chore(hire): set the author pages' italic in lora

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Summary

Swaps the serif italic on /hire and /resume from Newsreader to Lora. Newsreader's small x-height made the inline italic spans read a size smaller than the DM Sans body around them. Lora's matches, so they sit level with the text.

A side-by-side of the page copy in Newsreader and six candidates picked Lora.

Changes

• Fonts module: lora replaces newsreader in web/next/src/lib/marketing/fonts.ts. Every use is italic, so only Lora's italic file is vendored. It is declared with style: "italic", or the face registers as upright and the italic class slants it a second time. It also sets the Times New Roman fallback metrics the fonts skill asks of a serif.
• Pages: both pages import lora; class names are otherwise unchanged.
• Files: both Newsreader woff2 files are removed. The two pages' marketing preload drops from about 193KB to 116KB.
• Docs and skills: the theming page names Lora and --font-lora. The fonts skill gains a note on the italic-only setup.

Verification

• Lint, format, and type checks pass locally.
• In a real browser on the worktree's dev stack: the Lora face registers as italic at 400 to 700 and loads, the spans compute to it, and its preload appears on /hire but not on /. No font 404s in the dev log. No horizontal overflow at 390px.
• Before (production) and after screenshots at 1782x972, light and dark, plus phone width, are in the comment below.

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⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (4)

• .agents/skills/fonts/SKILL.md is excluded by !**/.agents/**
• web/next/src/fonts/marketing/lora-latin-wght-italic.woff2 is excluded by !**/*.woff2
• web/next/src/fonts/marketing/newsreader-latin-wght-italic.woff2 is excluded by !**/*.woff2
• web/next/src/fonts/marketing/newsreader-latin-wght-normal.woff2 is excluded by !**/*.woff2

📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• web/next/content/docs/manage/theming.mdx
• web/next/src/app/(marketing)/hire/page.tsx
• web/next/src/app/(marketing)/resume/page.tsx
• web/next/src/lib/marketing/fonts.ts

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Browser evidence

Before is production (zerostarter.dev), after is this branch's dev stack, both at 1782x972.

/hire, top, light

/hire, "hire me" quote, dark

/resume, top, light

/hire at 390x844 (after)

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