body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 40px;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  color: black;
  background-color: beige;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 60px;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 40px;
}

p {
  font-size: 20px;
}

p.paragraph1 {
  font-size: 20px;
}

p.paragraph1::first-letter {
  float: left;
  font-size: 3rem;
  line-height: 0.8;
  margin-right: 12px;
  margin-top: 6px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: "Zapfino", "Snell Roundhand", "Lucida Calligraphy", cursive;
  text-shadow: -2px -2px 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), 2px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}

ul {
  font-size: 20px;
  margin-top: 0px;          
}

ol {
  font-size: 20px;
  margin-top: 0px;
}

a {
  position: relative; 
  z-index: 1;
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.4vw;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: normal;
  overflow-wrap: break-word;
  padding: 12px 16px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  border-right: 10px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
  border-left: 10px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
  border-radius: 6px;
  background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2));
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9), inset 0 -3px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), 2px 3px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}
      
a::before, a::after {
  content: ''; 
  position: absolute; 
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 5px;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.3) 0%, rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.7) 25%, rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.7) 75%, rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.3) 100%);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: -1;
}

a::before {
  left: 6px; 
}
a::after  { 
  right: 6px; 
}

div.links {
  float: right;
  width: 25%;
  margin-left: 40px;
  min-width: 220px;
  max-width: 300px;
}

div.links a:nth-child(1) {
  background-color: #7a3e48;
}
div.links a:nth-child(2) {
  background-color: #3e5c76;
  margin-left: -20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
}
div.links a:nth-child(3) {
  background-color: #6a994e;
}
div.links a:nth-child(4) { 
  background-color: #bc6c25; 
  margin-left: -20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
}      
div.links a:nth-child(5) {
  background-color: #50404D;
}     
div.links a:nth-child(6) {
  background-color: #004b51;
  margin-left: -20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
}
div.links a:nth-child(7) {
  background-color: #8B8000;
}   
div.links a:nth-child(8) {
  background-color: #A09180;
  margin-left: -20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
}