1) I agree. I made the H1 the same color as the examples (close to white, with some cream) and reduced the size of the H2s.
2) I agree that the navigation and H2s should have a similar visual weight, so the nav. got bigger.
3) I'm not a fan of dropout text for large quantities, so it's staying dark, but I did brighten the background to increase readability.
4) A rule of thumb for me is that you only need one layer of emphasis for a differentiation of text. Both of our solutions are currently breaking that rule, and I happen to like larger text.
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1) I agree. I made the H1 the same color as the examples (close to white, with some cream) and reduced the size of the H2s.
2) I agree that the navigation and H2s should have a similar visual weight, so the nav. got bigger.
3) I'm not a fan of dropout text for large quantities, so it's staying dark, but I did brighten the background to increase readability.
4) A rule of thumb for me is that you only need one layer of emphasis for a differentiation of text. Both of our solutions are currently breaking that rule, and I happen to like larger text.
Thanks for the feedback and mockup!