Pangu Spacing
by lihugang
Pangu Spacing inserts spaces between CJK characters and Latin letters, numbers and symbols in Minecraft text, which Chinese players know as the Pangu's Whitespace rule.
What it does
It works on text as it is rendered, so formatting is applied in real time without any change to the text itself. The mod is client-side only, so only the player who installs it sees the spacing, and it can join vanilla servers or modded servers without the mod on their side.
Pangu Spacing is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with files for 26.1 – 26.2 and Fabric API required on Fabric. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with public links to the source code and issue tracker. The 1.0.0 builds for 26.2 were released on 2026-07-17, after a first publication on 2026-07-16.
Key features
Automatic CJK spacing
Spaces are inserted automatically between CJK characters and adjacent Latin letters, numbers and symbols.
In-game toggle command
The pangu toggle command switches spacing on or off during play, without restarting the game.
Lightweight rendering
Spacing is decided with efficient regex and character checks, which keeps the effect on frame time small.
Chinese translation
The mod includes Chinese translation files, and its documentation covers installation in Chinese.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Reading chat in Chinese
Players who read mixed Chinese and English chat can see clearer boundaries between words and characters.
Tooltips and menus
Item tooltips, books and menus gain the same spacing, so mixed-language labels line up more evenly.
Who it’s for: Players who write or read Chinese, Japanese or Korean text alongside Latin characters in Minecraft, and players who want the spacing convention without editing any text by hand.
How it compares
Koreanify is a client-side Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 26.1 – 26.3 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Bilingual Tooltips is a client-side mod for Fabric and NeoForge, published for 1.21.1 – 26.2 under the MIT License, and it is open source. mini-chat-translator-To-Chinese is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.8 – 26.1.2 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangu Spacing | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-17 |
| Koreanify | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Bilingual Tooltips | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-11 |
| mini-chat-translator-To-Chinese | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-14 |
Questions
Does Pangu Spacing need Fabric API?
Does the server need Pangu Spacing installed?
Can spacing be turned off during play?
In the catalog
Pangu Spacing is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Automatically inserts spaces between CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) characters and Latin alphabets/numbers in Minecraft for a cleaner, more readable chat and UI. 自动在 Minecraft 的中日韩字符（CJK）与拉丁字母、数字之间插入空格（盘古之白），告别挤作一团的排版，给你的游戏 UI 和聊天框带来呼吸感。
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pangu-spacing
- Owner
- lihugang
- Published
- 2026-07-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15