Fountain → PDF
Free, anonymous conversion from Fountain (.fountain, .spmd) to PDF (.pdf). Your file is destroyed automatically after the download window.
Drop a screenplay here, or choose a file. Fountain, Final Draft FDX, plain text, DOCX and text-layer PDF.
Free limits: one file per conversion, 15 MB max, about 200 pages, 5 conversions per day. Files are processed on the server and destroyed automatically — nothing is kept.
What survives this conversion
- every screenplay element type, including sections, synopses, notes and lyrics
- dual dialogue, forced elements, scene numbers and page breaks
- emphasis (bold, italic, underline) and title pages
What can be lost
- free import reads the text layer only — scanned PDFs need Pro OCR
- PDF is a final rendering, not an editable source: reclassification is best-effort
Every conversion includes an honest report listing anything that could not translate — you see it before downloading.
How this pair works
Your Fountain file is parsed into a canonical screenplay model (by verified content, not just the file extension), then rendered as PDF. PDF background: PDF became the standard script exchange for readings and productions because it renders identically everywhere — created by Adobe in 1993.