The name that floats above a player
This is the tag shown above players and over mobs wearing a name tag. It uses the same codes as the game, so you can paste the rank you already have on your server and it looks exactly like it does in-game.
For thumbnails and videos
Minecraft name tag generator
The nametag that floats above a player, with the game's color codes, as a transparent PNG for your thumbnail or your edit.
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Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Studios; CreativeStar is not affiliated with it. The typeface is Minecraftia, the classic stand-in for the game's font.
For thumbnails, edits and profile pictures
Over your skin in a thumbnail, above a friend’s head in an edit or on your profile picture: the name tag makes any picture look like an in-game screenshot. Paste your server rank as it is and it comes out the same as in game.
Transparent PNG, no watermark
The dark box behind is optional and everything else comes out transparent, so it sits on your footage or photo with no cutting out. The PNG is free, with no watermark.
Put the Minecraft name tag on any photo
The game's floating name over a real photo turns it into a screenshot from a server that never existed. It works for edits, thumbnails and profile pictures, as long as the font, the box and the pixels are the game's.
- 1Type the name and colour it with the colour codes.
- 2Bring the box's opacity down towards 25%, as in the game.
- 3Download the transparent PNG and centre it above the head, scaling with no smoothing.
Minecraft colour codes
Minecraft names are coloured with a code before the text: & followed by a number or a letter. The game stores the § sign; server plugins take &. This generator reads both, plus the hex colours (&#rrggbb) of servers that support them.
Click a code to copy it.
| Colour | & code | § code | Hex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | |||
| Dark blue | |||
| Dark green | |||
| Dark aqua | |||
| Dark red | |||
| Dark purple | |||
| Gold | |||
| Grey | |||
| Dark grey | |||
| Blue | |||
| Green | |||
| Aqua | |||
| Red | |||
| Light purple | |||
| Yellow | |||
| White |
Format codes
- Scrambled letters (obfuscated)
- Bold
- Strikethrough
- Underline
- Italic
- Reset colour and format
A colour code clears any format before it, so put the format after the colour: &a&l, not &l&a.
Animated name tag for your videos
Pick an entrance animation and watch it in the preview. For video, download it as a MOV with an alpha channel, which sits on your gameplay in Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci or Final Cut with no background to remove, or as an MP4 on a chroma, black or white background.
The animated version is part of Unlimited tools. The transparent PNG stays free, with no watermark.
![Minecraft name tag as a transparent PNG with a green [VIP] rank and the name Steve in white](/nametag/nametag-png-example.png)
Frequently asked questions
Still have questions?
If you cannot find what you are looking for, ask us on Discord: installation, licensing or which pack fits you. The team that makes the presets answers.
The same ones as the game: &0 to &f for the 16 colors, &l bold, &o italic, &n underline, &m strikethrough and &r to start over. Text that uses § works too.
Yes. The dark box behind the name is optional, and everything outside the nametag is transparent, so you can drop it over your video or thumbnail without cropping.
Yes, with Unlimited tools. Pick an animation and download the MOV: it's a QuickTime file with an alpha channel, so it sits on top of your video in Premiere, After Effects, DaVinci or Final Cut with no background to remove. Record it cropped to the text or on a 1920 × 1080, 1080 × 1920, 1080 × 1080 or 4K canvas. If you'd rather have an MP4, it comes on a chroma, black or white background. Previewing the animations and the PNG are free.
Vanilla is the game's exact 16 colors. Pastel is that same table softened: over a video it reads better and is easier on the eyes.
It's Minecraftia, the pixel typeface the community uses to match the game. It only has one weight, so bold and italic are simulated by the browser, just like Minecraft does with its own font.
Make the name tag here, download it as a transparent PNG and place it above the head in your editor (Photoshop, PhotoStar, Canva or CapCut). If you resize it, use no smoothing so the pixels stay sharp. Our guide walks through it step by step.
There are 16: &0 black, &1 dark blue, &2 dark green, &3 dark aqua, &4 dark red, &5 dark purple, &6 gold, &7 grey, &8 dark grey, &9 blue, &a green, &b aqua, &c red, &d light purple, &e yellow and &f white. They work the same with § instead of &.