# Fountain screenplay markup syntax

- id: src_01M569C6JB38MFCZ4DVFS82ZZ6
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01, T03 · tags: level:established, screenplay-format, plain-text, interchange, screenplay, format, markup
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:23:10.786Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569C6JB38MFCZ4DVFS82ZZ6

Source: https://fountain.io/syntax

L07 2026-10-17: merged duplicate records from lane-a:fountain-screenplay-markup (same canonical URL).

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "Fountain 1.1 (changelog entry '1.1 – March 14, 2014'); no newer version mentioned on the page",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://fountain.io/syntax"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "The plain-text screenplay format agents can read and write without proprietary tools; defines scene headings, action, character, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions, sections and synopses. Storyboarder reads it; the founder's Scene Lock parses screenplay text into typed elements.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Quote-Unquote Apps (footer)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Early-draft format only; no production-draft features (revision marks, locked pages)."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2014-03-14T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Elements: Scene Headings, Action, Character, Dialogue, Parenthetical, Dual Dialogue, Lyrics, Transition, Centered Text, Emphasis, Title Page, Page Breaks, Notes and Boneyard, Sections and Synopses. · locator: syntax sections · source: https://fountain.io/syntax
- [sourced_fact] 'the golden rule of Fountain is simple: make it look like a screenplay.' · locator: intro · source: https://fountain.io/syntax
- [sourced_fact] Latest listed version 1.1, March 14, 2014; version 1.0 (Feb 7, 2012) merged SPMD and Fountain. · locator: version history · source: https://fountain.io/syntax
- [sourced_fact] Fountain is described as a simple markup syntax for writing, editing and sharing screenplays in plain text; the golden rule is 'make it look like a screenplay'. · locator: page text · source: https://fountain.io/
- [sourced_fact] Syntax page defines scene headings (INT/EXT or leading period), uppercase character names, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions ending in TO. · locator: page text · source: https://fountain.io/syntax
- [sourced_fact] Fountain intentionally omits production features such as MOREs, CONTINUEDs, revision marks, locked pages and colored pages. · locator: page text · source: https://fountain.io/
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
- [sourced_fact] The syntax page's changelog lists version 1.1 dated March 14, 2014 as the latest entry. · locator: page changelog · source: https://fountain.io/syntax

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · No license statement on the syntax page; footer '(c) 2023 Quote-Unquote Apps'. · evidence: https://fountain.io/syntax

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