When I look at his Flare template, there's just too much big text. The submit button, the login to flare, register here, you don't have an account, and the site logo. These all look the same size to me and I don't know where to focus my eyes.
Keep in mind, I'm by no means a designer and have no idea what I'm talking about.
"For flare, I'd make the body text such as username/password small like an 11px font."
I am curious why you would say that?