diff --git a/projects/acg-website-showcase/multipage/css/styles.css b/projects/acg-website-showcase/multipage/css/styles.css
index 4a43bd1..5c7f628 100644
--- a/projects/acg-website-showcase/multipage/css/styles.css
+++ b/projects/acg-website-showcase/multipage/css/styles.css
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ html[data-skin="verdigris"] h1, html[data-skin="verdigris"] h2 { letter-spacing:
 
 /* ---- Skin: Bold (dialed-back radical) ----------------------------------- */
 /* ---- Base signature treatments (Bold design) ---------------------------- */
-.ledger { background-image: none; }   /* drop ledger rulings */
+/* Bold design has no ledger background rulings */
 h1, h2, .tier__name, .brand__name {
   text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.005em; font-weight: 400;
 }
@@ -326,12 +326,7 @@ h3 { font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 600; }
   .hero__frame { order: -1; }
 }
 
-/* ---- Ledger ruling background (signature) ------------------------------- */
-.ledger {
-  background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(
-    to bottom, transparent, transparent 23px, var(--rule-soft) 23px, var(--rule-soft) 24px);
-  background-position: 0 0;
-}
+/* ---- Ledger ruling background - REMOVED (Bold design has no ledger lines) -- */
 
 /* ---- Trust strip -------------------------------------------------------- */
 .trust { border-block: 1px solid var(--rule); background: var(--surface); }