I actually found this quite jarring. I'm a decent speed reader (by no means the best, but generally able to consue vast quantities of information quickly), and

I actually found this quite jarring. I'm a decent speed reader (by no means the best, but generally able to consue vast quantities of information quickly), and having these artifical focus points completly threw my rhythm. I can only assume that I've interally developed my own way of skimming that achives the same thing, though not in the same way. So having the first letter bolded actually disrupted whatever my brain was attempting to do.