There are lots of fonts available, it doesn't mean that you have to use them.
The whole point of bold text it to make it stand out from the other text when everything is bold, not only it doesn't stand out it actually makes it harder to read a big block of black.
Hardened mode isn't enabled by default, so it looks like you have made changes to the default settings. Hardened mode also has two strengths Moderate and Aggressive, but you don't say which you have it set.