Sign/History

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Assets[]

Java Edition[]

From version		rotation																Further info
From version		0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Further info
Infdev 20100607			File:Oak Sign (1) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (2) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (3) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (4) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (5) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (6) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (7) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (8) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (9) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (10) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (11) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (12) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (13) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (14) JE1.png	File:Oak Sign (15) JE1.png	Introduction
Alpha v1.0.1			File:Oak Sign (1) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (2) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (3) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (4) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (5) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (6) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (7) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (8) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (9) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (10) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (11) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (12) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (13) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (14) JE2.png	File:Oak Sign (15) JE2.png	Model is now smaller
Beta 1.8	Pre-release	File:Oak Sign (0) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (1) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (2) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (3) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (4) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (5) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (6) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (7) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (8) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (9) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (10) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (11) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (12) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (13) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (14) JE3.png	File:Oak Sign (15) JE3.png	Changed lighting
1.8	14w34a																	Changed lighting
1.17	21w11a																	Changed texture and lighting
1.18	21w39a																	The default brightness has been changed from "Moody" to 50.

Sign "items"[]

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Java Edition Infdev
20100607		Signs have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 63.
20100607		When placed, no text input will appear, and the sign always faces south.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1		Wall signs have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 68.
v1.0.1		When placed, an invalid data value of the wall sign block, likely but not confirmed to be 0, which has a full block hitbox but faces south, is created.
Java Edition Beta
1.6	Test Build 3	Sign items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 5th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 16th slot of the 6th chest from the left.
1.6	Test Build 3	Wall sign items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 10th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 21st slot of the 6th chest from the left.
1.8	Pre-release 2 ;)	Added pick block functionality. This will change the currently selected slot to any containing one of the otherwise-unobtainable sign items, but will not allow it to be obtained if not already in the hotbar.
1.8	release	Debug chests no longer spawn, preventing sign and wall sign items from being obtained this way.
Java Edition
1.2.5	pre	Pick Block now returns the actually obtainable sign item.
1.3.1	12w15a	Both sign items can now be obtained via Pick Block in creative.
	12w16a	Pick Block once again returns the actually obtainable sign item.
	12w16a	Sign and wall sign items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the `/give` command using the respective numeric IDs.
1.7.2	13w37a	The direct item forms of signs and wall signs have been removed from the game. They can no longer exist as items in any way, only as placed blocks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0		Standing signs exist as an item and can be obtained through inventory editors.
v0.5.0		The standing sign item, when placed, will always place the sign facing south, regardless of the player's facing direction.^[1]
v0.5.0		Wall signs exist as an item.
Unknown
?		When placed, wall signs would place a wall sign block which was visually attached east and had a full block hitbox.^[2]
Bedrock Edition
?		Birch, spruce, jungle, acacia and dark oak wall signs exist as an item.
Legacy Console Edition
?		Oak wall signs exist as an item.^[3]

Appearances[]

Oak Sign[]

Java Edition Infdev
20100607		The oak sign item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
20100608		The oak sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
20100608		This is likely due to a fix for the particles used for the sign, to make them use wood particles rather than grass as it did previously.
Java Edition Alpha
?		The oak sign item uses the aforementioned texture when held in third person.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5	The oak sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5	This is due to the oak planks texture changing in this version.
1.4.2	12w34a	The oak sign item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0		The oak sign item uses this texture.

Oak Wall Sign[]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1		The oak wall sign item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
?		The oak wall sign item uses the aforementioned texture when held in third person.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5	The oak wall sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5	This is due to the oak planks texture changing in this version.
1.4.2	12w34a	The oak wall sign item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame.
Bedrock Edition
?		Oak wall signs use this texture.^[4]
Legacy Console Edition
?		Oak wall signs use this texture.^[3]