diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4e2212c..53b07b6 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
     <link
       rel="stylesheet"
-      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400..700;1,400..700&display=swap"
+      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT,WONK@9..144,400..700,0..100,0..1&family=Lora:ital,wght@0,400..700;1,400..700&display=swap"
     />
   </head>
   <body>
diff --git a/src/components/layout/site-footer.tsx b/src/components/layout/site-footer.tsx
index fc05c98..7d3a551 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/site-footer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/site-footer.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const quickLinks = [
 
 export function SiteFooter() {
   return (
-    <footer className="bg-muted/50 border-t">
+    <footer className="bg-muted/50">
+      <div aria-hidden="true" className="texture-wood h-1.5" />
       <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4 py-12 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
         <div className="grid gap-8 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
           {/* Brand */}
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ export function SiteFooter() {
                 alt="Tree Politics"
                 className="h-12 w-12 rounded-md"
               />
-              <span className="text-lg font-semibold">Tree Politics</span>
+              <span className="font-heading text-lg font-semibold">
+                Tree Politics
+              </span>
             </Link>
             <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
               Woody Political Ecology, the use and abuse of trees in history,
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ export function SiteFooter() {
 
           {/* Quick Links */}
           <div>
-            <h3 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase">
+            <h3 className="font-body mb-3 text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase">
               Quick Links
             </h3>
             <ul className="space-y-2">
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ export function SiteFooter() {
 
           {/* Social */}
           <div>
-            <h3 className="mb-3 text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase">
+            <h3 className="font-body mb-3 text-sm font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase">
               Follow
             </h3>
             <SocialLinks className="flex gap-4" />
diff --git a/src/components/layout/site-header.tsx b/src/components/layout/site-header.tsx
index 16f536d..93bf31c 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/site-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/site-header.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ function MobileNav() {
                 alt="Tree Politics"
                 className="h-10 w-10 rounded-md"
               />
-              <span className="text-base font-semibold">Tree Politics</span>
+              <span className="font-heading text-base font-semibold">
+                Tree Politics
+              </span>
             </Link>
           </SheetTitle>
         </SheetHeader>
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ function MobileNav() {
 
 export function SiteHeader() {
   return (
-    <header className="bg-background/95 supports-[backdrop-filter]:bg-background/60 sticky top-0 z-50 w-full border-b backdrop-blur">
+    <header className="bg-background/95 supports-[backdrop-filter]:bg-background/60 sticky top-0 z-50 w-full backdrop-blur">
       <div className="mx-auto flex h-16 max-w-7xl items-center justify-between px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-8">
           <Link to="/" className="flex items-center gap-3">
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ export function SiteHeader() {
               alt="Tree Politics"
               className="h-9 w-9 rounded-md"
             />
-            <span className="text-lg font-semibold tracking-wide">
+            <span className="font-heading text-lg font-semibold">
               Tree Politics
             </span>
           </Link>
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export function SiteHeader() {
           <MobileNav />
         </div>
       </div>
+      <div aria-hidden="true" className="texture-wood h-1.5" />
     </header>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/layout/site-layout.tsx b/src/components/layout/site-layout.tsx
index 7f5dd99..37ce8a2 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/site-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/site-layout.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { SiteHeader } from "./site-header"
 
 export function SiteLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex min-h-svh flex-col">
+    <div className="texture-paper flex min-h-svh flex-col">
       <a
         href="#main-content"
         className="bg-background text-foreground sr-only z-50 px-4 py-2 focus:not-sr-only focus:fixed focus:top-2 focus:left-2"
diff --git a/src/components/ui/card.tsx b/src/components/ui/card.tsx
index 681ad98..302e471 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/card.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function Card({ className, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<"div">) {
     <div
       data-slot="card"
       className={cn(
-        "bg-card text-card-foreground flex flex-col gap-6 rounded-xl border py-6 shadow-sm",
+        "bg-card text-card-foreground flex flex-col gap-6 rounded-xl border py-6 shadow-(--shadow-card)",
         className
       )}
       {...props}
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 1093d70..0435bfe 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@
 :root {
   --radius: 0.625rem;
 
-  /* Brand fonts — Lora (warm serif) for both headings and body. Split into
-     two vars so heading/body can diverge later without a site-wide refactor. */
-  --font-heading: "Lora", Georgia, serif;
+  /* Brand fonts — Fraunces (soft display serif) for headings, Lora (warm
+     serif) for body. Fraunces' SOFT/WONK axes are tuned in @layer base. */
+  --font-heading: "Fraunces", "Lora", Georgia, serif;
   --font-body: "Lora", Georgia, serif;
 
+  /* Texture knobs — paper grain overlays the page shell; wood tints the
+     header/footer accent strips. */
+  --paper-opacity: 0.14;
+  --wood: oklch(0.48 0.055 60);
+
   /* Green candidates — change --tp-green to compare */
   --tp-green-mint: #4ade80;
   --tp-green-emerald: #34d399;
@@ -34,8 +39,11 @@
   --accent-foreground: oklch(0.25 0.01 50);
   --destructive: oklch(0.577 0.245 27.325);
   --destructive-foreground: oklch(0.577 0.245 27.325);
-  --border: oklch(0.9 0.005 100);
-  --input: oklch(0.9 0.005 100);
+  --border: oklch(0.86 0.025 80);
+  --input: oklch(0.86 0.025 80);
+  /* Warm-toned card lift — replaces the neutral shadow-sm on Card. */
+  --shadow-card:
+    0 1px 2px oklch(0.35 0.05 65 / 0.1), 0 3px 12px oklch(0.35 0.05 65 / 0.07);
   --ring: var(--tp-green);
   --chart-1: var(--tp-green);
   --chart-2: oklch(0.6 0.118 184.704);
@@ -53,6 +61,8 @@
 }
 
 .dark {
+  --paper-opacity: 0.11;
+  --wood: oklch(0.34 0.045 55);
   --background: oklch(0.16 0.01 50);
   --foreground: oklch(0.95 0.005 80);
   --card: oklch(0.19 0.01 50);
@@ -69,8 +79,9 @@
   --accent-foreground: oklch(0.95 0.005 80);
   --destructive: oklch(0.396 0.141 25.723);
   --destructive-foreground: oklch(0.637 0.237 25.331);
-  --border: oklch(0.28 0.01 50);
-  --input: oklch(0.28 0.01 50);
+  --border: oklch(0.31 0.02 60);
+  --input: oklch(0.31 0.02 60);
+  --shadow-card: 0 1px 2px oklch(0 0 0 / 0.5), 0 3px 12px oklch(0 0 0 / 0.35);
   --ring: var(--tp-green);
   --chart-1: var(--tp-green);
   --chart-2: oklch(0.696 0.17 162.48);
@@ -145,9 +156,45 @@
   h5,
   h6 {
     @apply font-heading;
+    /* Fraunces wants tighter tracking than Lora did; SOFT rounds the
+       terminals (0-100), WONK swaps in angled/wonky alternates (0 or 1). */
+    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
+    font-variation-settings:
+      "SOFT" 30,
+      "WONK" 0;
+  }
+
+  h1 {
+    font-variation-settings:
+      "SOFT" 60,
+      "WONK" 1;
   }
 }
 
+/* Paper-grain shell — SVG fractal noise behind content, above the page
+   background. Tune strength via --paper-opacity. */
+.texture-paper {
+  position: relative;
+  isolation: isolate;
+}
+
+.texture-paper::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  z-index: -1;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  opacity: var(--paper-opacity);
+  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='240' height='240'><filter id='p'><feTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.55' numOctaves='4' stitchTiles='stitch'/><feColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/></filter><rect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23p)'/></svg>");
+}
+
+/* Wood accent — walnut base with horizontal grain streaks (low x-frequency
+   turbulence stretches the noise into fibers). Used as thin strips. */
+.texture-wood {
+  background-color: var(--wood);
+  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='420' height='60'><filter id='w'><feTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.006 0.14' numOctaves='3' seed='7' stitchTiles='stitch'/><feColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/></filter><rect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23w)' opacity='0.4'/></svg>");
+}
+
 /* Ghost Content API HTML styling */
 .prose-ghost .kg-image-card img {
   @apply rounded-lg shadow-md;
diff --git a/src/pages/about/about-page.tsx b/src/pages/about/about-page.tsx
index a611aef..ce005b5 100644
--- a/src/pages/about/about-page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/about/about-page.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ export function AboutPage() {
     <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl px-4 py-12 sm:px-6">
       {/* Why Tree Politics */}
       <section className="mb-16">
-        <h1 className="mb-6 text-3xl tracking-wide sm:text-4xl">
-          Why Tree Politics?
-        </h1>
+        <h1 className="mb-6 text-3xl sm:text-4xl">Why Tree Politics?</h1>
         <div className="prose prose-lg dark:prose-invert prose-headings:font-heading max-w-none">
           <p>
             "Trees are the answer" read the bumper sticker on the back of my
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export function AboutPage() {
 
       {/* Author */}
       <section>
-        <h2 className="mb-8 text-2xl tracking-wide">About the Author</h2>
+        <h2 className="mb-8 text-2xl">About the Author</h2>
         <AuthorBio />
       </section>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/pages/blog/blog-listing-page.tsx b/src/pages/blog/blog-listing-page.tsx
index b39562a..68c59ac 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog/blog-listing-page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/blog/blog-listing-page.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function BlogListingPage() {
 
   return (
     <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-5xl px-4 py-12 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
-      <h1 className="mb-2 text-3xl tracking-wide sm:text-4xl">Blog</h1>
+      <h1 className="mb-2 text-3xl sm:text-4xl">Blog</h1>
       <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-8">
         Commentary on the political life of trees.
       </p>
diff --git a/src/pages/blog/blog-post-page.tsx b/src/pages/blog/blog-post-page.tsx
index 96e4e7c..7616ee2 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog/blog-post-page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/blog/blog-post-page.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function BlogPostPage({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
       </Link>
 
       <header className="mb-10">
-        <h1 className="mb-4 text-3xl leading-tight tracking-wide sm:text-4xl lg:text-5xl">
+        <h1 className="mb-4 text-3xl leading-tight sm:text-4xl lg:text-5xl">
           {post.title}
         </h1>
         <div className="text-muted-foreground flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 text-sm">
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function BlogPostPage({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
       )}
 
       <div
-        className="prose-ghost prose prose-lg dark:prose-invert prose-headings:font-heading prose-headings:tracking-wide prose-a:text-primary max-w-none"
+        className="prose-ghost prose prose-lg dark:prose-invert prose-headings:font-heading prose-a:text-primary max-w-none"
         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHtml(post.html) }}
       />
 
diff --git a/src/pages/contact/contact-page.tsx b/src/pages/contact/contact-page.tsx
index 5f2e042..5716b54 100644
--- a/src/pages/contact/contact-page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/contact/contact-page.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function ContactPage() {
 
   return (
     <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-2xl px-4 py-12 sm:px-6">
-      <h1 className="mb-2 text-3xl tracking-wide sm:text-4xl">Contact</h1>
+      <h1 className="mb-2 text-3xl sm:text-4xl">Contact</h1>
       <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-8">
         Have a question or want to get in touch? Follow along on social media or
         send a message below.
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ export function ContactPage() {
 
       {/* Social Links */}
       <section className="mb-12">
-        <h2 className="mb-4 text-xl tracking-wide">Find Us Online</h2>
+        <h2 className="mb-4 text-xl">Find Us Online</h2>
         <SocialLinks className="flex gap-5" />
       </section>
 
       {/* Contact Form */}
       <section>
-        <h2 className="mb-4 text-xl tracking-wide">Send a Message</h2>
+        <h2 className="mb-4 text-xl">Send a Message</h2>
         {submitted ? (
           <Card>
             <CardContent className="py-12 text-center">
diff --git a/src/pages/home/home-page.tsx b/src/pages/home/home-page.tsx
index 26019e5..e4bf3e9 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/home-page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/home/home-page.tsx
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
           alt="Tree Politics"
           className="h-32 w-32 rounded-xl lg:h-40 lg:w-40"
         />
-        <h1 className="text-4xl tracking-wide sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl">
-          Tree Politics
-        </h1>
+        <h1 className="text-4xl sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl">Tree Politics</h1>
         <p className="text-muted-foreground max-w-2xl text-lg leading-relaxed lg:text-xl">
           Woody Political Ecology, the use and abuse of trees in history, and
           tree facts to impress your friends
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
       {posts.length > 0 && (
         <section className="mx-auto w-full max-w-5xl px-6 pb-16">
           <div className="mb-8">
-            <h2 className="text-2xl tracking-wide">Recent Posts</h2>
+            <h2 className="text-2xl">Recent Posts</h2>
           </div>
           <div className="grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
             {posts.map((post) => (
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ export function HomePage() {
 
       {/* About */}
       <section className="mx-auto w-full max-w-5xl px-6 pb-20">
-        <h2 className="mb-8 text-2xl tracking-wide">About the Author</h2>
+        <h2 className="mb-8 text-2xl">About the Author</h2>
         <AuthorBio />
       </section>
     </div>
