Text Panels
by Teal_Wolf_25
Text Panels adds placeable panels that display text, with letter blocks for building signs and messages in a world.
What it does
Players place the panels in the world and write text on them, which makes the mod useful for signs, labels and small messages. The panels are placed as decoration blocks, and the letter blocks cover a single alphabet, so each character comes from its own block. Survival players can obtain the panels and letters by crafting, and a Magic Slate item is included for editing the panel text. Both the server and every player need the mod, and it is published for Fabric and Quilt for 1.20 – 1.20.6.
Key features
Placeable text panels
Panels can be placed on surfaces in the world and display a line of text chosen by the player.
Letter blocks
A single set of letter blocks gives one block per character, so messages can be built from physical pieces.
Magic Slate editing
The Magic Slate item lets players change the text shown on a panel without breaking and replacing it.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
ChatAbove is a Fabric client-side mod under the MIT License, open source, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, so only the client needs it. Text Panels is client and server and is not open source, so it has to be installed on both sides. Banner Text is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.5 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, but the server is required and clients may leave it out.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text Panels | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-01-20 |
| ChatAbove | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-05-27 |
| Banner Text | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.5 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-27 |
Questions
Does Text Panels need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Text Panels is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Provides placable panels that display text. There is one for each letter of the alphabet, one for "-" and one for "." They will be obtainable in survival but currently aren't.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/text-panels
- Owner
- Teal_Wolf_25
- Published
- 2025-01-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15