diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
index 62c1390..1e6baae 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
   let art = $state(null);    // {title, artist, year, image}
   let newsFit = $state('cover');   // 'cover' = full-bleed photo; 'contain' = framed-plate figure
 
-  // headline truncated on a whole-word boundary (no mid-word ellipsis)
-  function clampWords(s, max = 48) {
-    if (!s || s.length <= max) return s;
-    const cut = s.slice(0, max);
-    const i = cut.lastIndexOf(' ');
-    return (i > 0 ? cut.slice(0, i) : cut).replace(/[\s,;:.]+$/, '') + '…';
-  }
-  let headline = $derived(clampWords(news?.title ?? 'What went right this week: the good news that actually matters'));
+  // truncation handled by CSS (-webkit-line-clamp:2) — breaks on whole words, fills 2 full lines
+  let headline = $derived(news?.title ?? 'What went right this week: the good news that actually matters');
 
   // small-joys shelf: 3 cells shown two at a time, rotated by the reader (no auto-motion)
   const JOY_ACCENTS = ['#4f7da8', '#b06a86', '#b06a45'];