How to type § in minecraft

This article is about the legacy §-based formatting system. For the modern JSON system, see Raw JSON text format.

Formatting codes (also known as color codes) add color and modifications to text in-game.

Text in Minecraft can be formatted with the section sign (). In Bedrock Edition, the section sign can be used in signs, world names, book and quills, anvils and cartography tables (to rename items and maps), and in the chat input field (including in commands such as /say and /title).

In Java Edition, section signs may be used in , , , language files, world titles, and server names.

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External programs can be used to insert it in other locations.

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Text can be formatted using the section sign (§) followed by a character. A § symbol followed by a hex digit in the message tells the client to switch colors while displaying text.

In Bedrock Edition, the § symbol can be used in any text input, while in Java Edition, it may be used in , , language files, world titles, and server names.

In Java Edition, if a color code is used after a formatting code

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