It's funny because the SA client switched and is now using the 2D art for the backpack. However, somehow they screwed it up and it's now very fuzzy. The IRIS2 client makes the pack items look crisp and clear. I'd love to see the EA people ask the IRIS2 developers about how they made their pack items look so good. The EA implementation sucks!!
In the SA client, the runebooks nearly blend into the backpack background. yuck.