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Embers Text API

Embers Text API is a powerful Minecraft mod library that enables developers and server administrators to create polished, animated text overlays without building a custom renderer.

Overview​

Embers Text API replaces the legacy Immersive Messaging API and provides a modern, performant solution for displaying cinematic text, quest objectives, boss health bars, dialogue systems, and more—all with zero Fabric overhead dependencies.

Create stunning visual text effects in your Minecraft world with:

  • Dynamic animations - Typewriter effects, shake animations, and obfuscation with reveal modes
  • Beautiful styling - Multi-stop gradients, custom fonts, and drop shadows
  • Flexible positioning - 9 anchor points with pixel-perfect offset control
  • Rich backgrounds - Tooltip-style backgrounds or custom textured backgrounds
  • Easy integration - Fluent builder API and comprehensive NBT command support

Key Features​

Text Styling & Effects​

  • Colors & Gradients - Solid colors or multi-stop gradients across your text
  • Animations - Typewriter, wave shake, circular shake, random shake (whole-text or per-character)
  • Obfuscation - Scrambled text with directional reveal modes (left-to-right, center-out, random)
  • Formatting - Custom fonts, text wrapping, drop shadows, and standard Minecraft formatting

Backgrounds​

  • Tooltip-Style - Solid backgrounds with optional gradient borders
  • Textured - Custom texture backgrounds with stretch, crop, or tile modes
  • Configurable - Adjustable sizing, padding, and positioning

Display Control​

  • 9 Screen Anchors - Position text at corners, edges, or center of screen
  • Alignment - Independent text alignment (left, center, right)
  • Offsets - Pixel-perfect positioning with X/Y offsets
  • Fade Effects - Smooth fade-in and fade-out transitions

Developer-Friendly​

  • Fluent Builder Pattern - Intuitive API for programmatic message creation
  • Message Management - Track, update, and close persistent messages
  • Network Integration - Built-in client-server synchronization
  • NBT Commands - Full control via commands for testing and scripting

Use Cases​

  • Quest Systems - Display objectives, updates, and completion messages
  • Boss Fights - Show boss health bars and dramatic phase transitions
  • Dialogue - NPC conversations with typewriter effects
  • Achievements - Minecraft-style achievement notifications
  • Warnings - Alert players to dangers or important events
  • Cinematics - Create movie-like text sequences for storytelling
  • HUD Elements - Persistent status displays and counters
  • Events - Server announcements and event notifications

Installation​

For Players​

  1. Download the latest version from:

  2. Place the .jar file in your Minecraft mods folder

  3. Launch Minecraft with Forge 1.20.1

For Developers​

Add Embers Text API to your build.gradle:

repositories {
    maven {
        url = "https://www.cursemaven.com"
        content {
            includeGroup "curse.maven"
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fg.deobf("curse.maven:embers-text-api-1345948:FILE_ID")
}

Replace FILE_ID with the latest file ID from CurseForge.

Quick Start​

Test the Mod​

Try the built-in demo effects:

/emberstextapi test 1

Run test IDs 1-9 to see different features in action.

Send Your First Message​

/emberstextapi send @p 100 "Hello, World!"

Create a Styled Message​

/emberstextapi sendcustom @p {
  anchor:"CENTER_CENTER",
  gradient:[0xFF0000,0x0000FF],
  typewriter:2.0f,
  shadow:1b
} 150 "Welcome to the Adventure!"

Documentation​

Explore the complete documentation:

Version Information​

Current Version: v1 (Stable, Production Ready)

In Development: v2 (Beta)

v1 is the current public version and provides all core functionality for overlay-based text rendering. v2 is in development and will introduce a major architectural shift to span-based effects, enabling animations and styling to be used anywhere in Minecraft (quest text, item descriptions, chat, tooltips) rather than just overlays. v2 will also add item/entity/texture rendering capabilities and support for multiple simultaneous renders.

When v2 releases, v1 features will continue to work through a compatibility layer but will be marked as deprecated. See the Version Migration Guide for details.

v2 Inspiration: Snownee's Text Animator mod

Support & Community​

Licence & Credits​

Embers Text API is distributed under Ember's Modding Licence (EML) v1.2.

Embers Text API is developed by TysonTheEmber.

Ready to create stunning text overlays? Start with the Getting Started Guide!