We’re keeping Nima Yousefi busy working on Highland, but he’s found time to push a major update to [Fountain](http://fountain.io/), the open-source format and code library that [makes the magic possible](http://nimayousefi.com/2012/06/fountain-update/):
> It came to our attention that on iOS devices the parser’s performance was less than stellar. In fact, it was pretty terrible.
> Long story short, now there’s FastFountainParser. It’s a traditional line-by-line parser and roughly ten times faster than the old one. So, that’s a win.
What this means for screenwriters: Fountain-based screenwriting apps for the Mac and iPad will be much, much faster.
Also included in the package: our libraries for HTML export and pagination.
> It splits large dialogue blocks up across pages, adding the appropriate MORE and CONT’D, and is smart enough not to split in the middle of a sentence.
Fountain is designed to be completely agnostic — you can write Fountain in almost any app that generates text. That said, specialized apps can do amazing things, and we want developers to have a consistent base to jump off from.
I’ve had the chance to try out some of the forthcoming apps. You’re going to love them.
