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Fountain file title page formatting issues

A topic by Ata Deniz Oktay created Aug 09, 2024 Views: 76 Replies: 2
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  • Deepdwn Veresion 0.40.2
  • Windows 10 Pro 22H2

I think there are multiple issues with the title page formatting of Fountain files.

First, the title page does not have an implicit page break both in preview mode and in exports, as it is stated inside the Fountain’s syntax documentation.

A page break is implicit after the Title Page. Just drop down two lines and start writing your screenplay.

Second, the title page is not correctly formatted regarding the Fountain syntax both in preview mode and exports. The position of the draft date and contact information does not seem right.

The recommendation is that Title, Credit, Author (or Authors, either is a valid key syntax), and Source will be centered on the page in formatted output. Contact and Draft date would be placed at the lower left.

Screenshot

The following text can be used to reproduce the problem.

Title:
	Title
Credit:
	Written by
Author:
	Writer X
Credit:
	Contributed by
Authors:
	C1
	C2
	C3
Source:
	Source
Draft date:
	August 9, 2024
Contact:
	hello@placeholder.com


EXT.	SOME PLACE	-	(PRESENT) DAY

Some guy is standing at some place.

SOME GUY
I'm happy to be standing here.

Please let me know if I’m missing something regarding the syntax or the correct formatting style. I thought I’d submit a topic here since things did not seem right to me when comparing the result to other title pages. Thanks in advance!

Hi!

Thanks, I don’t think you’re missing anything, and both of these issues should get a fix.

Note that page breaks are only be visible in the exported PDF, not in the preview or in the editor.

(+1)

Noted, and thank you as well!

I look forward to the new version, and I must say that I’m enjoying the app thoroughly.

Have a great one!