diff --git a/src/styles/global.css b/src/styles/global.css
index 806c145..4192fcf 100644
--- a/src/styles/global.css
+++ b/src/styles/global.css
@@ -232,23 +232,27 @@ a:hover {
 .ghost-border        { border: var(--ghost-border); }
 .ghost-border-bottom { border-bottom: var(--ghost-border); }
 
-/* --- Section link — prominent italic serif, placed at the bottom of
-       its respective box or article. See points 8 + 10 in the v3 spec:
-       italics are reserved for links + the Bifrost wordmark. --- */
+/* --- Section link — black serif italic, underlined, larger.
+       Placed at the bottom of its respective box or article.
+       Italics are reserved for links + the Bifrost wordmark. --- */
 .section-link {
   display: inline-block;
   font-family: var(--font-serif);
   font-style: italic;
-  font-size: var(--text-body-md);
-  color: var(--pigment-terracotta);
-  text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: var(--text-title-lg);   /* 1.125rem — larger than body */
+  color: var(--on-surface);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-decoration-thickness: 0.5px;
+  text-underline-offset: 4px;
   border-bottom: none;
   transition: opacity var(--duration-fast) var(--ease-standard);
 }
 .section-link:hover {
+  color: var(--on-surface);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
   border-bottom: none;
   opacity: 0.78;
-  color: var(--pigment-terracotta);
 }
 .section-link--ink {
   color: var(--ink-text);
diff --git a/src/styles/tokens.css b/src/styles/tokens.css
index d030074..b5f92b7 100644
--- a/src/styles/tokens.css
+++ b/src/styles/tokens.css
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@
   --duration-slow: 420ms;
 
   /* --- Layout --- */
-  --content-max: 83rem;   /* 1328px — 15% wider than the original 72rem */
+  --content-max: 72rem;   /* 1152px */
   --reading-max: 42rem;   /*  672px */
 }