)) no-repeat; /* the rules' own colour */
+    inset: calc(-1 * (var(--arm) + var(--w)));
+    /* The inner horizontal arm is the rule itself; drawing it again would double the
+       translucent colour, so only the outer arm and the vertical are painted. */
+    background:
+      var(--g) left 0 top var(--arm) / var(--arm) var(--w),
+      var(--g) left var(--arm) top 0 / var(--w) var(--len),
+      var(--g) right 0 bottom var(--arm) / var(--arm) var(--w),
+      var(--g) right var(--arm) bottom 0 / var(--w) var(--len);
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
   .partners__item {
     display: grid;
     align-content: space-between;
     gap: var(--space-7);
     min-height: calc(var(--space-9) * 2.5);
     padding: var(--space-6) var(--space-5);
-    border-bottom: var(--hairline) solid var(--line);
   }
+  .partners__item + .partners__item { border-top: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
   .partners__text { display: grid; gap: var(--space-1); }
   .partners__name { font-weight: var(--weight-medium); }
   .partners__role { color: var(--ink-muted); transition: color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease); }
@@ -94,8 +118,7 @@ const logos = await Promise.all([
     .proof__title { grid-column: 1 / span 6; }
     .proof__list { grid-column: 7 / span 6; }
     .proof__item { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.4fr); column-gap: var(--gap); }
-    .partners__list { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); border-bottom: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
-    .partners__item { border-bottom: 0; }
-    .partners__item + .partners__item { border-left: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
+    .partners__list { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
+    .partners__item + .partners__item { border-top: 0; border-left: var(--hairline) solid var(--line); }
   }
 </style>