Encode Sans Semi Expanded: add commit hash to METADATA.pb

- Repo: impallari/Encode-Sans
- Commit: 370cdccd
- Config: none
- Status: missing_config
- Confidence: HIGH

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@@ -90,4 +90,5 @@ subsets: "menu"
 subsets: "vietnamese"
 source {
   repository_url: "https://github.com/impallari/Encode-Sans"
+  commit: "370cdccdb22daf862c6fca0636aad64b6835decd"
 }

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+# Investigation: Encode Sans Semi Expanded
+
+## Summary
+
+| Field | Value |
+|---|---|
+| **Family Name** | Encode Sans Semi Expanded |
+| **Designer** | Impallari Type, Andres Torresi, Jacques Le Bailly |
+| **License** | OFL |
+| **Date Added** | 2017-02-08 |
+| **Repository URL** | https://github.com/impallari/Encode-Sans |
+| **Commit Hash** | `370cdccdb22daf862c6fca0636aad64b6835decd` |
+| **Branch** | master |
+| **Config YAML** | None (needs override) |
+| **Status** | missing_config |
+| **Confidence** | HIGH |
+
+## METADATA.pb Analysis
+
+The METADATA.pb file at `ofl/encodesanssemiexpanded/METADATA.pb` has an existing `source {}` block added by Simon Cozens in commit `c8a4f8556` (2024-01-14, "More upstreams (e,f)"):
+
+```
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/impallari/Encode-Sans"
+}
+```
+
+The source block has the repository URL but is missing `commit` and `config_yaml` fields.
+
+## Upstream Repository
+
+**Repository**: https://github.com/impallari/Encode-Sans (verified accessible, HTTP 200)
+
+The impallari/Encode-Sans repository is the original source for the Encode Sans superfamily, containing all width variants (Normal, Condensed, Semi Condensed, Semi Expanded, Expanded) within a single Glyphs source file.
+
+### Source Files
+
+- `sources/Encode-Sans.glyphs` -- single Glyphs source file containing all masters and instances for all width variants (9 SemiExpanded instances confirmed)
+
+### Repository Structure
+
+```
+AUTHORS.txt
+CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+fonts/               (pre-compiled TTFs for all width variants)
+OFL.txt
+README.md
+sources/
+  Encode-Sans.glyphs
+```
+
+### Commit History (relevant)
+
+| Hash | Date | Author | Message |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `370cdcc` | 2017-02-03 | impallari (merge) | Merge pull request #3 from m4rc1e/master |
+| `fc35928` | 2017-01-30 | Marc Foley (m4rc1e) | fonts \| sources: Changed thin weight to 250 |
+| `2fdfa4a` | 2017-01-27 | impallari (merge) | Merge pull request #2 from m4rc1e/master |
+| `97a5aec` | 2017-01-03 | Marc Foley (m4rc1e) | sources \| fonts: updated font names and regenerated fonts |
+
+No tags exist in the repository.
+
+## Onboarding Analysis
+
+### google/fonts History
+
+The font files were added to google/fonts in a single commit:
+
+- **Commit**: `b72acc6d6cbf82d2d7b5d431bcc5c673be18e412`
+- **Date**: 2017-02-07
+- **Author**: Marc Foley
+- **Message**: "encodesanssemiexpanded: v2.000 added (#629)"
+- **PR**: [#629](https://github.com/google/fonts/pull/629)
+
+PR #629 body states: "This complies with our Font Bakery Discussion, googlefonts/fontbakery#1211. Family name is Encode Sans Semi Expanded."
+
+The font binary files have not been modified since this initial onboarding commit.
+
+### Commit Hash Determination
+
+The onboarding commit hash is determined to be `370cdccdb22daf862c6fca0636aad64b6835decd` (tip of master in impallari/Encode-Sans) based on:
+
+1. **Timeline alignment**: The upstream commit (2017-02-03) predates the google/fonts merge (2017-02-07) by 4 days.
+2. **Same author**: Marc Foley (m4rc1e) authored both the upstream PRs (#2, #3) in impallari/Encode-Sans and the google/fonts PR #629.
+3. **File size correlation**: Binary files differ by only 4-52 bytes per file, consistent with minor post-processing (fontbakery fixes, hinting adjustments) rather than different source commits.
+4. **No later commits**: `370cdcc` is the latest and final commit in the repository. There are no subsequent commits that could have been the source.
+
+| File | Upstream Size | google/fonts Size | Diff |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| EncodeSansSemiExpanded-Regular.ttf | 169,436 | 169,488 | +52 |
+| EncodeSansSemiExpanded-Bold.ttf | 169,412 | 169,420 | +8 |
+| EncodeSansSemiExpanded-Thin.ttf | 163,196 | 163,204 | +8 |
+
+**Confidence: HIGH** -- The latest commit is the only plausible source. Marc Foley performed both the upstream work and the google/fonts onboarding within the same week.
+
+## config.yaml Status
+
+**No config.yaml exists** in either the upstream repository or the google/fonts family directory.
+
+The upstream repo has a `.glyphs` source file (`sources/Encode-Sans.glyphs`) which is compatible with gftools-builder. However, the single source file generates all width variants (Normal, Condensed, Semi Condensed, Semi Expanded, Expanded), which complicates creating an override config.yaml for a single width variant.
+
+A config.yaml override could be created for gftools-builder, but it would need to specify which instances to generate (only the Semi Expanded ones from the full designspace).
+
+## Related Families
+
+The Encode Sans superfamily spans multiple google/fonts entries, all sharing the same upstream repository structure:
+
+| Family | Repository | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| Encode Sans (base) | thundernixon/Encode-Sans | Updated to v3 (variable font, 2020) |
+| Encode Sans Condensed | impallari/Encode-Sans | Still at v2 (static, 2017) |
+| Encode Sans Semi Condensed | impallari/Encode-Sans | Still at v2 (static, 2017) |
+| Encode Sans Semi Expanded | impallari/Encode-Sans | Still at v2 (static, 2017) |
+| Encode Sans Expanded | impallari/Encode-Sans | Still at v2 (static, 2017) |
+| Encode Sans SC | thundernixon/Encode-Sans | Separate small caps variant |
+
+The base "Encode Sans" family was upgraded to v3.0 by Stephen Nixon (thundernixon) in 2020 via PR #2438, which introduced a variable font with wght+wdth axes. The width-specific static families (Condensed, Semi Condensed, Semi Expanded, Expanded) remain at v2 from the original impallari repository.
+
+## Notes
+
+- The impallari/Encode-Sans repo has had no activity since 2017-02-03. It appears to be archived/inactive.
+- The thundernixon/Encode-Sans fork is a significant rework (v3) that consolidated the design into a variable font. It is the canonical upstream for the base "Encode Sans" family but not for the width-specific static families.
+- The width-specific families in google/fonts (Condensed, Semi Condensed, Semi Expanded, Expanded) may eventually be considered superseded by the variable font's width axis, but they remain as separate catalog entries.