.back-link {
  --anchor-decoration-color: transparent;
  --back-link-padding: var(--space-s);
  --back-link-chevron-rotation: -45deg;
  --back-link-chevron-size: 0.5em;
  --back-link-chevron-thickness: var(--text-thickness);

  display: inline-block;
  font: var(--font-caption);
  margin-inline: calc(var(--back-link-padding) * -1);
  padding: var(--back-link-padding);
  padding-block-start: var(--back-link-padding);
  padding-inline-start: calc(var(--back-link-padding) * 2);
  position: relative;

  &::before {
    block-size: var(--back-link-chevron-size);
    border: 0 solid currentcolor;
    border-block-start-width: var(--back-link-chevron-thickness);
    border-inline-start-width: var(--back-link-chevron-thickness);
    content: "";
    display: block;
    inline-size: var(--back-link-chevron-size);
    inset-block-start: calc(
      var(--back-link-padding) + var(--back-link-chevron-size)
    );
    inset-inline-start: var(--back-link-padding);
    position: absolute;
    transform: rotate(var(--back-link-chevron-rotation));
  }

  &:focus-visible::before,
  &:hover::before {
    --back-link-chevron-thickness: calc(var(--text-thickness) * 2);
  }

  &::after {
    content: "";
    inset: 0;
    position: absolute;
  }
}

:root[dir="rtl"] .back-link {
  --back-link-chevron-rotation: 45deg;
}