# Server Chat Heads<\/p>\n
> *Plz Mojang optimize font rendering*<\/p>\n
Use player heads in chat and more via placeholders! Credits to CatDevz for making the original Minestom code.<\/p>\n
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## How it works
\nWhen a player joins its skin gets downloaded and the colors of the pixels of the face get extracted and put in a `User UUID, TextColor[][]` Map, when the placeholder gets invoked, it searches for the user in that map and tries to print the head in chat using negative spaces and a custom pixel font.<\/p>\n
## Placeholders
\n| Placeholder | Function |
\n|——————————-|————————–|
\n| `%chatheads:player%` | Print the invoker’s head |
\n| `%chatheads:player [target]%` | Print the target’s head |<\/p>\n
## Bleeding edge builds
\nUpstream builds are available in via GitHub Actions.<\/p>\n
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## Credits
\n– **CatDevz** for making the original Minestom code
\n– **Camper_Samu (me)** for making the [Fabric](fabricmc.net) port
\n– **TheEpicBlock** for PolyMC
\n– **Patbox** for Polymer, a part of PolyMC and the core of many Serverside mods (like this one)
\n– Fabric Server-Side Development Discord for helping me while making this mod and other mods (like WAYF? or PolyForgery)<\/p>\n
## License<\/p>\n
This template is available under the GPLv3 license. Feel free to learn from it and incorporate it in your own projects following the license’s guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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