Improved card design.

web/src/components/CardView.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,60 @@ import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import type { Card } from '../types'
 import { artFor } from '../petArt'
 
+// The suit's "hat" — the trade-in symbol printed on the real cards, tinted to
+// the suit's colour. Drawn as a tiny sun-hat SVG so it scales crisply.
+const SUIT_HAT: Record<string, { fill: string; band: string }> = {
+  red: { fill: '#e5563f', band: '#b62c1f' },
+  blue: { fill: '#4d8ce3', band: '#2b5fb0' },
+  yellow: { fill: '#f2c24d', band: '#d9992f' },
+}
+
+function SuitHat({ suit }: { suit: string }) {
+  const c = SUIT_HAT[suit] ?? SUIT_HAT.yellow
+  return (
+    <svg className="card-hat" viewBox="0 0 28 18" aria-hidden>
+      <path
+        d="M7 12.5 Q7 3.5 14 3.5 Q21 3.5 21 12.5 Z"
+        fill={c.fill}
+        stroke="rgba(50,25,8,.45)"
+        strokeWidth="1"
+      />
+      <path d="M7.4 11 Q14 13 20.6 11 L20.6 12.6 Q14 14.6 7.4 12.6 Z" fill={c.band} />
+      <ellipse
+        cx="14"
+        cy="13.4"
+        rx="12.6"
+        ry="3.7"
+        fill={c.fill}
+        stroke="rgba(50,25,8,.45)"
+        strokeWidth="1"
+      />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
+// The tier shown as a die face (1–6 pips), like the real cards' corner marker.
+const DIE_PIPS: Record<number, [number, number][]> = {
+  1: [[15, 15]],
+  2: [[9, 9], [21, 21]],
+  3: [[9, 9], [15, 15], [21, 21]],
+  4: [[9, 9], [21, 9], [9, 21], [21, 21]],
+  5: [[9, 9], [21, 9], [15, 15], [9, 21], [21, 21]],
+  6: [[9, 9], [21, 9], [9, 15], [21, 15], [9, 21], [21, 21]],
+}
+
+function TierDie({ tier }: { tier: number }) {
+  const pips = DIE_PIPS[tier] ?? DIE_PIPS[1]
+  return (
+    <svg className="card-die" viewBox="0 0 30 30" aria-hidden>
+      <rect x="1.5" y="1.5" width="27" height="27" rx="6.5" fill="#fff" stroke="#2c1c0e" strokeWidth="2" />
+      {pips.map(([cx, cy], i) => (
+        <circle key={i} cx={cx} cy={cy} r="2.9" fill="#2c1c0e" />
+      ))}
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
 // useFitText shrinks the effect text until it fits its band, so long abilities
 // (and the smaller battle cards) render in full instead of being clipped by
 // the fixed card height. It never grows past the CSS size, only shrinks toward
@@ -177,6 +231,9 @@ export function CardView({
   // Shrink long ability text to fit the (fixed-height) card, re-fitting when
   // the text or card size changes. Only the branch that renders attaches it.
   const effectRef = useFitText(`${size}|${card.effectText ?? ''}|${card.food ?? ''}`)
+  // Long single-word names (e.g. Calygreyhound) shrink to fit the name row
+  // instead of wrapping into a ragged stack.
+  const nameRef = useFitText(`${size}|${card.name}`)
   const classes = [
     'card',
     `card-${size}`,
@@ -206,33 +263,43 @@ export function CardView({
       onMouseLeave={preview ? undefined : () => setHover(null)}
     >
       {previewEl}
-      <div className="card-top">
+      {/* Upper illustration: a stylised landscape with the pet as a sticker and
-        <span className="card-tier">{card.tier ? `T${card.tier}` : '·'}</span>
+          the red starburst attack badge floating at the top, like the real
-        {card.suit && <span className={`suit-dot suit-${card.suit}`} title={`${card.suit} suit`} />}
+          cards. */}
-      </div>
+      <div className="card-scene">
-      {/* Power sits in a spiky burst badge on its own centered row (pets only),
+        {card.kind === 'pet' && (
-          with any battle damage marker beside it, so it never overlaps the art,
-          name, or ability text. */}
-      {card.kind === 'pet' && (
-        <div className="card-combat">
           <span className={`card-power ${bonus > 0 ? 'is-buffed' : ''}`}>{power}</span>
-          {damage > 0 && !dead && <span className="card-damage">−{damage}</span>}
+        )}
+        {damage > 0 && !dead && <span className="card-damage">−{damage}</span>}
+        <div className="card-art" aria-hidden>
+          {artFor(card.name)}
         </div>
-      )}
-      <div className="card-art" aria-hidden>
-        {artFor(card.name)}
       </div>
-      <div className="card-name">{card.name}</div>
+      {/* Lower panel: the suit hat, name, and tier die on one row, the ability
-      <div className="card-effect" ref={effectRef}>
+          beneath — a white card in a rounded green frame. */}
-        {card.effectText
+      <div className="card-panel">
-          ? renderEffect(card.effectText)
+        <div className="card-panel-head">
-          : card.kind === 'food' && card.food === 'apple'
+          {card.suit ? (
-            ? '+1 power (this battle)'
+            <SuitHat suit={card.suit} />
-            : card.ailment === 'spooked'
+          ) : (
-              ? 'Deals 1 less damage'
+            <span className="card-panel-slot" aria-hidden />
-              : card.ailment === 'exposed'
+          )}
-                ? 'Takes 1 extra damage'
+          <span className="card-name" ref={nameRef}>
-                : ''}
+            {card.name}
+          </span>
+          {card.tier ? <TierDie tier={card.tier} /> : <span className="card-panel-slot" aria-hidden />}
+        </div>
+        <div className="card-effect" ref={effectRef}>
+          {card.effectText
+            ? renderEffect(card.effectText)
+            : card.kind === 'food' && card.food === 'apple'
+              ? '+1 power (this battle)'
+              : card.ailment === 'spooked'
+                ? 'Deals 1 less damage'
+                : card.ailment === 'exposed'
+                  ? 'Takes 1 extra damage'
+                  : ''}
+        </div>
       </div>
       {selected && <div className="card-check">✓</div>}
     </div>

web/src/styles.css

@@ -980,46 +980,36 @@ h3 {
 /* Thick printed stock: a warm parchment face, a soft ink border with an inner
    keyline, a physical shadow, and a lit sheen along the top. */
 
+/* Cards echo the printed board-game cards: a chunky golden frame around a
+   landscape illustration up top and a green-framed rule panel below. */
 .card {
   position: relative;
-  width: 108px;
+  width: 114px;
-  height: 148px;
+  height: 154px;
-  background: linear-gradient(168deg, #fdf6e3, var(--cream) 45%, var(--cream-dark));
+  background: linear-gradient(165deg, #f8c451, #f0a828 55%, #e2941c);
-  border: 2px solid var(--cocoa);
   border-radius: var(--card-radius);
   color: var(--ink);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
+  padding: 5px;
-  padding: 7px 6px;
+  gap: 4px;
   box-shadow:
-    inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55),
+    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5),
-    inset 0 -8px 14px rgba(180, 140, 80, 0.22),
+    inset 0 0 0 2.5px rgba(150, 92, 18, 0.55),
     var(--shadow-card);
   flex-shrink: 0;
   transition: transform 130ms cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.4, 0.5, 1), box-shadow 130ms ease;
   user-select: none;
 }
 
-/* A faint printed sheen sweeping across the top of every card. */
-.card::before {
-  content: '';
-  position: absolute;
-  inset: 1.5px 1.5px auto 1.5px;
-  height: 42%;
-  border-radius: 11px 11px 40% 40%;
-  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5), transparent);
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
 .card-lg {
-  width: 132px;
+  width: 140px;
-  height: 180px;
+  height: 190px;
 }
 
 .card-sm {
-  width: 84px;
+  width: 88px;
-  height: 116px;
+  height: 120px;
 }
 
 .card.is-clickable {
@@ -1029,8 +1019,8 @@ h3 {
 .card.is-clickable:hover {
   transform: translateY(-8px) rotate(-1.2deg);
   box-shadow:
-    inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6),
+    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5),
-    inset 0 -8px 14px rgba(180, 140, 80, 0.22),
+    inset 0 0 0 2.5px rgba(150, 92, 18, 0.55),
     0 18px 30px -8px rgba(20, 12, 4, 0.6),
     0 4px 8px rgba(20, 12, 4, 0.4);
 }
@@ -1040,8 +1030,8 @@ h3 {
   outline-offset: 1px;
   transform: translateY(-8px);
   box-shadow:
-    inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6),
+    inset 0 0 0 2.5px rgba(150, 92, 18, 0.55),
-    0 0 20px rgba(246, 201, 78, 0.45),
+    0 0 20px rgba(246, 201, 78, 0.5),
     var(--shadow-card);
 }
 
@@ -1053,109 +1043,188 @@ h3 {
   filter: grayscale(1);
 }
 
-.card-top {
+/* --- Upper illustration: a stylised landscape --- */
-  width: 100%;
+.card-scene {
-  display: flex;
+  position: relative;
-  /* Tier sits at the top-left, suit dot at the top-right. */
+  /* Fixed share of the card so the panel below (and the ability text inside it)
-  justify-content: space-between;
+     stays height-bounded — that's what lets useFitText shrink long abilities. */
-  align-items: center;
+  flex: 0 0 58%;
-  gap: 5px;
+  min-height: 0;
-  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  border-radius: 7px;
-  z-index: 1;
+  overflow: hidden;
-  min-height: 14px;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(90, 55, 15, 0.35);
-}
-
-/* Combat stats (power badge + battle damage marker) get their own centered
-   row just under the tier/suit line, so they never overlap the art or text. */
-.card-combat {
-  z-index: 2;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
-  gap: 4px;
+  background:
-  margin: 2px 0 1px;
+    radial-gradient(120% 70% at 50% -8%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), transparent 55%),
+    linear-gradient(
+      180deg,
+      #c2e8f8 0%,
+      #a7dcf0 24%,
+      #74bf68 44%,
+      #57a44b 58%,
+      #e0a751 66%,
+      #d5942f 86%,
+      #57a44b 90%,
+      #4c9640 100%
+    );
 }
 
-.card-tier {
+/* Distant mountain silhouette in the hills band. */
-  font-family: var(--font-display);
+.card-scene::before {
-  font-size: 0.68rem;
-  color: rgba(74, 44, 20, 0.5);
-}
-
-.card-suit {
-  font-size: 0.95rem;
-}
-
-/* The art sits in a soft printed halo so it reads as the card's hero. */
-.card-art {
-  position: relative;
-  font-size: 2rem;
-  line-height: 1;
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  margin-top: 1px;
-  z-index: 1;
-  filter: drop-shadow(0 3px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28));
-}
-
-.card-art::before {
   content: '';
   position: absolute;
-  left: 50%;
+  left: -2%;
-  top: 52%;
+  right: -2%;
-  width: 2.5em;
+  top: 24%;
-  height: 2.5em;
+  height: 22%;
-  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #6ea0c6, #5388b2);
-  border-radius: 50%;
+  clip-path: polygon(
-  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(246, 201, 78, 0.32), transparent 68%);
+    0 100%, 10% 45%, 20% 78%, 34% 22%, 47% 66%, 60% 30%, 73% 72%, 85% 40%, 100% 82%, 100% 100%
-  z-index: -1;
+  );
+  opacity: 0.9;
+}
+
+/* A row of rounded bush tops where the greenery begins. */
+.card-scene::after {
+  content: '';
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  top: 40%;
+  height: 12%;
+  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 100%, #3f8f3a 0 45%, transparent 47%) 0 0 / 21% 100% repeat-x;
+  opacity: 0.92;
+}
+
+/* The pet reads as a die-cut sticker: a white outline hugging the art. */
+.card-art {
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 2;
+  font-size: 2.5rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  transform: translateY(8%);
+  filter:
+    drop-shadow(0 0 1.5px #fff) drop-shadow(0 0 1.5px #fff) drop-shadow(0 0 1.5px #fff)
+    drop-shadow(0 3px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35));
 }
 
 .card-lg .card-art {
-  font-size: 2.7rem;
+  font-size: 3.1rem;
 }
 
 .card-sm .card-art {
-  font-size: 1.9rem;
+  font-size: 2rem;
+}
+
+/* --- Lower rule panel --- */
+.card-panel {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-height: 0;
+  background: #fbf7ee;
+  border: 2px solid #4e9a3f;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  padding: 3px 4px 4px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
+}
+
+/* Small cards (no ability text) get a compact name plate and a taller scene. */
+.card-sm .card-scene {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+}
+
+.card-sm .card-panel {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+
+.card-panel-head {
+  display: grid;
+  /* minmax(0, 1fr) lets the name column shrink below its min-content so a long
+     name wraps instead of shoving the tier die out past the card edge. */
+  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  border-bottom: 1.5px solid rgba(78, 154, 63, 0.4);
+  padding-bottom: 2px;
+}
+
+.card-hat {
+  width: 20px;
+  height: 13px;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.card-die {
+  width: 15px;
+  height: 15px;
+  display: block;
+  justify-self: end;
+}
+
+.card-panel-slot {
+  display: block;
+  width: 15px;
+}
+
+.card-lg .card-hat {
+  width: 23px;
+  height: 15px;
+}
+
+.card-lg .card-die,
+.card-lg .card-panel-slot {
+  width: 17px;
+  height: 17px;
+}
+
+.card-sm .card-hat {
+  width: 16px;
+  height: 10px;
+}
+
+.card-sm .card-die,
+.card-sm .card-panel-slot {
+  width: 12px;
+  height: 12px;
 }
 
 .card-name {
   font-family: var(--font-display);
-  font-size: 0.84rem;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
   line-height: 1.05;
-  margin-top: 3px;
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  z-index: 1;
   color: var(--cocoa);
-  /* Always center the name — including when a long name wraps to two lines, so
-     the second line stays centered instead of drifting off to one side. */
-  width: 100%;
   text-align: center;
+  min-width: 0;
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
+  /* Cap the name at ~two lines; useFitText shrinks longer names to fit. */
+  max-height: 2.1em;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .card-lg .card-name {
-  font-size: 0.94rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+
+.card-sm .card-name {
+  font-size: 0.66rem;
 }
 
 .card-effect {
-  font-size: 0.55rem;
+  font-size: 0.52rem;
-  line-height: 1.2;
+  line-height: 1.18;
   font-weight: 700;
   color: var(--ink-soft);
   text-align: center;
-  padding: 2px 3px 0;
+  padding: 2px 1px 0;
-  z-index: 1;
+  /* Grow to fill the panel and center short abilities; long ones top-align so
-  /* Grow into the space between the name and the power badge and center the
+     the leading words are never the clipped ones. */
-     text there, so long effects use the whole middle band instead of being
-     clipped just under the name. */
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   display: flex;
-  /* Stack multiple abilities (e.g. Squirrel's Buy and Sell) vertically rather
-     than side by side. */
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 2px;
-  /* Center short text in the band, but fall back to top-aligned when the text
-     is taller than the band, so the leading words are never the ones clipped. */
   align-items: safe center;
   justify-content: center;
   overflow: hidden;
@@ -1167,7 +1236,7 @@ h3 {
 }
 
 .card-lg .card-effect {
-  font-size: 0.63rem;
+  font-size: 0.6rem;
 }
 
 .card-sm .card-effect {
@@ -1200,75 +1269,89 @@ h3 {
   background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 28%, #ffdd6b, #e6ac1f);
 }
 
-/* The power badge is a fiery starburst — like a little explosion — carrying the
+/* The power badge is a red starburst floating at the top of the illustration,
-   pet's attack. The spikes are cut with clip-path, so the drop shadow lives on
+   like a little explosion carrying the pet's attack. The spikes are cut with
-   `filter` (a box-shadow would be clipped away with the corners). */
+   clip-path, so the drop shadow lives on `filter`. */
 .card-power {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 4%;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  z-index: 3;
   font-family: var(--font-display);
-  background: radial-gradient(circle at 38% 30%, #ffcf6b 4%, var(--coral) 42%, var(--coral-dark));
+  background: radial-gradient(circle at 40% 30%, #ff8a6b 2%, #e23b28 44%, #bd2716);
   color: #fff;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(120, 45, 5, 0.7);
+  -webkit-text-stroke: 0.5px rgba(120, 20, 5, 0.85);
-  width: 32px;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(120, 20, 5, 0.8);
-  height: 32px;
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 30px;
   display: grid;
   place-items: center;
-  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-size: 0.92rem;
   clip-path: polygon(
     50% 0%, 61% 18%, 82% 12%, 78% 34%, 100% 43%, 83% 58%,
     93% 79%, 70% 76%, 62% 98%, 50% 82%, 38% 98%, 30% 76%,
     7% 79%, 17% 58%, 0% 43%, 22% 34%, 18% 12%, 39% 18%
   );
-  filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 2px rgba(20, 12, 4, 0.5));
+  filter: drop-shadow(0 1.5px 2px rgba(20, 12, 4, 0.55));
 }
 
 .card-power.is-buffed {
-  background: radial-gradient(circle at 38% 30%, #c9ffd4 4%, #4fd07f 42%, #1f9e55);
+  background: radial-gradient(circle at 40% 30%, #c9ffd4 4%, #4fd07f 42%, #1f9e55);
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(15, 60, 30, 0.7);
+  -webkit-text-stroke: 0.5px rgba(15, 60, 30, 0.85);
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(15, 60, 30, 0.7);
   filter: drop-shadow(0 0 5px rgba(80, 220, 120, 0.75));
 }
 
 .card-lg .card-power {
-  width: 37px;
+  width: 35px;
-  height: 37px;
+  height: 35px;
   font-size: 1.02rem;
 }
 
 .card-sm .card-power {
-  width: 27px;
+  width: 24px;
-  height: 27px;
+  height: 24px;
-  font-size: 0.76rem;
+  font-size: 0.74rem;
 }
 
 .card-damage {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 5%;
+  right: 5%;
+  z-index: 3;
   font-family: var(--font-display);
   color: #fff;
   background: linear-gradient(180deg, #e85c49, var(--red));
   border: 1.5px solid rgba(120, 20, 10, 0.4);
   border-radius: 8px;
-  padding: 2px 7px;
+  padding: 1px 6px;
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
   box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
 }
 
-/* Food cards get a rosy stock so they read apart from pets at a glance. */
+/* Food cards swap the golden frame for a warm terracotta one, ailments a cold
+   violet one, so the three kinds read apart at a glance. */
 .card-food {
-  background: linear-gradient(168deg, #fff0ea, #ffe0d1 55%, #ffceba);
+  background: linear-gradient(165deg, #f3a67a, #e07f4f 55%, #cf6a3a);
 }
 
-.card-food::before {
+.card-food .card-panel {
-  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6), transparent);
+  border-color: #c96a3a;
-}
-
-.card-food .card-effect {
-  color: #8a3320;
 }
 
+.card-food .card-effect,
 .card-food .card-name {
   color: #8a3320;
 }
 
-.card-food .card-art::before {
+.card-ailment .card-panel {
-  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(255, 140, 100, 0.28), transparent 68%);
+  border-color: #6f57b0;
+}
+
+.card-ailment .card-effect,
+.card-ailment .card-name {
+  color: #45308a;
 }
 
 .card-check {
@@ -1402,13 +1485,10 @@ h3 {
   width: fit-content;
 }
 
-/* Unicorn ailment cards: a cold, spectral palette distinct from foods/pets. */
+/* Unicorn ailment cards: a cold violet frame (panel + text colours are set
+   with the other card-kind overrides above). */
 .card-ailment {
-  background: linear-gradient(168deg, #e9e6f7, #cfc7ec 55%, #b3a8dd);
+  background: linear-gradient(165deg, #b9a6e6, #9a83d9 55%, #7d64c6);
-}
-.card-ailment .card-effect,
-.card-ailment .card-name {
-  color: #45308a;
 }
 
 /* Ailment badges pinned to a battle unit. */
@@ -2161,7 +2241,7 @@ h3 {
    shrinking the decorative art; useFitText then keeps the text at a larger
    size before it has to shrink to fit. */
 .battle-unit .card-art {
-  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  font-size: 1.95rem;
 }
 
 /* A pet flips face-up off its deck: it starts over the stack (outer edge) still
@@ -2666,6 +2746,13 @@ h3 {
   padding-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
+/* Keep the illustration a healthy size while the panel grows to fit the full,
+   unclipped ability text. */
+.card-magnify .card-scene {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  height: 104px;
+}
+
 .card-magnify .card-effect {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   overflow: visible;