<s>
Fountain	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
plain	O
text	O
markup	O
language	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
formatted	O
screenplay	O
in	O
any	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
on	O
any	O
device	O
,	O
using	O
any	O
software	O
that	O
edits	O
text	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fountain	B-Language
(	O
which	O
got	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
Fountain	B-Language
Avenue	O
,	O
the	O
famous	O
Hollywood	O
shortcut	O
)	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
John	O
Gruber	O
’s	O
Markdown	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
two	O
different	O
and	O
non-related	O
projects	O
:	O
Scrippets	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
John	O
August	O
and	O
Nima	O
Yousefi	O
,	O
and	O
Screenplay	O
Markdown	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Stu	O
Maschwitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
he	O
and	O
Yousefi	O
released	O
Scrippets	O
,	O
a	O
plug-in	O
for	O
WordPress	B-Application
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
embed	O
short	O
sections	O
of	O
a	O
screenplay	O
in	O
blog	O
posts	O
and	O
forums	O
,	O
using	O
formatting	O
hinted	O
from	O
plain	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
August	O
and	O
Maschwitz	O
realized	O
they	O
were	O
both	O
working	O
on	O
similar	O
text-based	O
screenplay	O
formats	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
merge	O
their	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
result	O
was	O
Fountain	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fountain	B-Language
has	O
since	O
been	O
implemented	O
in	O
several	O
popular	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
and	O
screenwriting	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
,	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
JotterPad	B-Application
,	O
Scrivener	B-Application
,	O
Slugline	O
,	O
Storyist	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sublime	B-Language
Text	I-Language
,	O
TextWrangler	B-Operating_System
,	O
Trelby	B-Application
,	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
,	O
Writer	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
