Text Animator

Effects are attached to specific words or characters with tags, so animation can appear almost anywhere text is drawn. The mod works as a text renderer extension: a tag marks a span, and the renderer applies the named effect only to that span. Effects can be stacked on the same text, and typewriter rendering shows characters one at a time to simulate typing. Speed and mode for the typewriter are found in the Chat Settings screen.

Among the effects are characters that bounce vertically, a breathing opacity change, occasional slicing and flicker that adds extra layers in some cases, a linear gradient in RGB or HSV that flows or is segmented, and multiple glowing outlines. Characters can also swing around the top middle, spin back and forth, undulate like waves, or wiggle along a fixed random direction. The wave strength, speed and size of these motions can be adjusted per effect.

Text Animator is client required and server optional, so each player needs it installed, while the server may skip it. It is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with builds covering 1.19.2 – 1.21.1. The 1.20.1 Forge file is the latest for that loader, and Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt have a 1.21.1 file.