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Fountain is a free and open-source plain text markup language that makes it possible to write a formatted screenplay in any text editor, on any device, using any software that edits text files.〔Echo Hub: ''(Fountain: Scriptwriting Made Easier )''〕 Fountain (which got its name from ''Fountain Avenue'', the famous Hollywood shortcut〔(Introducing Fountain ): ''Asked for advice on the best way an aspiring starlet could get into Hollywood, Bette Davis supposedly replied, “Take Fountain.”''〕) was inspired by John Gruber’s Markdown, and has its origins in two different and non-related projects: ''Scrippets'', developed by John August and Nima Yousefi, and ''Screenplay Markdown,'' developed by Stu Maschwitz. ==History== In 2004, John August, who has written four screenplays for Tim Burton,〔''Big Fish'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Corpse Bride'', ''Frankenweenie''〕 was looking for a Markdown-like syntax for formatting text documents into screenplay form. In 2008, he and Yousefi released ''Scrippets'', a plug-in for WordPress and other platforms that allowed users to embed short sections of a screenplay in blog posts and forums, using formatting hinted from plain text.〔WordPress: ''(WP Scrippets )''〕 At the same time, Maschwitz, software director of Red Giant Software and co-founder of The Orphanage, was working on a similar but more extensive project, ''Screenplay Markdown'', that allowed plain text to be interpreted into a screenplay format.〔prolost.com: ''(Screenplay Markdown )''〕 When August and Maschwitz realized they were both working on similar text-based screenplay formats, they decided to merge their projects together, and the result was ''Fountain. ''〔prolost.com: ''(Fountain )''〕〔The Next Web: ''(Fountain is a new markup language for writing screenplays )''〕〔NoFilmSchool: ''(John August and Stu Maschwitz Release 'Fountain,' a Handy Screenwriting Tool / Markup Language )''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fountain (markup language)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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