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Write-ConsoleText accepts the parameters and aliases of Write-Color from PSWriteColor. ConsoleMonster does not define a Write-Color or wc alias, so the two modules can be loaded in the same session.

write-consoletext.ps1 Windows PowerShell 5.1

Deploying FS01 to Production
        √ copied 1,204 files
        Status: healthy
Collecting inventory ................... done
                                      Release 2026.10 is live

PowerShellwrite-consoletext.ps1

Write-ConsoleText -Text 'Deploying ', 'FS01', ' to ', 'Production' -Color Gray, Cyan, Gray, Yellow
Write-ConsoleText -Markup '[pass]√[/] copied 1,204 files' -StartTab 1
Write-ConsoleText -Text 'Status: ', 'healthy' -Color DarkGray, Green -StartSpaces 8
Write-ConsoleText -Text 'Collecting inventory ' -Color Gray -PadRight 40 -PadCharacter '.' -NoNewLine
Write-ConsoleText -Text ' done' -Color Green
Write-ConsoleText -Text 'Release 2026.10 is live' -Gradient '#38bdf8', '#c084fc' -HorizontalCenter

Write-ConsoleText on Windows PowerShell 5.1: pieces with colours, markup, tabs, spaces, padding with a character and a gradient.

Parameters

Write-Color	Write-ConsoleText	Notes
`-Text` (`-T`)	`-Text` (`-T`)	Pieces are literal. Rich text from `New-ConsoleText` is accepted too.
`-Color` (`-C`, `-ForegroundColor`, `-FGC`)	same	Also theme roles, `#RRGGBB`, `rgb()` and `r,g,b`. Extra pieces take the first colour, as in Write-Color. Without `-Color` the terminal's own colour is used; Write-Color uses White.
`-BackGroundColor` (`-B`, `-BGC`)	same	Counts don't have to match: extra pieces take the first background.
`-StartTab` (`-Indent`)	same	Eight cells per tab.
`-StartSpaces`, `-LinesBefore`, `-LinesAfter`	same
`-ShowTime`, `-DateTimeFormat` (`-DateFormat`, `-TimeFormat`)	same
`-NoNewLine`	same	Works in transcripts, jobs and the host route too.
`-HorizontalCenter`	same	Measured in terminal cells, so emoji and CJK centre correctly.
`-LogFile` (`-L`), `-LogTime` (`-LogTimeStamp`), `-LogRetry`	same	Appends under a file lock, with retries and warnings as in Write-Color.
`-Encoding`	same	A new log defaults to UTF-8 without a byte order mark; Write-Color defaults to UTF-16. Appending to an existing log keeps its encoding, so last month's Write-Color log stays UTF-16, and a contradicting `-Encoding` warns.
`-NoConsoleOutput` (`-HideConsole`)	same

Parameters that Write-ConsoleText adds

Parameter	What it does
`-Markup`, `-Style`, `-Link`, `-Role`, `-Gradient`	Markup after the pieces, decorations, hyperlinks, theme roles and colour gradients.
`-PadLeft`, `-PadRight`, `-PadCenter`, `-PadCharacter`	Padding in terminal cells.
`-Wrap`, `-Width`	Wraps with a hanging indent under the time and prefix.
`-SplitLines`	Splits at a separator and aligns the following lines under the first.
`-LogFormat Text`, `Csv` or `JsonLines`, `-LogSeparator`, `-Level`, `-Category`	Structured logs.

Where the two behave differently

In transcripts, each call is one line.
In jobs and remoting, the colours travel with the output as information records.
Redirected output is plain text.
ConsoleColor names render as PowerShell shows them: DarkRed is ANSI red and Red is bright red, so a script looks the same as with Write-Host -ForegroundColor.

For a line that updates in place, use Write-ConsoleStatus 'Copying ', $file -Color Gray, Cyan -Spinner -ShowElapsed and end it with -Complete. Outside a real console it writes plain lines.