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+# Marmelad — Source Investigation
+
+**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
+**Date**: 2026-03-03
+**Status**: needs_correction
+
+## METADATA.pb Source Block (current)
+
+```
+source {
+ repository_url: "https://github.com/cyrealtype/Marmelad-Cyrillic"
+ commit: "16362f68353c2115209b2e6f94e6d3ec8378626b"
+ files {
+ source_file: "OFL.txt"
+ dest_file: "OFL.txt"
+ }
+ files {
+ source_file: "fonts/ttf/Marmelad-Regular.ttf"
+ dest_file: "Marmelad-Regular.ttf"
+ }
+ branch: "master"
+ config_yaml: "sources/config.yaml"
+}
+```
+
+## Repository Analysis
+
+The upstream repository is [cyrealtype/Marmelad-Cyrillic](https://github.com/cyrealtype/Marmelad-Cyrillic), maintained by Alexei Vanyashin (Cyreal). The repository was created on 2016-01-10.
+
+### Current Repository State
+
+The repository contains only a single commit: `16362f68353c2115209b2e6f94e6d3ec8378626b` (dated 2024-02-07), with the message "1.111 fixes #5". This indicates the repository was force-pushed at some point, erasing all prior commit history.
+
+Issue #5 was about "Reduced spacing for non-Russian letters with tails" — tailed letters from other Cyrillic alphabets did not gain additional width compared to standard Russian letters like Ц and Щ.
+
+### Repository Structure
+
+```
+AUTHORS.txt
+CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+documentation/
+ sample.jpg
+FONTLOG.txt
+fonts/
+ otf/Marmelad-Regular.otf
+ ttf/Marmelad-Regular.ttf
+ webfonts/Marmelad-Regular.woff2
+METADATA.pb
+OFL.txt
+old/
+ Marmelad-Regular.otf
+ Marmelad-Regular.ttf
+README.md
+sources/
+ config.yaml
+ Marmelad.glyphs
+```
+
+### Source File
+
+The primary source is `sources/Marmelad.glyphs` (a Glyphs app source file). The font is a single-weight sans-serif with Latin and extended Cyrillic support.
+
+## Onboarding History
+
+### Initial Addition (2011)
+
+Marmelad was initially added to Google Fonts on 2011-12-07 (commit `90abd17b4`).
+
+### Version 1.100 Update (2016)
+
+Commit `843e0db70` (2016-10-12) added version 1.100 of the font. A subsequent commit `af2a3aa05` (2016-11-08) updated the copyright string.
+
+### Version 1.110 Update via PR #5529 (2022)
+
+PR #5529, submitted by Emma Marichal and merged by Rosalie Wagner on 2022-11-24, updated the font to Version 1.110. The PR was generated by gftools-packager.
+
+The PR went through a revision cycle:
+1. **Initial submission** referenced upstream commit `17517370e0a4743ab147f98d424f3673874d8069` (Version 1.100)
+2. Rosalie Wagner flagged that "Thorn now looks like P" and asked Emma to check with the author
+3. **Updated submission** referenced upstream commit `9ddac1c0cbdc888e1c6adae6f34e7db08ec6c187` (Version 1.110)
+
+The merged commit (`600a986f0`) in google/fonts records the final commit hash `9ddac1c0cbdc888e1c6adae6f34e7db08ec6c187` in its message body.
+
+### Source Block Addition (Batch 2/4, 2025)
+
+Commit `4ad8ac680` (2025-03-31, the "Batch 2/4" metadata port from fontc_crater targets) added the `config_yaml` field and **changed** the commit hash from `9ddac1c0cbdc888e1c6adae6f34e7db08ec6c187` to `16362f68353c2115209b2e6f94e6d3ec8378626b`. This change was incorrect — it replaced the original onboarding commit with the current HEAD of the upstream repo, which contains a newer, unreleased version of the font.
+
+## Build Configuration
+
+The upstream repository has a `sources/config.yaml` at the current HEAD (`16362f6`):
+
+```yaml
+sources:
+ - Marmelad.glyphs
+familyName: Marmelad
+buildVariable: false
+```
+
+This is a valid gftools-builder configuration. However, because the commit `16362f6` is newer than what was onboarded, this config.yaml was not present at the time of onboarding (commit `9ddac1c`, which no longer exists). The original onboarding in PR #5529 used pre-compiled TTF binaries from the upstream repo (`fonts/ttf/Marmelad-Regular.ttf`), not a gftools-builder build from sources.
+
+## Findings
+
+### Critical Issue: Wrong Commit Hash
+
+The current METADATA.pb has commit `16362f68353c2115209b2e6f94e6d3ec8378626b`, which is the **wrong** commit. This commit:
+- Was created on 2024-02-07, over a year after the font was onboarded (2022-11-24)
+- Contains Version 1.111 of the font (the google/fonts binary is Version 1.110)
+- Includes fixes for Cyrillic spacing (issue #5) that are NOT in the google/fonts binary
+- The font binary hashes do not match (google/fonts: 142,764 bytes; upstream HEAD: 142,412 bytes)
+
+### Lost Original Commit
+
+The correct onboarding commit `9ddac1c0cbdc888e1c6adae6f34e7db08ec6c187` no longer exists in the upstream repository. The repo was force-pushed on 2024-02-07, replacing all history with a single commit. This means:
+- The commit hash cannot be verified against the upstream repo
+- The original commit referenced in two different PR stages (`1751737` and `9ddac1c`) are both gone
+
+### Font Was Onboarded from Pre-Compiled Binary
+
+The font in google/fonts was taken from `fonts/ttf/Marmelad-Regular.ttf` in the upstream repo (pre-compiled binary), not built from sources using gftools-builder. The `config_yaml` field in METADATA.pb points to a config that exists only at the newer commit.
+
+### Newer Upstream Version Available
+
+The upstream repo now has Version 1.111 with Cyrillic spacing fixes. This would need to go through a separate review and QA process before being incorporated into Google Fonts.
+
+## Recommended Source Block
+
+The commit hash should be reverted to the original onboarding value. Since the original commit no longer exists in the upstream repo, we should document this situation:
+
+```
+source {
+ repository_url: "https://github.com/cyrealtype/Marmelad-Cyrillic"
+ commit: "9ddac1c0cbdc888e1c6adae6f34e7db08ec6c187"
+ files {
+ source_file: "OFL.txt"
+ dest_file: "OFL.txt"
+ }
+ files {
+ source_file: "fonts/ttf/Marmelad-Regular.ttf"
+ dest_file: "Marmelad-Regular.ttf"
+ }
+ branch: "master"
+}
+```
+
+Key changes from current:
+1. **Revert commit hash** from `16362f6...` back to `9ddac1c...` (the actual commit used for onboarding, as documented in PR #5529)
+2. **Remove `config_yaml`** field — the config.yaml at `sources/config.yaml` only exists at the newer commit `16362f6` and was not used for the original onboarding (pre-compiled binary was used instead)
+
+Note: The original commit `9ddac1c` no longer exists in the upstream repo due to a force-push, but it remains the historically correct reference for what was actually onboarded. If/when the font is updated to Version 1.111 from commit `16362f6`, the source block should be updated at that time with the new commit hash and the `config_yaml` field restored.
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