{
 "id": "fountain-markup-language-file",
 "name": "Fountain Markup Language File",
 "category": "markup",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "spmd",
   "fountain"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1846"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q28756583"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "5469746c653a"
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "Fountain is a free and open source markup language designed for writing formatted screenplays. It is saved as UTF-8 text, and as such can be viewed and written in a simple text editor, and saved with the extension .txt, but is also compatible with programmes such as Storyist or Trelby. Fountain is the result of the merging of two lauguages; Scrippets by John August and Nima Yousefi, and Screenplay Markdown by Stu Maschwitz.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "Amazon Storywriter",
   "url": "https://storywriter.amazon.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Celtx",
   "url": "http://www.celtx.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "Mozilla Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Scripto",
   "url": "https://scripto.live/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Smultron",
   "url": "https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Storyist",
   "url": "http://storyist.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1846",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1846",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q28756583",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28756583",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Fountain",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}