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+# Big Shoulders Text
+
+**Status**: `complete` (but commit hash needs correction)
+**Date**: 2026-02-26
+**Designer**: Patric King
+**License**: OFL
+**METADATA.pb**: `ofl/bigshoulderstext/METADATA.pb`
+
+## Data
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Repository URL | https://github.com/xotypeco/big_shoulders |
+| Commit | `465a9c592f06d493841b35dca5d248c8142b75f8` |
+| Config YAML | Override config.yaml in google/fonts |
+| Source types | glyphs |
+
+## Methodology
+
+### Repository URL
+Documented in METADATA.pb `source.repository_url` and confirmed by the copyright string. All Big Shoulders variants share the same upstream repository.
+
+### Commit Hash
+**Binary-verified to be `465a9c592f06d493841b35dca5d248c8142b75f8`**, not `41153e6fe01d218e933919a1d08c8e45065bc8fe` as recorded in the tracking data.
+
+Evidence for `465a9c5`:
+1. The merged commit `7f3f5f3c7` in google/fonts explicitly states: "Big Shoulders Text Version 2.002 taken from the upstream repo ... at commit 465a9c592f06d493841b35dca5d248c8142b75f8"
+2. **Binary blob verification**: The file `Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersText[wght].ttf` at commit `465a9c5` in upstream has blob hash `d5798cca9e756cc337224e1da0da04d7c9a2025f`, which exactly matches the current google/fonts file
+3. At commit `41153e6` (May 2021), the directory `Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/` does not contain `BigShouldersText[wght].ttf` -- the variable font structure had not yet been reorganized. The VF file path in METADATA.pb would not resolve at `41153e6`.
+
+PR history shows the initial push referenced `b465ae3` (v2.000), then the packager was re-run with `465a9c5` (v2.002) before the PR was merged.
+
+**Tracking data correction needed**: The tracking data records `41153e6` from an unmerged PR branch (`sources_info_2026-02-25`). The correct commit is `465a9c5`. The METADATA.pb on main does NOT have a `commit` field at all.
+
+### Config YAML
+An override `config.yaml` exists in the google/fonts family directory at `ofl/bigshoulderstext/config.yaml`, added by Simon Cozens on 2024-05-30 (commit `3c65c4e01`). It uses a recipe-based build that:
+1. Builds from `Big-Shoulders/sources/BigShoulders.glyphs`
+2. Subspaces to `opsz=10` (text optical size)
+3. Renames to "Big Shoulders Text"
+
+The config.yaml was added for future rebuild capability but the current binary was NOT rebuilt -- it is still the binary from PR #3432 at commit `465a9c5`.
+
+The config.yaml also includes the Text SC variant build recipe.
+
+## Evidence
+
+### METADATA.pb source block (current main)
+```
+source {
+ repository_url: "https://github.com/xotypeco/big_shoulders"
+ files { source_file: "OFL.txt" dest_file: "OFL.txt" }
+ files { source_file: "Documentation/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html" dest_file: "DESCRIPTION.en_us.html" }
+ files { source_file: "Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersText[wght].ttf" dest_file: "BigShouldersText[wght].ttf" }
+ branch: "master"
+}
+```
+Note: No `commit` field on main branch.
+
+### google/fonts history
+- `4fd9e2392` (PR branch): Added commit `41153e6` to METADATA.pb (INCORRECT, on unmerged `sources_info_2026-02-25` branch)
+- `3c65c4e01` (2024-05-30): "Add config for parent bigshoulderstext too" (override config.yaml)
+- `7f3f5f3c7` (2021-09-08): "Big Shoulders Text: Version 2.000 added (#3432)" -- landed with commit `465a9c5`
+- `c172a915d`: "Big Shoulders Text: Version 1.101 added (#2745)"
+- `afb44322d`: "bigshoulderstext: v1.000 added"
+
+### PR #3432
+- Title: "Big Shoulders Text: Version 2.000 added"
+- Author: vv-monsalve (Viviana Monsalve)
+- Merged: 2021-09-08
+- PR body initially mentioned `b465ae3` (v2.000)
+- Merged commit message says `465a9c5` (v2.002 -- packager re-run with updated commit)
+
+### Binary blob verification
+| Source | Blob Hash |
+|--------|-----------|
+| Upstream at `465a9c5` | `d5798cca9e756cc337224e1da0da04d7c9a2025f` |
+| google/fonts current | `d5798cca9e756cc337224e1da0da04d7c9a2025f` |
+| Upstream at `41153e6` | File does not exist at this path |
+
+### Upstream repo cache
+- Cached at: `xotypeco/big_shoulders`
+- Commit `465a9c5` verified ("Merge pull request #39 from vv-monsalve/master", 2021-08-27)
+- `Big-Shoulders/fonts/variable/text/BigShouldersText[wght].ttf` exists at this commit with matching blob
+- Commit `41153e6` verified but does NOT contain the VF font binary at the expected path
+
+## Confidence
+
+**High**: Binary blob verification conclusively proves `465a9c5` is the correct commit. The merged commit message in google/fonts corroborates this.
+
+## Notes
+- Part of the Big Shoulders superfamily (all in https://github.com/xotypeco/big_shoulders)
+- First added as v1.000 (PR #2597), updated to v1.101 (PR #2745), then v2.002 (PR #3432)
+- The tracking data needs correction: should be `465a9c5`, not `41153e6`
+- The METADATA.pb on main is missing the `commit` field entirely
+- Override config.yaml was added in 2024 but the binary was not rebuilt
+- Same font family tree as Big Shoulders Text SC (the override config builds both)