You can modify various options related to PDF Export in the settings, under "Fountain PDF Export".Īnd to get an approximate duration of your screenplay, just look at your status bar, in the bottom right corner. You can open the live preview and export to PDF by opening the command palette ( Ctrl+Shift+P or F1) and searching for "Fountain". fountain file in Visual Studio Code, and everything should work as expected. And because it's an extension for vscode, it's free and cross-platform, and you get lots of other cool features such as integrated source control and near-infinite extensibility. With the addition of autocomplete and syntax highlighting, you have the ultimate clutter-free ultra-fast solution for writing screenplays. Writing with fountain lets you focus on the essential.
Live preview of the formatted screenplay.Includes sections, scenes, notes, and synopses (the visiblity of each type of item being easily and quickly toggleable).Possible to highlight any specified characters in the PDF.
Includes scenes and sections as PDF bookmarks, for easy navigation in your reader of choice.Smart autocomplete for recurring characters and scenes, as well as title page keys.
Full syntax highlighting (even for stuff like lyrics!).Just text and a handfull of unintruding features which remove even more friction between the story in your head and a finished screenplay.Īnd because it's an extension for vscode, you get access to some incredibly advanced features, such as Real-time collaboration with other screenwriters - Better Fountain is the only free and open-source screenwriting tool which allows you to use such features. Unlike other screenwriting software (such as Final Draft) BetterFountain focuses on removing friction between you and the text - there's no page breaks, no large unintuitive menus and overlapping windows, no delays when you press "Enter" after having written some dialogue, no slow loading documents, none of that. This is an extension for Visual Studio Code which allows you to write screenplays using the fountain syntax quickly and efficiently.