Embers Text API

A library mod that gives full control over animated, styled text overlays. Display rich on-screen messages with effects like rainbow gradients, neon glows, typewriter reveals, glitch distortion, and more… all composable and stackable.

Click any preview - every effect has an animated example in the docs.

Features

Visual Effects: Rainbow, gradient, glitch, wave, shake, pulse, outline, and more… per-character and stackable
Neon Glow: SDF-based halos around glyphs, with color, radius, softness, and pulse control
Animations: Typewriter text, obfuscate reveal/hide, scrolling marquees
Message Effects: Whole-message motion like slam, shatter, matrix, slide, breathe, and spin
Markup Parser: XML-style tags for easy text styling <rainbow>, <wave>;, <neon>, [slam]
MSDF Font Rendering: Crisp TrueType/OpenType fonts at any scale using Multi-Channel Signed Distance Fields with sharp corner reproduction
Inline Rendering: Items and entities within text
Server-Side Control: Send styled messages from server to clients
Highly Customizable: Per-character effects, gradients, backgrounds, anchors, and queue channels

Commands

Command	Description
`/eta send player duration text`	Send a styled message
`/eta queue player channel definition`	Queue sequential messages on a channel
`/eta test id`	Play a built-in demo message
`/eta test effect name`	Preview an individual effect
`/eta test combo effects`	Preview effect combinations

For Developers

Embers Text API provides a full Java API for sending styled messages from the server. Register custom effects, parse markup, or build spans programmatically.

Check the documentation for integration guides and API reference.

For Pack Devs

This is a library/api mod, it does nothing in gameplay on its own, but the command system lets you create and test effects in-game, and the inline markup (like <rainbow> or <neon>) styles item names, tooltips, and quest descriptions!
Safe to include in any pack.
Great for quest descriptions, tips, boss introductions, or any stylish text overlay.
Works with KubeJS and datapacks! v3 includes built in KubeJS support!

Features

Visual Effects: Rainbow, gradient, glitch, wave, shake, pulse, outline, and more… per-character and stackable

Neon Glow: SDF-based halos around glyphs, with color, radius, softness, and pulse control

Animations: Typewriter text, obfuscate reveal/hide, scrolling marquees

Message Effects: Whole-message motion like slam, shatter, matrix, slide, breathe, and spin

Markup Parser: XML-style tags for easy text styling <rainbow>, <wave>;, <neon>, [slam]

MSDF Font Rendering: Crisp TrueType/OpenType fonts at any scale using Multi-Channel Signed Distance Fields with sharp corner reproduction

Inline Rendering: Items and entities within text

Server-Side Control: Send styled messages from server to clients

Highly Customizable: Per-character effects, gradients, backgrounds, anchors, and queue channels

Command

Description

/eta send player duration text

Send a styled message

/eta queue player channel definition

Queue sequential messages on a channel

/eta test id

Play a built-in demo message

/eta test effect name

Preview an individual effect

/eta test combo effects

Preview effect combinations

For Pack Devs

This is a library/api mod, it does nothing in gameplay on its own, but the command system lets you create and test effects in-game, and the inline markup (like <rainbow> or <neon>) styles item names, tooltips, and quest descriptions!

Safe to include in any pack.

Great for quest descriptions, tips, boss introductions, or any stylish text overlay.

Works with KubeJS and datapacks! v3 includes built in KubeJS support!

Compatibility

Supported Loaders

Game Versions

Features

Commands

For Developers

For Pack Devs

Features

Commands

For Developers

For Pack Devs