I am mostly with you on all of those - and also if there are too many italics. Which, I know I tend to over italicize myself and have to try to go back and break myself of the habit. But if anything is bold or uses unusual characters, it stresses me out because it makes it hard to get lost in the fic.
Capslocking doesn't bother me as much, if it's done for a particular and consistent reason. I've seen the voice of GOD done in caps and it works well, but it has to be something where it's there for power, not shouting.
Special formatting for letters, telegraphs, faxes, business cards, etc wouldn't bother me if they're reproduced entirely. It might throw me out of the fic a little, but I think that's actually the POINT of it, that we are experiencing the same experience as the characters as close as possible. Although I might be ascribing too much to the author's motivation!
I don't like book titles underlined in fiction, though, because it doesn't feel natural.
My main thing is that the physical words should not distract from the message contained within the text.
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Capslocking doesn't bother me as much, if it's done for a particular and consistent reason. I've seen the voice of GOD done in caps and it works well, but it has to be something where it's there for power, not shouting.
Special formatting for letters, telegraphs, faxes, business cards, etc wouldn't bother me if they're reproduced entirely. It might throw me out of the fic a little, but I think that's actually the POINT of it, that we are experiencing the same experience as the characters as close as possible. Although I might be ascribing too much to the author's motivation!
I don't like book titles underlined in fiction, though, because it doesn't feel natural.
My main thing is that the physical words should not distract from the message contained within the text.