console.style

A simple NPM package that lets you easily customize your console.logs!

Easy to use and fast to setup, console.style boasts a large amount of customization.

Setup

The package is really easy to install from NPM. Just run npm install @anicetus/console-style

Example script:

const consoleStyle = require("console-style");

// string, font color, background color, style, [newline?], [use the last format?]
consoleStyle('Error at line xx col xx', 'red', 'black', 'bold');

consoleStyle('GO!', 'green');
consoleStyle('slow...', 'yellow');
consoleStyle('STOP!', 'red');

List of example functions:

Here are a few examples!

consoleStyle('Normal text\n');

consoleStyle("White, bold text\n", "white", "black", "bold");

consoleStyle("Red, italic text\n", "red", "black", "italic");

consoleStyle("Green underlined\n", "green", "black", "underline");

consoleStyle("Purple background and overline\n", "white", "purple", "overline");

consoleStyle("Black on yellow with a strikethrough\n", "black", "yellow", "strikethrough");

consoleStyle("Blinking bright-red text\n", 'brightred', undefined, 'blinking');

consoleStyle("no newline after, ", undefined, undefined, undefined, false);
consoleStyle('and no newline before!\n\n');

consoleStyle('Save this formatting for later\n', 'brightwhite', 'blue', 'bold');
consoleStyle('I keep the last formatting!', undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, true);

consoleStyle('\nMultiple styles!!\n', undefined, undefined, ['bold', 'italic', 'blinking', 'underline']);

List of all colors:

Colors

font colors:

normal
black
red
green
yellow
blue
magenta
purple
cyan
white
gray
brightblack
brightred
brightgreen
brightyellow
brightblue
brightmagenta
brightcyan
brightwhite

background colors:

normal
black
red
green
yellow
blue
magenta
purple
cyan
white
gray

What they look like in different terminals:

Styles:

| Style Names | Additional Names | Description | | ------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | bold | | Makes the text bold. | | faint | dim | Makes the text dim. | | italic | italics, italicize | Makes the text italicized. | | underline | underscore | Underlines the text. | | blink | blinking | Makes the text blink. | | flash | flashing | Makes the text flash. | | invert | inverted, swap, swapped | Inverts the text colors. | | invisible | conceal | Hides the text. | | strikethrough | cross | Strikes through the text. | | frame | framed | Frames the text. (not usually supported) | | encircled | circled | Encircles the text. (not usually supported) | | overline | overscore | Adds a line above the text. | | normal | default | Resets to normal/default style. |

An example output: