I just assumed that they did that on purpose. "Pay no attention to the text. Look at our pretty drawings" seems to be a common designer anti-pattern.
That's insincere.
May we please demonstrate respect and professionalism when discussing designers?
Making unsupported assertions about a perceived defect in an entire profession doesn't seem right to me, but I was very tempted to just write, "'Look at those dumb designers' seems to be a common developer anti-pattern." I don't think that sort of comment is necessary.
Thank you for understanding.
People with different backgrounds focus on different things. Some designers will be do fabulous things on an aspect of typography (turning a K into a currency sign) and yet make an error with type contrast that impedes reading.
One could infer from that is they don't think what they wrote was as important as the picture, since they rather intentionally selected a poor contrast design.
All professions have anti-patterns and all people make errors. Mine was being a little flip in my tone to show a recurring problem I experience. Yours was generalizing that criticism of a designer's error is a criticism of the entire profession.
I've tried to design things. They are ugly and clunky and clearly the result of someone with no skill or talent.
So when I see a designer with some years of experience and training and who is capable of producing lovely work but who has a website with a very small font, or with a poor contrast, or with the combination of a small font with poor contrast, I wonder "what went wrong?"