Hot take: The new library downtown has terrible contrast on their signage

I was at the Denver Public Library branch on Broadway yesterday and trying to read the room numbers near the stairwell. They've got this light gray text on a white door and I literally had to squint from 3 feet away. How does a brand new building get this wrong in 2025? Has anyone else noticed public places just ignoring basic accessibility?

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blaker7510d ago

Noticed the same trend everywhere lately. Feels like designers care more about looking clean and modern than actually being readable for people. We're trading function for style left and right, and it's regular folks who pay the price.

nora73510d ago

Is it really that hard to test designs on actual people before pushing them out? I see it in apps, websites, even product labels now where they make the text so small and the contrast so low it's like they're trying to make you squint on purpose. Designers get so caught up in what looks sleek on their fancy monitors they forget some of us have older eyes or just want to read something without a headache... It's not about hating modern style either, just want stuff that works for real life instead of a magazine shoot.