diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/entity/SignBlockEntityTranslator.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/entity/SignBlockEntityTranslator.java
index a92fac599..61ca4fa9c 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/entity/SignBlockEntityTranslator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/world/block/entity/SignBlockEntityTranslator.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.world.block.entity;
 
 import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.CompoundTag;
+import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import com.nukkitx.nbt.NbtMapBuilder;
 import org.geysermc.connector.network.translators.chat.MessageTranslator;
 import org.geysermc.connector.utils.SignUtils;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class SignBlockEntityTranslator extends BlockEntityTranslator {
     /**
      * Maps a color stored in a sign's Color tag to a Bedrock Edition formatting code.
      * <br>
-     * The color names correspond to dye names, because of this we can't use {@link MessageTranslator#getColor(String)}.
+     * The color names correspond to dye names, because of this we can't use a more global method.
      *
      * @param javaColor The dye color stored in the sign's Color tag.
      * @return A Bedrock Edition formatting code for valid dye colors, otherwise an empty string.
@@ -101,27 +102,34 @@ public class SignBlockEntityTranslator extends BlockEntityTranslator {
             String signLine = getOrDefault(tag.getValue().get("Text" + currentLine), "");
             signLine = MessageTranslator.convertMessageLenient(signLine);
 
-            // Trim any trailing formatting codes
-            if (signLine.length() > 2 && signLine.toCharArray()[signLine.length() - 2] == '\u00a7') {
-                signLine = signLine.substring(0, signLine.length() - 2);
-            }
-
             // Check the character width on the sign to ensure there is no overflow that is usually hidden
             // to Java Edition clients but will appear to Bedrock clients
             int signWidth = 0;
             StringBuilder finalSignLine = new StringBuilder();
+            boolean previousCharacterWasFormatting = false; // Color changes do not count for maximum width
             for (char c : signLine.toCharArray()) {
-                signWidth += SignUtils.getCharacterWidth(c);
+                if (c == '\u00a7') {
+                    // Don't count this character
+                    previousCharacterWasFormatting = true;
+                } else if (previousCharacterWasFormatting) {
+                    // Don't count this character either
+                    previousCharacterWasFormatting = false;
+                } else {
+                    signWidth += SignUtils.getCharacterWidth(c);
+                }
+
                 if (signWidth <= SignUtils.BEDROCK_CHARACTER_WIDTH_MAX) {
                     finalSignLine.append(c);
                 } else {
+                    // Adding the character would make Bedrock move to the next line - Java doesn't do that, so we do not want to
                     break;
                 }
             }
 
             // Java Edition 1.14 added the ability to change the text color of the whole sign using dye
-            if (tag.contains("Color")) {
-                signText.append(getBedrockSignColor(tag.get("Color").getValue().toString()));
+            Tag color = tag.get("Color");
+            if (color != null) {
+                signText.append(getBedrockSignColor(color.getValue().toString()));
             }
 
             signText.append(finalSignLine.toString());