Sign Generator

Vanilla survival does not let you color sign text by typing — you need a command block or the /give command with NBT data. This generator builds that NBT for you:

1. Type up to four lines and style each one with the color and format controls.
2. Copy the generated command for your version (1.20+ uses the new component format).
3. Run it from a command block or an operator chat, then place the sign item — the text and colors are already baked in.

On servers, many plugins (Essentials, per-world sign editors) also accept the raw § codes shown in the preview panel.

• A sign has 4 lines, each around 15 characters wide depending on the glyphs — wide letters like W fill faster than i or l.
• Text is always centered, so pad short words if you want a specific look.
• Since 1.20 both the front and back of a sign hold separate text and can be dyed and waxed — this tool writes the front face.
• Need a matching color palette? Grab codes from the color code list and reuse them across signs, books and lores.

Minecraft 1.20 changed sign data from four Text1–Text4 tags into a front_text component with a messages list. The generator targets the modern format by default and offers a legacy fallback for 1.13–1.19 servers. If a command errors, double check that the format matches your server version — pasting a 1.20 command into a 1.16 server is the most common mistake.