i studied typography and graphic design in the late 70s and early 80s before computers went mainstream. i've actually composed lead type and printed with it on a manual platen press before that.
back then, the only people who did design were real designers. people with training. then came the desktop publishing revolution of the 90s and anyone could buy a Mac become a "graphic artist."
the people who layout pages today do so on a computer monitor. light is projected from it. paper media is reflective. the two are very different and don't translate very well. in other words, what looks good on the screen may not look good on paper but the people who are doing the magazine layouts have little to no experience with print media. they don't understand the human eye's need for contrast.black on dark gray doesn't have enough contrast on paper although it may have looked okay on the screen.
that's why so many publications or even labels are unreadable today.
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MY 2000 S, Ocean Blue, Metropol Blue, Savanah Beige.
Bought June 2000 - Sold May 2010