There Were A Number Of Signs
by sinsinewave
There Were A Number Of Signs adds number and letter decals that players place on walls, ceilings and floors for signage in building projects.
What it does
Decals are crafted at a Design Table from paper and dyes, and posters use the same recipe with patterns set on a loom, much as banners do. Each decal is a single block tall or two blocks tall, and the set covers the characters of the German alphabet in a font loosely based on the East German standard DIN 1451.
The mod began as a fix for a specific gap: the author wanted floor numbers for a 13x13 hole in bedrock and found that banners looked poor in that role. The decals are completely flat and can be placed on floors and ceilings as well as walls, which suits industrial and modern-themed builds. It is a small mod that the author expanded later in its life.
The mod is open source under the MIT License and needs Kotlin for Forge. It runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 only, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The latest file is 1.3.2, published on 2025-08-26.
Key features
Number and letter decals
Decals show single numbers and letters, giving builders a way to label rooms and areas.
Flat placeable surfaces
Decals sit flat on walls, ceilings and floors, so they can mark floors without standing out like banners.
One and two block heights
Small decals fill one block and tall decals fill two, so signage can match the scale of a wall.
Crafted posters
Posters are crafted with the same patterns and loom process as banners, adding a second decorative item.
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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
Who it’s for: Builders who want plain numbered or lettered labels on walls, floors and ceilings in modern or industrial-themed projects.
How it compares
Alphabet is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 with a client and server environment, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Alphabet and Numbers differs by being server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it is also not open source. Colored Alphabet blocks is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 across Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There Were A Number Of Signs | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-26 |
| Alphabet | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-07 |
| Alphabet and Numbers | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-12-31 |
| Colored Alphabet blocks | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-17 |
Questions
Does There Were A Number Of Signs need Kotlin for Forge?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions are supported?
Can decals be placed on ceilings and floors?
In the catalog
There Were A Number Of Signs is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
There Were a Number of Signs (as you might realise later in life) is a small mod adding number/letter decals and the like for decorative purposes especially on industrial or modern-themed builds. Posters can be crafted the same way, with their patterns set in a loom similar to banners.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/there-were-a-number-of-signs
- Owner
- sinsinewave
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15