diff -u b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/header.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/header.css
--- b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/header.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/header.css
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 .header .section {
   position: relative;
 }
-.region-header {
-  padding: 0 15px 20px;
-}
 
 @media all and (min-width: 461px) {
   .region-header .block {
-    float: right;
+    float: right; /* LTR */
   }
   [dir="rtl"] .region-header .block {
     float: left;
@@ -26,15 +23,15 @@
 
 .site-logo {
   float: left; /* LTR */
-  padding: 4px 20px 10px 0; /* LTR */
+  padding: 4px 10px 10px 0; /* LTR */
 }
 [dir="rtl"] .site-logo {
-  padding: 4px 9px 4px 4px;
+  padding: 4px 0 10px 20px;
 }
 
 @media all and (min-width: 901px) {
   .site-logo {
-    padding: 0 19px 0 0; /* LTR */
+    padding: 9px 4px 0 10px; /* LTR */
   }
   [dir="rtl"] .site-logo {
     padding: 9px 9px 4px 4px;
@@ -42,8 +39,8 @@
 }
 .site-branding-text {
   float: left; /* LTR */
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 15px 0 0 0;
+  margin: 0 0 30px 15px;
+  padding: 30px 0 0 0;
 }
 [dir="rtl"] .site-branding-text {
   margin: 0 15px 30px 0;
@@ -96,6 +93,9 @@
   list-style-image: none;
   padding: 0;
 }
+.region-header .branding {
+  font-size: 1em;
+}
 .region-header .form-text {
   background: #fefefe;
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
@@ -224 +224 @@
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}