I dunno if this is helpful at all but I know at least one of the big reasons why I don't look at the bardics as often as I do the artisanal is because of the way they're displayed on the website.

The font is actually kind of off-putting to me despite it being the one I use for the game. I guess I just don't need letters of equal size outside Lusternia proper and could stand a more pleasant-looking font for reading bardics.

The background on the webpage is also not helpful. Even though its fairly subtle its still sort of distracting.

I use the Crystal Clear skin for forums and the black text on the pale blue background is quite decent for reading. Maybe presenting the bardics in a similar way would help others enjoy reading them more. I know it would for me.

I agree.
But you can always just copy everything and read it elsewhere, formatted any way you want.

Or set your browser to ignore those elements. I can make the Lusternia webpage readable in Opera in four clicks. Next version will let me save those settings per site so it's automatically readable when I go there.