Themes

Themes

Fount ships with 15 built-in themes and supports custom user themes via TOML files.

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Switching Themes

From the Command Palette

/theme dracula
/t nord

From the Settings Pane

Press Ctrl+P, navigate to the Theme option, and press Enter to cycle through available themes.

Listing All Themes

/theme

(Without arguments) — displays all available theme names in the status bar.

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Built-in Themes

Theme	Author	Style
Adaptive	Fount	Uses your terminal's default colors — always matches your setup
Nord	Arctic Ice Studio	Cool, arctic blue palette
Solarized Dark	Ethan Schoonover	Warm dark theme with precise color theory
Solarized Light	Ethan Schoonover	Light version of Solarized
Dracula	Zeno Rocha	Purple-accented dark theme
Gruvbox	Pavel Pertsev	Warm, retro brown tones
Moonlight	Atomic	Deep dark with vibrant accents
One Dark	Atom	Balanced dark theme from the Atom editor
Catppuccin	Catppuccin Org	Soothing pastel dark theme
Monokai	Wimer Hazenberg	Classic high-contrast dark theme
Paper	Fount	Clean white, like writing on paper
Tokyo Night	Enki	Neon-inspired dark theme
Rose Pine	Rosé Pine	Elegant, low-contrast dark theme
Evergreen	Fount	Lush forest greens on deep black
Lilac	Fount	Soft lavender and lilac pastel palette

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Theme Anatomy

Every theme defines colors for three areas:

1. UI Colors

• Background and foreground
• Mode indicator colors (Normal, Command, Search, Navigator, Settings)
• Status bar colors
• Selection and search highlight colors
• Shadow and dim colors

2. Syntax Colors

Colors for each Fountain element:

• Scene headings, characters, dialogue, parentheticals
• Transitions, action, centered text
• Sections, synopses, notes
• Shots, page breaks
• Metadata keys and values

3. Sidebar Colors

• Background and border
• Selected item colors
• Dimmed text
• Section headers

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Creating a Custom Theme

Custom themes are TOML files placed in your themes directory:

• Linux: ~/.config/fount/themes/
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Fount/themes/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Fount\config\themes\

Example: my_theme.toml

name = "My Theme"
author = "Your Name"

[ui]
background = "#1a1a2e"
foreground = "#eaeaea"
normal_mode_bg = "#0f3460"
command_mode_bg = "#e94560"
navigator_mode_bg = "#16213e"
settings_mode_bg = "#16213e"
search_mode_bg = "#533483"
selection_bg = "#0f3460"
selection_fg = "#eaeaea"
search_highlight_bg = "#e94560"
search_highlight_fg = "#1a1a2e"
dim = "#444466"

[syntax]
scene_heading = "#0f3460"
character = "#e94560"
dialogue = "#eaeaea"
parenthetical = "#444466"
transition = "#533483"
action = "#eaeaea"
centered = "#0f3460"
section = "#16c79a"
synopsis = "#16c79a"
note = "#16c79a"
shot = "#e94560"
page_break = "#333355"
metadata_key = "#e94560"
metadata_val = "#eaeaea"

[sidebar]
background = "#16213e"
border = "#0f3460"
item_selected_bg = "#e94560"
item_selected_fg = "#1a1a2e"
item_dimmed = "#444466"
section_header = "#0f3460"

Save this file and restart Fount. Your theme will appear in the theme list. To activate it, use the command /theme <name> where <name> is the name field you defined inside the TOML file (not the filename).

Color Format

Colors can be specified as:

• Hex codes: "#282A36", "#ff79c6"
• Named colors: "blue", "yellow", "lightcyan", "darkgray", etc.
• Optional fields: Some fields (like status_bar_bg, shadow_color) can be omitted to inherit defaults.

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Persisting Your Theme Choice

When you switch themes, Fount saves your choice to ~/.config/fount/fount.conf:

set theme "Dracula"

This persists across sessions.

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Next: Configuration — The full configuration reference.