diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 521e3f83d..f48431571 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -92,21 +92,17 @@ use pocketmine\level\Level;
 use pocketmine\level\Position;
 use pocketmine\math\Vector3;
 use pocketmine\metadata\MetadataValue;
-use pocketmine\nbt\NbtDataException;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ByteTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\DoubleTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\ListTag;
-use pocketmine\network\BadPacketException;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\CompressBatchPromise;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\NetworkCipher;
-use pocketmine\network\mcpe\NetworkNbtSerializer;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\NetworkSession;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\ProcessLoginTask;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\AdventureSettingsPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\AnimatePacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\AvailableCommandsPacket;
-use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\BlockEntityDataPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\BookEditPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ChunkRadiusUpdatedPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\ClientboundPacket;
@@ -134,7 +130,6 @@ use pocketmine\permission\PermissionAttachment;
 use pocketmine\permission\PermissionAttachmentInfo;
 use pocketmine\permission\PermissionManager;
 use pocketmine\plugin\Plugin;
-use pocketmine\tile\Spawnable;
 use pocketmine\tile\Tile;
 use pocketmine\timings\Timings;
 use pocketmine\utils\TextFormat;
@@ -2457,36 +2452,6 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, ChunkListener,
 		return $handled;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param BlockEntityDataPacket $packet
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 * @throws BadPacketException
-	 */
-	public function handleBlockEntityData(BlockEntityDataPacket $packet) : bool{
-		$this->doCloseInventory();
-
-		$pos = new Vector3($packet->x, $packet->y, $packet->z);
-		if($pos->distanceSquared($this) > 10000){
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		$t = $this->level->getTile($pos);
-		if($t instanceof Spawnable){
-			$nbt = new NetworkNbtSerializer();
-			try{
-				$compound = $nbt->read($packet->namedtag);
-			}catch(NbtDataException $e){
-				throw new BadPacketException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
-			}
-			if(!$t->updateCompoundTag($compound, $this)){
-				$this->level->sendBlocks([$this], [$pos]);
-			}
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	public function handleBookEdit(BookEditPacket $packet) : bool{
 		/** @var WritableBook $oldBook */
 		$oldBook = $this->inventory->getItem($packet->inventorySlot);
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/block/SignPost.php b/src/pocketmine/block/SignPost.php
index 1470fea51..48748c6ed 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/block/SignPost.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/block/SignPost.php
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace pocketmine\block;
 
+use pocketmine\block\utils\SignText;
+use pocketmine\event\block\SignChangeEvent;
 use pocketmine\item\Item;
 use pocketmine\math\AxisAlignedBB;
 use pocketmine\math\Facing;
 use pocketmine\math\Vector3;
 use pocketmine\Player;
+use pocketmine\tile\Sign as TileSign;
+use pocketmine\utils\TextFormat;
+use function array_map;
+use function assert;
 use function floor;
 
 class SignPost extends Transparent{
@@ -35,6 +41,14 @@ class SignPost extends Transparent{
 	/** @var int */
 	protected $rotation = 0;
 
+	/** @var SignText */
+	protected $text;
+
+	public function __construct(BlockIdentifier $idInfo, string $name){
+		parent::__construct($idInfo, $name);
+		$this->text = new SignText();
+	}
+
 	protected function writeStateToMeta() : int{
 		return $this->rotation;
 	}
@@ -43,6 +57,21 @@ class SignPost extends Transparent{
 		$this->rotation = $stateMeta;
 	}
 
+	public function readStateFromWorld() : void{
+		parent::readStateFromWorld();
+		$tile = $this->level->getTile($this);
+		if($tile instanceof TileSign){
+			$this->text = $tile->getText();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function writeStateToWorld() : void{
+		parent::writeStateToWorld();
+		$tile = $this->level->getTile($this);
+		assert($tile instanceof TileSign);
+		$tile->setText($this->text);
+	}
+
 	public function getStateBitmask() : int{
 		return 0b1111;
 	}
@@ -82,4 +111,36 @@ class SignPost extends Transparent{
 	public function getToolType() : int{
 		return BlockToolType::TYPE_AXE;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an object containing information about the sign text.
+	 *
+	 * @return SignText
+	 */
+	public function getText() : SignText{
+		return $this->text;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Called by the player controller (network session) to update the sign text, firing events as appropriate.
+	 *
+	 * @param Player   $author
+	 * @param SignText $text
+	 *
+	 * @return bool if the sign update was successful.
+	 */
+	public function updateText(Player $author, SignText $text) : bool{
+		$removeFormat = $author->getRemoveFormat();
+		$ev = new SignChangeEvent($this, $author, new SignText(array_map(function(string $line) use ($removeFormat){
+			return TextFormat::clean($line, $removeFormat);
+		}, $text->getLines())));
+		$ev->call();
+		if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
+			$this->text = clone $ev->getNewText();
+			$this->level->setBlock($this, $this);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/event/block/SignChangeEvent.php b/src/pocketmine/event/block/SignChangeEvent.php
index 267f00224..66af600e1 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/event/block/SignChangeEvent.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/event/block/SignChangeEvent.php
@@ -23,32 +23,44 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace pocketmine\event\block;
 
-use pocketmine\block\Block;
+use pocketmine\block\SignPost;
+use pocketmine\block\utils\SignText;
 use pocketmine\event\Cancellable;
 use pocketmine\event\CancellableTrait;
 use pocketmine\Player;
-use function count;
 
 /**
- * Called when a sign is changed by a player.
+ * Called when a sign's text is changed by a player.
  */
 class SignChangeEvent extends BlockEvent implements Cancellable{
 	use CancellableTrait;
 
+	/** @var SignPost */
+	private $sign;
+
 	/** @var Player */
 	private $player;
-	/** @var string[] */
-	private $lines = [];
+
+	/** @var SignText */
+	private $text;
 
 	/**
-	 * @param Block    $theBlock
-	 * @param Player   $thePlayer
-	 * @param string[] $theLines
+	 * @param SignPost $sign
+	 * @param Player   $player
+	 * @param SignText $text
 	 */
-	public function __construct(Block $theBlock, Player $thePlayer, array $theLines){
-		parent::__construct($theBlock);
-		$this->player = $thePlayer;
-		$this->setLines($theLines);
+	public function __construct(SignPost $sign, Player $player, SignText $text){
+		parent::__construct($sign);
+		$this->sign = $sign;
+		$this->player = $player;
+		$this->text = $text;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return SignPost
+	 */
+	public function getSign() : SignPost{
+		return $this->sign;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -59,49 +71,29 @@ class SignChangeEvent extends BlockEvent implements Cancellable{
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return string[]
+	 * Returns the text currently on the sign.
+	 *
+	 * @return SignText
 	 */
-	public function getLines() : array{
-		return $this->lines;
+	public function getOldText() : SignText{
+		return $this->sign->getText();
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param int $index 0-3
+	 * Returns the text which will be on the sign after the event.
 	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 *
-	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if the index is out of bounds
+	 * @return SignText
 	 */
-	public function getLine(int $index) : string{
-		if($index < 0 or $index > 3){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Index must be in the range 0-3!");
-		}
-
-		return $this->lines[$index];
+	public function getNewText() : SignText{
+		return $this->text;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param string[] $lines
+	 * Sets the text to be written on the sign after the event.
 	 *
-	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if there are more or less than 4 lines in the passed array
+	 * @param SignText $text
 	 */
-	public function setLines(array $lines) : void{
-		if(count($lines) !== 4){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Array size must be 4!");
-		}
-		$this->lines = $lines;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param int    $index 0-3
-	 * @param string $line
-	 *
-	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException if the index is out of bounds
-	 */
-	public function setLine(int $index, string $line) : void{
-		if($index < 0 or $index > 3){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Index must be in the range 0-3!");
-		}
-		$this->lines[$index] = $line;
+	public function setNewText(SignText $text) : void{
+		$this->text = $text;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/handler/SimpleSessionHandler.php b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/handler/SimpleSessionHandler.php
index 49476ed98..0b93502e1 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/handler/SimpleSessionHandler.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/network/mcpe/handler/SimpleSessionHandler.php
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace pocketmine\network\mcpe\handler;
 
 use pocketmine\block\ItemFrame;
+use pocketmine\block\SignPost;
+use pocketmine\block\utils\SignText;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\action\InventoryAction;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\CraftingTransaction;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\InventoryTransaction;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\TransactionValidationException;
 use pocketmine\math\Vector3;
+use pocketmine\nbt\NbtDataException;
+use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
 use pocketmine\network\BadPacketException;
+use pocketmine\network\mcpe\NetworkNbtSerializer;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\AdventureSettingsPacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\AnimatePacket;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\BlockEntityDataPacket;
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\ReleaseItemTransactionData;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\UseItemOnEntityTransactionData;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\UseItemTransactionData;
 use pocketmine\Player;
+use function base64_encode;
 use function implode;
 use function json_decode;
 use function json_encode;
@@ -385,7 +391,37 @@ class SimpleSessionHandler extends SessionHandler{
 	}
 
 	public function handleBlockEntityData(BlockEntityDataPacket $packet) : bool{
-		return $this->player->handleBlockEntityData($packet);
+		$pos = new Vector3($packet->x, $packet->y, $packet->z);
+		if($pos->distanceSquared($this->player) > 10000){
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$block = $this->player->getLevel()->getBlock($pos);
+		try{
+			$nbt = (new NetworkNbtSerializer())->read($packet->namedtag);
+		}catch(NbtDataException $e){
+			throw new BadPacketException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
+		}
+
+		if($block instanceof SignPost){
+			if($nbt->hasTag("Text", StringTag::class)){
+				try{
+					$text = SignText::fromBlob($nbt->getString("Text"));
+				}catch(\InvalidArgumentException $e){
+					throw new BadPacketException("Invalid sign text update: " . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
+				}
+
+				if(!$block->updateText($this->player, $text)){
+					$this->player->getLevel()->sendBlocks([$this->player], [$block]);
+				}
+
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			$this->player->getServer()->getLogger()->debug("Invalid sign update data from " . $this->player->getName() . ": " . base64_encode($packet->namedtag));
+		}
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	public function handlePlayerInput(PlayerInputPacket $packet) : bool{
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php b/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
index 83fa79fa7..14a034dc4 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
@@ -23,139 +23,78 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace pocketmine\tile;
 
-use pocketmine\event\block\SignChangeEvent;
+use pocketmine\block\SignPost;
+use pocketmine\block\utils\SignText;
+use pocketmine\level\Level;
+use pocketmine\math\Vector3;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
-use pocketmine\Player;
-use pocketmine\utils\TextFormat;
-use function array_map;
 use function array_pad;
 use function array_slice;
 use function explode;
 use function implode;
-use function mb_check_encoding;
 use function mb_scrub;
 use function sprintf;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * @see SignPost
+ */
 class Sign extends Spawnable{
 	public const TAG_TEXT_BLOB = "Text";
 	public const TAG_TEXT_LINE = "Text%d"; //sprintf()able
 
-	private static function fixTextBlob(string $blob) : array{
+	public static function fixTextBlob(string $blob) : array{
 		return array_slice(array_pad(explode("\n", $blob), 4, ""), 0, 4);
 	}
 
-	/** @var string[] */
-	protected $text = ["", "", "", ""];
+	/** @var SignText */
+	protected $text;
+
+	public function __construct(Level $level, Vector3 $pos){
+		$this->text = new SignText();
+		parent::__construct($level, $pos);
+	}
 
 	public function readSaveData(CompoundTag $nbt) : void{
 		if($nbt->hasTag(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, StringTag::class)){ //MCPE 1.2 save format
-			$this->text = self::fixTextBlob($nbt->getString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB));
+			$this->text = SignText::fromBlob(mb_scrub($nbt->getString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB), 'UTF-8'));
 		}else{
-			for($i = 1; $i <= 4; ++$i){
-				$textKey = sprintf(self::TAG_TEXT_LINE, $i);
+			$this->text = new SignText();
+			for($i = 0; $i < SignText::LINE_COUNT; ++$i){
+				$textKey = sprintf(self::TAG_TEXT_LINE, $i + 1);
 				if($nbt->hasTag($textKey, StringTag::class)){
-					$this->text[$i - 1] = $nbt->getString($textKey);
+					$this->text->setLine($i, mb_scrub($nbt->getString($textKey), 'UTF-8'));
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		$this->text = array_map(function(string $line) : string{
-			return mb_scrub($line, 'UTF-8');
-		}, $this->text);
 	}
 
 	protected function writeSaveData(CompoundTag $nbt) : void{
-		$nbt->setString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, implode("\n", $this->text));
+		$nbt->setString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, implode("\n", $this->text->getLines()));
 
-		for($i = 1; $i <= 4; ++$i){ //Backwards-compatibility
-			$textKey = sprintf(self::TAG_TEXT_LINE, $i);
-			$nbt->setString($textKey, $this->getLine($i - 1));
+		for($i = 0; $i < SignText::LINE_COUNT; ++$i){ //Backwards-compatibility
+			$textKey = sprintf(self::TAG_TEXT_LINE, $i + 1);
+			$nbt->setString($textKey, $this->text->getLine($i));
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Changes contents of the specific lines to the string provided.
-	 * Leaves contents of the specific lines as is if null is provided.
-	 *
-	 * @param null|string $line1
-	 * @param null|string $line2
-	 * @param null|string $line3
-	 * @param null|string $line4
+	 * @return SignText
 	 */
-	public function setText(?string $line1 = "", ?string $line2 = "", ?string $line3 = "", ?string $line4 = "") : void{
-		if($line1 !== null){
-			$this->setLine(0, $line1);
-		}
-		if($line2 !== null){
-			$this->setLine(1, $line2);
-		}
-		if($line3 !== null){
-			$this->setLine(2, $line3);
-		}
-		if($line4 !== null){
-			$this->setLine(3, $line4);
-		}
-
-		$this->onChanged();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param int    $index 0-3
-	 * @param string $line
-	 */
-	public function setLine(int $index, string $line) : void{
-		if($index < 0 or $index > 3){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Index must be in the range 0-3!");
-		}
-		if(!mb_check_encoding($line, 'UTF-8')){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Text must be valid UTF-8");
-		}
-
-		$this->text[$index] = $line;
-		$this->onChanged();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param int $index 0-3
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function getLine(int $index) : string{
-		if($index < 0 or $index > 3){
-			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Index must be in the range 0-3!");
-		}
-		return $this->text[$index];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return string[]
-	 */
-	public function getText() : array{
+	public function getText() : SignText{
 		return $this->text;
 	}
 
-	protected function addAdditionalSpawnData(CompoundTag $nbt) : void{
-		$nbt->setString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, implode("\n", $this->text));
+	/**
+	 * @param SignText $text
+	 */
+	public function setText(SignText $text) : void{
+		$this->text = $text;
+		$this->onChanged();
 	}
 
-	public function updateCompoundTag(CompoundTag $nbt, Player $player) : bool{
-		if($nbt->hasTag(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, StringTag::class)){
-			$lines = self::fixTextBlob($nbt->getString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB));
-		}else{
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$removeFormat = $player->getRemoveFormat();
-
-		$ev = new SignChangeEvent($this->getBlock(), $player, array_map(function(string $line) use ($removeFormat){ return TextFormat::clean($line, $removeFormat); }, $lines));
-		$ev->call();
-
-		if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
-			$this->setText(...$ev->getLines());
-
-			return true;
-		}else{
-			return false;
-		}
+	protected function addAdditionalSpawnData(CompoundTag $nbt) : void{
+		$nbt->setString(self::TAG_TEXT_BLOB, implode("\n", $this->text->getLines()));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php b/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
index 2e155acf6..0d707bce2 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\IntTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\NetworkNbtSerializer;
-use pocketmine\Player;
 use function get_class;
 
 abstract class Spawnable extends Tile{
@@ -104,17 +103,4 @@ abstract class Spawnable extends Tile{
 	 * @param CompoundTag $nbt
 	 */
 	abstract protected function addAdditionalSpawnData(CompoundTag $nbt) : void;
-
-	/**
-	 * Called when a player updates a block entity's NBT data
-	 * for example when writing on a sign.
-	 *
-	 * @param CompoundTag $nbt
-	 * @param Player      $player
-	 *
-	 * @return bool indication of success, will respawn the tile to the player if false.
-	 */
-	public function updateCompoundTag(CompoundTag $nbt, Player $player) : bool{
-		return false;
-	}
 }