F4D3R by HIGHBAUD v1.0.0

Late-90s AOL chat fader, recreated for 2026.

Download

F4D3R.exe — standalone Windows app, no install needed. Double-click to run.

What it does

Generates per-character color-faded text in three formats:

• AOL HTML — classic per-char <FONT COLOR> soup with optional bold/italic/underline + background colors
• Discord ANSI — colored ```ansi code blocks (8-color palette, bold/underline, fg + bg)
• Plain Unicode — 12 styles (bold, italic, script, fraktur, mono, circled, fullwidth, ...) that survive on Twitter/X, Discord names, Instagram

Plus: 9 color presets, case transforms (incl. sPoNgEbOb), Zalgo, scroller mode, per-word coloring, and a vaporwave splash + cityscape backdrop.

Notes

• First launch may show Windows SmartScreen ("Unknown publisher") — click More info -> Run anyway. The EXE is unsigned.
• ~28 MB; bundles Python + Pillow + assets. Cold start takes a couple seconds while it unpacks.