.post-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.post-card h2 {
  margin-top: 0.9rem;
  font-size: 1.45rem;
}

.post-card h2 a:hover,
.read-link:hover {
  color: var(--brand-700);
}

.post-meta {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 0.8rem;
  text-transform: none;
}

.post-meta span {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.35rem;
}

.post-excerpt {
  margin-top: 0.75rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.read-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.4rem;
  margin-top: auto;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  color: var(--brand-700);
  font-weight: 850;
}

.post-thumb {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: -1.4rem -1.4rem 1rem;
  border-radius: var(--radius-xl) var(--radius-xl) 0 0;
}

.post-thumb img,
.featured-image img {
  width: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.pagination {
  margin-top: 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.pagination .page-numbers {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-width: 2.5rem;
  height: 2.5rem;
  margin: 0 0.15rem;
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  padding: 0 0.7rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-weight: 750;
  transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.pagination a.page-numbers:hover {
  background: var(--brand-50);
  color: var(--brand-700);
}

.pagination .page-numbers.current {
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff;
}

.pagination .page-numbers.dots {
  background: none;
}