text alignment (must be the start of the message):
~~ - centered
~> - align right
<> - justify

text speed control:
{ - slow down
} - speed up

slash codes:
\f - screen flash
\s - screen shake
\n - line break

inline color formatting characters:
` (backtick) = green
~ (tilde) = red
| (pipe character) = orange
() (parenthesis) = blue
º (U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR) = yellow
№ (U+2116 NUMERO SIGN) = magenta
√ (U+221A SQUARE ROOT) = cyan
[] (square brackets) = gray

formatting codes can be printed as-is by escaping them with a backslash (\)