To put down any kind of text in Minecraft, players have to use the sign block. Signs are boring, pale and the text size is small. Which is why most of the time, no one bothers reading them. The best you can do with signs is change the text color by using a few codes before the actual text. Another problem with writing text this way is, using them on servers does not get the point across. If you have your own server and want to let the players know a few things about the server and its rules right at spawn, using signs is the worst idea. The player will most probably look past and mind their own business. That is where Hover note come in. Hover note in Minecraft is floating text put in place using command blocks. There are a few other methods to use Hover notes as well. But the easiest way is through a command block.
How to use Hover note in Minecraft?
To use hover note, you need to first get the command block. To get the command block, type the following command in the chat – /give @p command_block
When you get the command block in your inventory, place it down and right click it. In the new interface that opens, look at the top left corner. There will be a dialog box titled Hover Note. Write the required text in that dialog box and do not change any other settings. Let the default settings be as it is. After typing the text into the dialog box, clos the command block interface. You will see the text floating above the command block.
That is the simplest way to use hover note in Minecraft. You can combine a bunch of things with the hover notes and command blocks. The hover note can act as a hint for players to interact with a button or a lever next to the command block. You can add other commands to the command block with the hover note. Only make sure to stay within the default settings.
Other alternatives:
You can have floating text that is not attached to anything. Just clean simple text floating in the air. You can do this by spawning in an NPC and assigning the hover text as its name. First, spawn in an NPC using the following command – /summon npc
This will summon an NPC. Now, change its name to the text you want to see as the hover note. Place down a command block and set it to Repeat, Unconditional and Always active. After that, type the following command in the command input – /playanimation @e[type=npc,r=5] animation.creeper.swelling I 99
This will make the NPC disappear with its name, that is the hover text floating in the air, ready to greet everyone that enters your Minecraft world!
