diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index 1ad3e26..12cbc10 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -127,18 +127,12 @@ main, .footer { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
 }
 
 .nav__inner { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px; }
-.nav__brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 13px; }
-.nav__mark { display: block; height: 42px; aspect-ratio: 583.58 / 478.58; flex: 0 0 auto; }
+.nav__brand { display: flex; align-items: center; }
+/* Nudged up from 42px: standing alone it read smaller than it did beside
+   the wordmark. */
+.nav__mark { display: block; height: 48px; aspect-ratio: 583.58 / 478.58; flex: 0 0 auto; }
 .nav__mark img { height: 100%; width: 100%; }
 
-.nav__brand-text { display: flex; flex-direction: column; line-height: 1.08; }
-.nav__brand-text strong {
-  font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .1em; color: var(--text-strong);
-}
-.nav__brand-text em {
-  font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: .26em;
-  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted);
-}
 
 .nav__links { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 32px; }
 .nav__link {
@@ -208,8 +202,7 @@ main, .footer { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
 }
 @media (max-width: 620px) {
   .nav__cta { display: none; }
-  .nav__mark { height: 34px; }
-  .nav__brand-text strong { font-size: 16px; }
+  .nav__mark { height: 38px; }
 }
 
 /* ─────────────── Hero — light, editorial split ─────────────── */
@@ -652,8 +645,9 @@ main, .footer { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
   display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.4fr; gap: clamp(36px, 5vw, 80px);
   padding-bottom: clamp(38px, 5vw, 64px); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-on-dark);
 }
-.footer__brand img { height: 64px; width: auto; margin-bottom: 18px; }
-.footer__wordmark { font-size: var(--step-2); color: var(--off-white); line-height: 1.06; }
+/* Scaled up now that the mark stands alone in this column — at 64px it read
+   as an orphaned icon rather than the practice's mark. */
+.footer__brand img { height: clamp(84px, 9vw, 116px); width: auto; }
 
 .footer__cols { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(100%, 150px), 1fr)); gap: 32px; }
 .footer__col { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 11px; align-items: flex-start; min-width: 0; }
diff --git a/src/components/Footer.jsx b/src/components/Footer.jsx
index 1bc1063..a6814e2 100644
--- a/src/components/Footer.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Footer.jsx
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ export default function Footer() {
       <div className="container">
         <div className="footer__top">
           <div className="footer__brand">
-            <img src={asset(LOGO.reverse)} alt="" aria-hidden="true" width="78" height="64" />
-            <h2 className="serif footer__wordmark">
-              {BRAND.nameUpper}<br />{BRAND.nameSuffix}
-            </h2>
+            {/* Mark only, matching the header. Nothing else in this column
+                names the practice now, so the logo takes a real alt. */}
+            <img src={asset(LOGO.reverse)} alt={BRAND.nameFull} width="78" height="64" />
           </div>
 
           <div className="footer__cols">
diff --git a/src/components/Nav.jsx b/src/components/Nav.jsx
index de1406b..9867896 100644
--- a/src/components/Nav.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Nav.jsx
@@ -41,13 +41,11 @@ export default function Nav() {
     <header className={`nav ${solid ? 'is-solid' : ''} ${open ? 'is-open' : ''}`}>
       <div className="nav__inner container">
         <Link href="/" className="nav__brand" aria-label={`${BRAND.nameFull} — home`}>
+          {/* Mark only — the logo already carries the wordmark. The name lives
+              on the link's aria-label so it is still announced. */}
           <span className="nav__mark" aria-hidden="true">
             <img src={asset(LOGO.dark)} alt="" width="46" height="38" />
           </span>
-          <span className="nav__brand-text">
-            <strong>{BRAND.nameUpper}</strong>
-            <em>{BRAND.nameSuffix}</em>
-          </span>
         </Link>
 
         <nav className="nav__links" aria-label="Primary">