Let me get this straight.
Your font doesn't work, so you have to fade it in pixel by pixel.
All of your banners have crappy text.
If your font doesn't work, why put text on?
I don't remember text being madatory.
And for the 100th time, I don't give a crap if you, or anyone else is new at it. A rate is a rate, if I'm not truthful, you'll never know what you have to improve on.