John, although you apparently already gave up on the idea, I believe the `visually very unappealing` kind of problem is not solved by removing the ability to create headings, but simply by changing the CSS template or the HTML generator settings of this site to produce a less obtrusive heading look. Currently the site defaults for using `<h2>` for <h2>Headings</h2> created by a "markdown underline" `-----` under the text, although formatting using HTML tags or `###` also allows for less obtrusive `<h3>` <h3> Headings </h3> already. Maybe `<h3>` should simply be made the default for markdown-created headlines since the overly large font along with the huge spacings (*font-size:140%;margin-bottom:7px;line-height:1.3*) indeed break the flow of text a whole bit too much.