Fountain Syntax
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Scene Headers start with INT. or EXT. Force Scene Headers by starting the line with a period (.) Character Cues are UPPERCASE Dialogue follows a Character or Parenthetical For Dual Dialogue add a caret ^ after the second Character element Parentheticals are wrapped in (parentheses) Transition...
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Basic text formatting in Fountain uses Markdown syntax. Cheat sheets for both Fountain and Markdown are available from the Help menu. *bold* or (Command + B) *italic* or (Command + I) _underline_ or (Command + U) > centered < right align > `code` +highlight+ or (Shift + +) ~~...
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Sections start with one or more # Synopses start with = Notes are wrapped in [[double brackets]] Page Breaks are three or more equal signs === Term Lists are formatted as Key :: Value Boneyards are wrapped in /omit tags/ Scene Numbers follow scene headers, wrapped by # (#1#) {{INCLUDE: (fi...
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How do I format dual-dialogue?
To write Dual Dialogue, add a caret ^ after the second Character name. In the PDF or Preview, Highland will format the dual-dialogue correctly. For example to put Mary and Tom's dialogue side-by-side, you would type: ``` MARY So it has buzzwords. TOM^ Buzzwords. ``` -
{{HEADER: title }} or {{FOOTER: title }} sets the page header and/or footer. There are a number of additional options that can be included in the header or footer directive. Examples are shown for the page header only, but are interchangeable with the footer. {{HEADER: %p }} current page numb...