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+package com.falsepattern.lib.text;
+
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.val;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.FontRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.util.ChatComponentText;
+import net.minecraft.util.ChatStyle;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Universal escape sequence-based text rendering and chat messages.
+ */
+public final class FormattedText {
+    private static final Map<Character, EnumChatFormatting> reverseMap = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<EnumChatFormatting, Color> colorMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private static final char ESCAPE = '\u00a7';
+    static {
+        for (val value: EnumChatFormatting.values()) {
+            reverseMap.put(value.getFormattingCode(), value);
+            if (value.isColor()) {
+                final int rgb;
+                switch (value.getFormattingCode()) {
+                    default:  rgb = 0x000000; break;
+                    case '1': rgb = 0x0000AA; break;
+                    case '2': rgb = 0x00AA00; break;
+                    case '3': rgb = 0x00AAAA; break;
+                    case '4': rgb = 0xAA0000; break;
+                    case '5': rgb = 0xAA00AA; break;
+                    case '6': rgb = 0xFFAA00; break;
+                    case '7': rgb = 0xAAAAAA; break;
+                    case '8': rgb = 0x555555; break;
+                    case '9': rgb = 0x5555FF; break;
+                    case 'a': rgb = 0x55FF55; break;
+                    case 'b': rgb = 0x55FFFF; break;
+                    case 'c': rgb = 0xFF5555; break;
+                    case 'd': rgb = 0xFF55FF; break;
+                    case 'e': rgb = 0xFFFF55; break;
+                    case 'f': rgb = 0xFFFFFF; break;
+                }
+                colorMap.put(value, new Color(rgb));
+            }
+            try {
+                Field colorF = Color.class.getDeclaredField(value.getFriendlyName());
+                colorMap.put(value, (Color)colorF.get(null));
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ignored) {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final String text;
+
+    private final EnumChatFormatting colorStyle;
+    private final Set<EnumChatFormatting> fancyStyles = new HashSet<>();
+
+    private final List<FormattedText> siblings = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private final boolean endLine;
+
+    private FormattedText(@NonNull String text, @NonNull EnumChatFormatting colorStyle, @NonNull Set<EnumChatFormatting> fancyStyles, boolean endLine) {
+        this.text = text;
+        this.fancyStyles.addAll(fancyStyles);
+        this.colorStyle = colorStyle;
+        this.endLine = endLine;
+    }
+
+    public static FormattedText parse(String text) {
+        EnumChatFormatting currentColorStyle = EnumChatFormatting.WHITE;
+        val currentFancyStyle = new HashSet<EnumChatFormatting>();
+        FormattedText result = null;
+        val accumulator = new StringBuilder();
+        int length = text.length();
+        boolean format = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            char c = text.charAt(i);
+            if (format) {
+                val f = reverseMap.get(c);
+                if (f == null)
+                    continue;
+                if (f == EnumChatFormatting.RESET) {
+                    currentColorStyle = EnumChatFormatting.WHITE;
+                    currentFancyStyle.clear();
+                } else if (f.isColor()) {
+                    currentColorStyle = f;
+                } else if (f.isFancyStyling()) {
+                    currentFancyStyle.add(f);
+                }
+                format = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (c == ESCAPE || c == '\n') {
+                format = c == ESCAPE;
+                val txt = new FormattedText(accumulator.toString(), currentColorStyle, currentFancyStyle, c == '\n');
+                if (result == null)
+                    result = txt;
+                else
+                    result.siblings.add(txt);
+                accumulator.setLength(0);
+                continue;
+            }
+            accumulator.append(c);
+        }
+        if (accumulator.length() > 0) {
+            val txt = new FormattedText(accumulator.toString(), currentColorStyle, currentFancyStyle, true);
+            if (result == null)
+                result = txt;
+            else
+                result.siblings.add(txt);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public ChatComponentText toChatText() {
+        val result = new ChatComponentText(endLine ? text + "\n" : "");
+        val style = new ChatStyle();
+        if (colorStyle != null) {
+            style.setColor(colorStyle);
+        }
+        for (val fancyStyle: fancyStyles) {
+            switch (fancyStyle) {
+                case OBFUSCATED:
+                    style.setObfuscated(true);
+                    break;
+                case BOLD:
+                    style.setBold(true);
+                    break;
+                case STRIKETHROUGH:
+                    style.setStrikethrough(true);
+                    break;
+                case UNDERLINE:
+                    style.setUnderlined(true);
+                    break;
+                case ITALIC:
+                    style.setItalic(true);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        result.setChatStyle(style);
+        for (val sibling: siblings) {
+            result.appendSibling(sibling.toChatText());
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public void draw(FontRenderer renderer, int x, int y) {
+        draw(renderer, x, y, false);
+    }
+
+    public void drawWithShadow(FontRenderer renderer, int x, int y) {
+        draw(renderer, x, y, true);
+    }
+
+    public void draw(FontRenderer renderer, int x, int y, boolean shadow) {
+        x += renderer.drawString(text, x, y, colorMap.get(colorStyle).getRGB(), shadow);
+        if (endLine)
+            y += renderer.FONT_HEIGHT;
+        for (val sibling: siblings) {
+            x += renderer.drawString(sibling.text, x, y, colorMap.get(sibling.colorStyle).getRGB(), shadow);
+        }
+    }
+}