gipetto you are definetelly right that it turns the board into a rats nest. When i made the first prototypes, I made two boards, one with LEDs and one without. Firstly I wanted to see if the barebones keyboard pcb works and then if the one with LEDs worked. Luckily both versions worked. Then I started doing changes to the shape of the board and routing, so that it would fit into the case that i plan on making. I thought it would be wise to ask for additional advice here seeing as there are a lot of people making their own projects.
Some of the problems I'm having is finding bright smd LEDs that are also low current, was looking at some that are 5mA. Wanted white ones, since they give a neutral look, but the ones I used on the prototype might not be bright enough.
I did find green, yellow and red ones that should be very bright though.
And thanks for taking the time to help.