@Bevinski I agree with most of your points here, except two:
1 - Serif fonts are more legible on paper, not on screens. Sans serif would be better, such as this font here, on Wikipedia, and on most high-traffic websites.
2 - Bolding can be used for emphasis if done right, it's not a legibility thing. It's an "where your attention is drawn to" thing, so as to increase the chances of people remembering important information, or having the people who don't intend to read it still catch a few key words and then read around it to find out what it's about.
Apart from that, yeah, I find myself skipping over them because of how it's formatted. So if they want the initial effort they put into the notes to not be wasted, that tiny extra bit or work is definitely worthwhile.