Currently, there are only two in-game options in the way of signage. You can either craft and place a sign which is very small and cant be read from more than a few blocks away. Or you can construct gigantic text where each leter is some 5 blocks tall, in which case there often isn't enough room.
There needs to be something in between those two options!
The solution?
The craftable letter box.
Here's how it works. You place it onto the side (or top/bottom) of blocks, like a painting. When you place a letter box, you type the character you want it to display and the color for that character. That's it!
Your message will now be visible from much farther away than it would be if it were written on a sign, but it will take up a much smaller space than a message constructed with the monster, 5-block high letters. Plus the texture of the block the letter box is resting on will still be visible behind it.
First of all, the texture is really bland, it's a plain letter on any block of choice.
If anything it would need to have it's own special block that would look nice with it.
Second of all, it's kind of useless, why have massive neon green letters on brick blocks when signs look way better.
And Third if any different kind of writable sign is added I think it should look a bit like this:
I like the idea, but I think there are more important things to focus on at the moment. However, I would love to see something like this added in the future. Sounds pretty cool, and would add a lot more variation decoration-wise.
Oh, for sure there are lots of more important things to work on first. However, saying that, the letter block basically already exists in the game. It would basically be a sign with 1 huge letter on it and no background texture. So I imagine it wouldn't take very much to implement.
First of all, the texture is really bland, it's a plain letter on any block of choice.
If anything it would need to have it's own special block that would look nice with it.
Second of all, it's kind of useless, why have massive neon green letters on brick blocks when signs look way better.
Well, two reasons basically. 1) the sign is too small to be read from very far away. And 2) If the letter block doesn't have a background texture then you can use whatever background texture you want, i.e. the block situated behind hit.
I guess the text itself could have a noisy texture to make it seem more integrated into the world.
Or it could be given a few shaded pixels around the edges to make it pop out like this:
There are still a bazillions of times that I find myself needing to make some kind of a sign where this would be extremely useful. Am I the only one that puts signs up ?
There needs to be something in between those two options!
The solution?
The craftable letter box.
Here's how it works. You place it onto the side (or top/bottom) of blocks, like a painting. When you place a letter box, you type the character you want it to display and the color for that character. That's it!
Your message will now be visible from much farther away than it would be if it were written on a sign, but it will take up a much smaller space than a message constructed with the monster, 5-block high letters. Plus the texture of the block the letter box is resting on will still be visible behind it.
In what way do you think it doesn't fit into minecraft?
If anything it would need to have it's own special block that would look nice with it.
Second of all, it's kind of useless, why have massive neon green letters on brick blocks when signs look way better.
And Third if any different kind of writable sign is added I think it should look a bit like this:
Just saying...
Oh, for sure there are lots of more important things to work on first. However, saying that, the letter block basically already exists in the game. It would basically be a sign with 1 huge letter on it and no background texture. So I imagine it wouldn't take very much to implement.
Well, two reasons basically. 1) the sign is too small to be read from very far away. And 2) If the letter block doesn't have a background texture then you can use whatever background texture you want, i.e. the block situated behind hit.
I guess the text itself could have a noisy texture to make it seem more integrated into the world.
Or it could be given a few shaded pixels around the edges to make it pop out like this: