mctext

Minecraft text formatting, parsing, and rendering library. Features all the exact glyphs used ingame, for the fonts of both pre and post-1.13.

Language Support

Features

• Builder API - Fluent interface for constructing formatted text
• Color Support - All 16 named Minecraft colors plus RGB hex colors
• Style Handling - Bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough, obfuscated
• Font Rendering - Measure and render text with authentic Minecraft fonts
• Legacy Support - Parse § formatting codes and JSON chat components

Font Showcase

Fonts Only

Looking for just the TTF files? Download them from the releases page:

• minecraft-fonts-modern.zip - Latest Minecraft fonts (updated, cleaner look)
• minecraft-fonts-legacy.zip - Classic fonts for those who prefer pre-1.13
• minecraft-fonts-special.zip - Enchanting and Illager fonts

Usage

Rust

[dependencies]
mctext = "1.0"

# With legacy fonts:
mctext = { version = "1.0", features = ["legacy-fonts"] }

use mctext::{MCText, NamedColor};

let text = MCText::new()
    .span("Red ").color(NamedColor::Red)
    .then("Bold").color(NamedColor::Red).bold()
    .build();

for span in text.spans() {
    println!("{}: {:?}", span.text, span.color);
}

Python

pip install mctext

import mctext

text = mctext.MCText().span("Red ").color("red").then("Bold").color("red").bold().build()

for span in text.spans():
    print(f"{span.text}: {span.color}")

JavaScript

npm install @hexze/mctext

const { MCText } = require('@hexze/mctext');

let text = new MCText().span("Red ").color("red").then("Bold").color("red").bold().build();

for (const span of text.spans()) {
    console.log(`${span.text}: ${span.color}`);
}

License

MIT