Open FOUNTAIN files in your browser
The plain text way to write a screenplay, in any text editor. Read one right here as it prints, title page and all. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your screenplay opens on Letter pages in Courier 12, set as it prints.
- Scene headings, action, dialogue and transitions in place
- Contents • Jump to a scene
- Search • Every match counted
- Export • Save as PDF, PNG, JPEG or Markdown
About FOUNTAIN
Screenwriter John August and filmmaker Stu Maschwitz made Fountain in 2012, so a screenplay could be written as plain text in any editor. Highland, Slugline, Fade In, WriterDuet and Final Draft read it.
A Fountain reads like a script: a line in capitals starting INT. or EXT. is a scene heading, a name in capitals above a line is dialogue, a line ending in TO: is a transition, and *, ** and _ mark italics, bold and underline. Notes, sections and the boneyard stay off the pages.
Filepeek sets it on Letter pages in Courier 12 as a script prints: the title page from its first lines, scene headings and action across the page, characters and dialogue indented, and transitions to the right. Contents jumps to each scene, and Show as text shows the Fountain itself.
Fountain screenplay
.fountain
Format
- MIME type
- text/plain
- Made by
- John August and Stu Maschwitz
- Released
- 2012
Inside the file
- Holds
- A screenplay as plain text
- Markup
- Written like a script
- Title page
- Lines of Key: value
- Made in
- Any text editor
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens Fountain scripts in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers show them as plain text.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open FOUNTAIN
- WindowsFade In and WriterDuet • Notepad shows its text
- MacHighland and Slugline • TextEdit shows its text
- iPhone and iPadSlugline and Fade In Mobile
- AndroidFade In Mobile
Questions
How do I read a Fountain file as a script?
Drop it on this page. It shows on pages as it would print, with its title page and its scenes in Contents.
Can I turn a Fountain file into a PDF?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as PDF to print its pages.
Why is a line in the wrong place?
Fountain tells each line's kind from how it's written, so a scene heading needs a blank line before it, and a name must be in capitals right above its dialogue. A ! at the start forces action, a . a scene heading and an @ a character.