# Nick Characters

These are the characters a nickname may contain while `modules/nick.yml` has `ascii-only: true` (the default). The check looks at the visible text; color and formatting tags like `<red>` do not count. The rule applies to `/nick set`, `/nick setother` and the web panel.

Why so strict: letters from other scripts (Cyrillic а instead of a), invisible characters and emoji would make names forgeable or show up as an empty box in the game. Every character here renders cleanly in Minecraft's own font.

## Letters

```chars
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
```

## Digits

```chars
0123456789
```

## Punctuation

The space character is allowed as well.

```chars
!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
```

## Symbols

This list lives in `nick.allowed-symbols` and can be shortened or extended in the config. Emoji are rejected even when listed there.

```chars
★☆✦✧♥♡♦♣♠•◆◇●○■□▲▼►◄→←↑↓↔♪♫☀☾✓✗❀✿
```

Not allowed: umlauts (ä ö ü ß), accents (é ñ), emoji (⭐ 😀), invisible characters and all letters from other scripts. To allow everything, set `ascii-only: false`.