Thank you for playing, I'm glad the atmosphere managed to keep you around long enough to get to that point! Yeah, that room. It's just bad. The solution doesn't even feel particularily clever. I already suspected it might be a bit weak when I submitted the game, but it's helpful to hear those suspicious were justified.
I also noticed I sometimes missed the texts when playing on itch, but I had hoped that it was maybe because I had already read them so often. I think I really didn't do myself a favour designing the page to blend in so much with the game. You're definitely right, it would be nice if they stood out a bit more.