Unfortunately for a practice/display of your html/css markup skills...it leaves a lot to be desired; basic errors have been made.

I also think typographically this fails...

Its the sort of "design" that is extremely hard to pull off. Only truely experienced typographers tend to build entire layouts based solely off type.

With almost any sort of creative medium, my personal opinion is - typography not only makes or breaks a design, but is also the hardest discipline to master.