/* Start custom CSS *//* 1. Aggressively shrink all loose text separators across common theme meta structures */
.entry-meta,
.post-meta,
.entry-header .meta,
.ast-post-meta,
.elementor-post-info,
.entry-meta-items,
.td-post-meta-wrapper {
    font-size: 0px !important;
}

/* 2. Force ONLY the actual date numbers and icons to stay visible */
.entry-meta span.posted-on,
.entry-meta .updated,
.entry-meta time,
.post-meta time,
.ast-post-meta .posted-on,
.elementor-post-info__item--date span,
.elementor-post-info__item--date a,
.entry-meta-items .date,
.td-post-date {
    font-size: 16px !important; /* Adjust if your date font looks too small/large */
    display: inline-block !important;
}

/* 3. Drop the author elements and names into total hiding */
.author, 
.byline, 
.entry-author, 
.post-author, 
.vcard, 
.author-name,
.elementor-post-author,
.elementor-post-info__item--author,
.ast-post-meta .posted-by {
    display: none !important;
}/* End custom CSS */