diff --git a/src/components/Centerpiece.astro b/src/components/Centerpiece.astro
index 15af37d..12f145e 100644
--- a/src/components/Centerpiece.astro
+++ b/src/components/Centerpiece.astro
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@ import blobHeart from "../assets/blobheart.png";
 
 <div class="text-center">
   <h1 class="group text-ctp-pink font-semibold lg:text-5xl text-4xl hover:scale-110 transition duration-50">
-    hiya, I'm <span class="text-transparent bg-clip-text from-ctp-maroon to-ctp-red bg-gradient-to-r relative"
+    hiya, I'm <span class="text-ctp-red relative"
       >artie<span
-        class="absolute lg:bottom-[3.25rem] bottom-10 z-50 lg:text-xl text-lg lg:left-7 left-4 text-ctp-lavender font-medium opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-80 hover:opacity-50 transition duration-50"
+        class="absolute lg:bottom-[3.25rem] bottom-10 z-50 lg:text-xl text-lg lg:left-7 left-4 text-ctp-lavender opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-80 hover:opacity-50 transition duration-50"
         >/ˈarti/</span
       ></span
     >
     <img class="align-top lg:w-12 w-10 inline-block pointer-events-none select-none" src={blobHeart} alt="blob heart" />
   </h1>
-  <p class="font-normal lg:text-2xl text-xl xl:mt-4 mt-2 hover:scale-110 transition duration-50">
-    a self-taught code archwizard
-  </p>
+  <p class="lg:text-2xl text-xl xl:mt-4 mt-2 hover:scale-110 transition duration-50">a self-taught code archwizard</p>
 </div>
 
 <style>