[Fountain](http://fountain.io/) is a simple markup language for writing screenplays in plain text.
With Fountain, you can write a screenplay in any text editor without worrying about spacing and margins and indentation. Once you put it through a conversion utility like [Highland](https://screenwriting.io/what-is-highland/), it will come out in [proper screenplay format](https://screenwriting.io/what-is-standard-screenplay-format/).
So this:
JIRO (O.S.)
Something smells fishy…
Becomes this:
JIRO (O.S.)
Something smells fishy...
Since Fountain is just plain text, it’s future-proof. You’ll never run into problems with obsolete file formats or incompatible software.
### More from johnaugust.com
* [Introducing Fountain](http://johnaugust.com/2012/introducing-fountain “Introducing Fountain”)
* [Say hello to Highland](http://johnaugust.com/2012/say-hello-to-highland “Say hello to Highland”)
* [What format should I send my script in?](http://johnaugust.com/2005/what-format-should-i-send-my-script-in “What format should I send my script in?”)
* [How to convert a PDF to Final Draft](http://johnaugust.com/2013/how-to-convert-a-pdf-to-final-draft “How to convert a PDF to Final Draft”)
* [Introducing Fountain](http://johnaugust.com/2012/introducing-fountain “Introducing Fountain”)
* [Say hello to Highland](http://johnaugust.com/2012/say-hello-to-highland “Say hello to Highland”)
* [What format should I send my script in?](http://johnaugust.com/2005/what-format-should-i-send-my-script-in “What format should I send my script in?”)
* [How to convert a PDF to Final Draft](http://johnaugust.com/2013/how-to-convert-a-pdf-to-final-draft “How to convert a PDF to Final Draft”)