Minecraft chat screenshot maker

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Create a Minecraft chat image for a meme, video, or server post. Enter messages to render them with the game's font, shadows, and dark chat background.

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Messages

One message per line

Steve: hello — player message <Steve> hello
+Steve and -Steve — joined and left
Steve >> hello — whisper "Steve whispers to you"
The rest is as written, colors by code. &: &6 Gold, &l bold

Enter up to 12 lines of 120 characters. Long messages wrap as they do in the game.

View

Interface scale

×2 ×4

Banner below lines

In-game view Transparent background

Choose Transparent background to place the generated image over your own screenshot.

Result

Example · PNG 664 × 90

Download PNG

How to use the result

Download the PNG
The image uses integer pixel scaling. At ×2, one font pixel becomes a 2×2 image area, matching Minecraft at the same UI scale.
Place it on your frame
In-game chat appears at the bottom left, above the hotbar. Select Transparent background to remove the dark backing.
Use whole-number scaling
Scale by ×2, ×3, or ×4 without smoothing to keep the pixel font sharp.

What to know about chat

Uses Minecraft's font. Uses the font from Minecraft 26.3, with character widths, shadows, and wrapping based on the game's code.
Chat width is 320 font pixels. This matches the default chat width. Longer messages wrap at the last available space.
Banner spans the full width. The dark line below the message does not depend on text length: this is how the chat appears in the game with 50% default text background.
No icons appear in messages. Do not draw a gray 'not verified' stripe on the left or server icons on the image.

Text in the game's font for banner collection Minecraft font text, to send an actual colored message with a command, use /tellraw generator. The prefix before the username in chat is username prefix with /team.

Frequently asked questions

How to make a fake Minecraft chat screenshot?

Write messages in lines: "Nickname: text" becomes a player message, +Nickname and -Nickname are entry and exit. The page draws the chat in game font with shadow and dark background and returns a PNG.

What font does Minecraft chat use?

The game's raster font: letters are images from its files, each with its own width and a one-pixel shadow to the right and down. The image on the page is drawn using this font exactly.

What is the chat width in Minecraft?

320 pixels of font width at default chat width. Messages longer than this are wrapped to the next line at the last space.