Each chat message is laid out in two columns: a compact metadata column and the message text.
The Metadata Column
The narrow left column shows the author's nickname — or, for system lines, an origin label such as System, Error, Service or MOTD — on the first line, with a smaller, muted timestamp beneath it. The nickname stays clickable for the hover card, private messages and the context menu.
Sender Icons
A small pixel-art icon sits in front of each name to signal where the line came from at a glance: a user glyph for anything a person typed, and distinct glyphs for System, Service, Error, Server, Help and deleted lines. The nickname itself is shown a little larger and bolder, while the timestamp is smaller, so your eye lands on who spoke first.
Why It Looks This Way
The message text gets the wider column and a slightly larger font, so it reads well on phones as well as desktop — without dropping the retro monospace identity. Nicknames are shown plainly, with no surrounding angle brackets, and the timestamp carries the full date and time in its hover tooltip.
