$input-focus-width: $input-btn-focus-width !default;
$input-focus-box-shadow: $input-btn-focus-box-shadow !default;
-$input-placeholder-color: $gray-600 !default;
+$input-placeholder-color: $gray-500 !default; //$gray-600 !default;
$input-plaintext-color: $body-color !default;
$input-height-border: $input-border-width * 2 !default;
// Cards
+// Nick
+// the card header/footer looks slightly wonky because the centring is
+// applied after room for ascender and descender, but don't want room
+// for descender, therefore set the bottom spacing to be slightly less;
+// try to allow enough room overall for a 32px icon to show and hide
+$card-spacer-yt: .8rem !default;
+$card-spacer-yb: .7rem !default;
+
$card-spacer-y: .75rem !default;
$card-spacer-x: 1.25rem !default;
$card-border-width: $border-width !default;