diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index efc2918..7b07a9e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@
     <!--BASE_HREF-->
     <link rel="icon" type="image/webp" href="./brand/zurich_logo.webp" />
     <title>Zurich Kotak | Lead Desk</title>
-    <!-- Display face for headings and figures. Zurich Sans (the brand face,
-         loaded from ./brand) stays the body voice; this gives the numbers and
-         titles the tighter, more current character the flat corporate grotesque
-         could not. Falls back to Zurich Sans if the CDN is blocked. -->
-    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
-    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bricolage+Grotesque:opsz,wght@12..96,500;12..96,600;12..96,700&display=swap" />
     <!-- Written next to the artifact at placement; carries this environment's
          VITE_ZINO_API_URL, which src/runtimeConfig.js reads off
          window.__RUNTIME_CONFIG__. Without it requireConfigValue throws and the
diff --git a/src/components/StageRail.css b/src/components/StageRail.css
index e613dcc..1de0f7b 100644
--- a/src/components/StageRail.css
+++ b/src/components/StageRail.css
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
   align-items: center;
   gap: var(--sp-6);
   flex-wrap: wrap;
-  margin-bottom: var(--sp-5);
-  padding: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-7);
-  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
-  box-shadow: var(--sh-sm);
-  background: var(--zk-white);
+  margin: var(--sp-6) 0;
+  padding: var(--sp-2) 0 var(--sp-5);
+  border: 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
+  background: transparent;
 }
 
 .rail ol {
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index f20fe8d..a1ad495 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@
   --sp-8: 40px;
   --sp-9: 56px;
 
-  --font-display: 'Bricolage Grotesque', 'Zurich Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;
+  /* Display and body are the SAME brand face — Zurich Sans has no bold,
+     so headings and figures lean on weight 500 and tighter tracking, set per
+     use, not on a second family. */
+  --font-display: 'Zurich Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   --font-zurich: 'Zurich Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   --font-mono: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'SF Mono', Menlo, monospace;
 
@@ -134,7 +137,11 @@
   font-size: 16px;
   line-height: var(--lh-normal);
   color: var(--zk-ink);
-  background: var(--zk-tint);
+  /* ONE CANVAS. The app used to be white cards floating on a grey-blue
+     ground — the generic admin-template look. The content ground is white
+     now; the sidebar is the only tinted surface, and sections are separated
+     by hairlines and space rather than boxed in shadowed cards. */
+  background: var(--zk-white);
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
   text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ body,
 
 body {
   margin: 0;
-  background: var(--zk-tint);
+  background: var(--zk-white);
 }
 
 button,
diff --git a/src/layout/Shell.css b/src/layout/Shell.css
index c519808..c7c5284 100644
--- a/src/layout/Shell.css
+++ b/src/layout/Shell.css
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
   gap: var(--sp-6);
   height: 72px;
   padding: 0 var(--sp-7);
-  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.82);
-  backdrop-filter: saturate(180%) blur(18px);
-  -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(180%) blur(18px);
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
+  background: var(--zk-white);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
 }
 
 .shell__brand {
@@ -77,8 +75,8 @@
   max-height: calc(100vh - 72px);
   overflow-y: auto;
   overscroll-behavior: contain;
-  background: var(--zk-white);
-  border-right: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
+  background: var(--zk-tint);
+  border-right: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
   padding: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-4) var(--sp-8);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
@@ -187,6 +185,7 @@
 .shell__main {
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
+  background: var(--zk-white);
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 1460px;
   margin: 0 auto;
diff --git a/src/screens/screens.css b/src/screens/screens.css
index a1687d0..8bdd435 100644
--- a/src/screens/screens.css
+++ b/src/screens/screens.css
@@ -309,12 +309,14 @@
 
 /* ---- panel ---- */
 .panel {
-  background: var(--zk-white);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
-  border-radius: var(--r-xl);
-  box-shadow: var(--sh-md);
-  padding: var(--sp-7);
-  margin-bottom: var(--sp-5);
+  /* FLAT. Was a shadowed white card; now a plain section on the white
+     canvas, set off by its heading and by space, not by a box. */
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  box-shadow: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin-bottom: var(--sp-8);
 }
 
 .panel__head {
@@ -616,9 +618,19 @@
 
 /* Rail panels are tighter than main panels — a 340px measure cannot afford
    32px of padding on each side. */
-.lead__side .panel { padding: var(--sp-5) 0 0; margin-bottom: var(--sp-4); }
-.lead__side .panel > .panel__head { padding: 0 var(--sp-6); margin-bottom: var(--sp-4); }
-.lead__side .panel--crew { padding: var(--sp-5) var(--sp-6); }
+.lead__side .panel { padding: 0; margin-bottom: var(--sp-6); }
+.lead__side .panel > .panel__head { padding: 0; margin-bottom: var(--sp-4); }
+.lead__side .panel--crew { padding: 0 0 var(--sp-6); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line); }
+/* rail headings sit at label size, not the big panel-title size — the rail is
+   reference, and a 18px "Customer" heading would shout over the facts. */
+.lead__side .panel__title {
+  font-size: var(--fs-3xs);
+  font-weight: var(--fw-semi);
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--zk-blue-dark);
+}
+.lead__side .panel__sub { display: none; }
 
 .panel--rail {
   padding: 0;
@@ -932,14 +944,12 @@
 /* KPI strip. Whitespace rather than rules — see .lmetrics for why the cage
    went. Tabular figures so the row does not jitter as it refreshes. */
 .kpis {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(176px, 1fr));
-  gap: var(--sp-5) var(--sp-7);
-  padding: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-7);
-  background: var(--zk-white);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
-  border-radius: var(--r-lg);
-  box-shadow: var(--sh-sm);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-8);
+  padding: var(--sp-6) 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
   margin-bottom: var(--sp-6);
 }
 
@@ -1085,15 +1095,13 @@
    22px against 12px labels. Premium and commission — the two numbers
    anyone actually came for — are bigger again. */
 .lmetrics {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(158px, 1fr));
-  gap: var(--sp-5) var(--sp-7);
-  padding: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-7);
-  background: var(--zk-white);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
-  border-radius: var(--r-xl);
-  box-shadow: var(--sh-md);
-  margin-bottom: var(--sp-5);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: var(--sp-6) var(--sp-8);
+  padding: var(--sp-6) 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
+  margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
 .lm { min-width: 0; }
@@ -1507,10 +1515,11 @@
 }
 
 .fgroup {
-  padding: var(--sp-5);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-line-soft);
-  border-radius: var(--r-md);
-  background: var(--zk-white);
+  padding: var(--sp-5) 0;
+  border: 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--zk-line);
+  border-radius: 0;
+  background: transparent;
 }
 
 .fgroup h3 {
@@ -1617,8 +1626,8 @@
 .glance {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: 1fr;
-  gap: var(--sp-3);
-  padding: 0 var(--sp-6) var(--sp-4);
+  gap: 0;
+  padding: 0;
 }
 
 .glance .props { display: block; padding: 0; }
@@ -1746,20 +1755,23 @@
   flex: none;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--sp-3);
-  padding: var(--sp-2) var(--sp-5) var(--sp-2) var(--sp-2);
-  border-radius: var(--r-pill);
-  border: 1px solid var(--zk-teal-line);
-  background: var(--zk-teal-tint);
+  gap: var(--sp-2);
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: transparent;
 }
 .holds__puck {
   flex: none;
-  width: 40px; height: 40px;
+  width: 10px; height: 10px;
   border-radius: 50%;
-  display: grid; place-items: center;
-  background: var(--zk-teal); color: #fff;
+  background: var(--zk-teal);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px var(--zk-teal-tint);
 }
-.holds__txt { display: flex; flex-direction: column; line-height: 1.15; }
+/* the icon inside the disc is dropped in the flat treatment — the dot alone
+   carries the tone, and the label says the rest. */
+.holds__puck svg { display: none; }
+.holds__txt { display: inline; line-height: 1.3; }
+.holds__txt small { display: inline; }
 .holds__txt small {
   font-size: var(--fs-3xs);
   font-weight: var(--fw-semi);
@@ -1769,24 +1781,20 @@
   opacity: .9;
 }
 .holds__txt b {
-  font-family: var(--font-display);
   font-weight: var(--fw-semi);
-  font-size: var(--fs-md);
+  font-size: var(--fs-sm);
   color: var(--zk-ink);
+  margin-left: var(--sp-1);
 }
 
-.holds--ai     { background: var(--zk-tint-blue);   border-color: var(--zk-blue-light); }
-.holds--ai     .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-blue); }
-.holds--ai     .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-blue-dark); }
+.holds--ai .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-blue); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px var(--zk-tint-blue); }
+.holds--ai .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-blue-dark); }
 
-.holds--person { background: var(--zk-amber-tint);  border-color: var(--zk-amber-line); }
-.holds--person .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-amber); }
+.holds--person .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-amber); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px var(--zk-amber-tint); }
 .holds--person .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-amber-ink); }
 
-.holds--grey   { background: var(--zk-tint);        border-color: var(--zk-line); }
-.holds--grey   .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-grey); }
-.holds--grey   .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-muted); }
+.holds--grey .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-grey); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px var(--zk-tint); }
+.holds--grey .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-muted); }
 
-.holds--cust   { background: var(--zk-teal-tint); border-color: var(--zk-teal-line); }
-.holds--cust   .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-teal); }
-.holds--cust   .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-teal-ink); }
+.holds--cust .holds__puck { background: var(--zk-teal); box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px var(--zk-teal-tint); }
+.holds--cust .holds__txt small { color: var(--zk-teal-ink); }