%% Chapter/Section Styling
%% Customize appearance of level 1 headings (sections in Pandoc = # in markdown)

\usepackage{sectsty}

% Level 1 headings: centered, larger, bold, with spacing but NO page break
\sectionfont{\centering\LARGE\bfseries}

% Add some vertical space before and after level 1 headings
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlespacing*{\section}
  {0pt}        % left margin
  {3ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}  % space before (vertical)
  {2ex plus .2ex}             % space after (vertical)

% Optional: Keep subsections and subsubsections left-aligned
\subsectionfont{\large\bfseries}
\subsubsectionfont{\normalsize\bfseries}