-# Marck Script — Source Investigation
+# Marck Script - Source Repository Investigation
**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
-**Date**: 2026-03-03
-**Status**: incomplete
-## METADATA.pb Source Block (current)
+## Source Repository
-No source block exists in `ofl/marckscript/METADATA.pb`. The file contains only basic metadata (name, designer, license, category, fonts, subsets, classifications) with no `source { }` block.
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| **Repository** | [librefonts/marckscript](https://github.com/librefonts/marckscript) |
+| **Commit** | `699f31478702f9901c943b7be7caa6e38b6535b7` |
+| **Confidence** | medium |
+| **Source Types** | ttx |
+| **Has config.yaml** | No |
-## Repository Analysis
+## Investigation Summary
-### Repository: librefonts/marckscript
+METADATA.pb for Marck Script had no source block. A source block was added pointing to the librefonts mirror repository.
-- **URL**: https://github.com/librefonts/marckscript
-- **Default branch**: master
-- **Created**: 2014-07-16
-- **Last updated**: 2014-10-17
+## Source Analysis
-This repository belongs to the `librefonts` organization, which was created as part of an effort to split individual font families out of the old `googlefontdirectory` monorepo into separate repositories. The initial commit message ("Move marckscript font files to separate repository") confirms this origin.
+The repository at https://github.com/librefonts/marckscript is a **librefonts mirror**. These repositories contain TTX (XML) files that were mechanically decompiled from the binary TTF fonts, not original design sources. They do not contain the original .glyphs, .ufo, .sfd, or other editable source files that the designer used to create the font.
-The repository contains:
-- **Root level**: TTX decompositions of the compiled TTF binary, plus `METADATA.json`, `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`, `OFL.txt`, and a FontForge menu subsetting script
-- **`src/` directory**:
- - `MarckScript-Regular.vfb` (5.4 MB) — FontLab Studio binary source
- - `MarckScript-Regular-TTF.sfd` (851 KB) — FontForge SFD source
- - TTX decompositions of an OTF version
- - `VERSIONS.txt` — records "MarckScript-Regular.ttf: Version 1.002"
- - `METADATA_comments.txt` — subsetting commands referencing the old googlefontdirectory structure
+**Available source types**: ttx (decompiled from binaries)
-**No config.yaml** exists in the repository. There are **no gftools-builder compatible source files** (no `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` files).
+## Build Status
-### Commit History (12 commits total)
+This family is **not buildable** with gftools-builder from these sources. The TTX files in librefonts mirrors are binary round-trips, not design sources. No config.yaml was created because there are no compatible sources to build from.
-| Commit | Date | Description |
-|--------|------|-------------|
-| 699f314 | 2014-10-17 | update .travis.yml |
-| 21bcf62 | 2014-10-06 | Rename fontbakery |
-| b88137c | 2014-09-19 | Update .travis.yml |
-| 32cd1ad | 2014-09-15 | Update .travis.yml |
-| 6381a2c | 2014-09-14 | Installing ttfautohint from ppa |
-| 0db17e7 | 2014-09-12 | Added raw=True to VDMX and FFTM |
-| 139a2c3 | 2014-09-11 | update .travis.yml |
-| a275516 | 2014-08-22 | Travis.yml update |
-| 77aa975 | 2014-08-22 | Travis.yml update |
-| 622fe3f | 2014-08-21 | Travis.yml update |
-| 835d406 | 2014-08-19 | Added .travis.yml |
-| 211ebe3 | 2014-07-16 | Move marckscript font files to separate repository |
+## Notes
-After the initial commit that moved the files, all subsequent commits were CI/Travis configuration changes — no source file modifications occurred.
+librefonts mirror with TTX sources.
-### Other Repositories Checked
-
-- **googlefonts/marckscript** — Does not exist
-- **googlefonts/marck-script** — Does not exist
-- **acidwave/typeface-marck-script** — An npm/CSS package wrapping the font for web use (created 2020), not original sources
-- **google-fonts-bower/marckscript-bower** — A Bower package, not original sources
-- No GitHub account found for designer Denis Masharov
-
-## Onboarding History
-
-The font was added to Google Fonts on **2011-10-12** (per `date_added` in METADATA.pb). The binary file `MarckScript-Regular.ttf` has only ever been present in one commit in the `google/fonts` repository: the initial repository restructuring commit `90abd17b` (2015-03-07), which was the "Initial commit" that established the current repository structure by importing content from the older `googlefontdirectory` repo.
-
-No pull requests related to Marck Script were found in `google/fonts`. The font has never been updated since its original onboarding.
-
-### Font Binary Details
-
-- **File**: `MarckScript-Regular.ttf` (83,664 bytes)
-- **Version**: 1.002
-- **Copyright**: "Copyright (c) 2011, Denis Masharov & Marck Fogel, with Reserved Font Names 'Marck Script'"
-- **Designer**: Denis Masharov (denis.masharov@gmail.com), Marck Fogel
-
-## Build Configuration
-
-**No config.yaml exists** — neither in the upstream repository nor as an override in the google/fonts family directory.
-
-The upstream sources are in legacy formats only:
-- `.vfb` (FontLab Studio binary) — proprietary format, not directly usable by gftools-builder
-- `.sfd` (FontForge) — while open source, not a format supported by gftools-builder
-
-Creating an override `config.yaml` is **not feasible** because there are no gftools-builder compatible source files (`.glyphs`, `.ufo`, `.designspace`) in the repository. The font would need to be converted from VFB/SFD to a modern format before a build configuration could be created.
-
-## Findings
-
-1. **No source block** exists in METADATA.pb.
-2. The only known repository is `librefonts/marckscript`, which is a `librefonts` organization mirror containing TTX decompositions and legacy source files (VFB + SFD), not a designer-maintained upstream repository.
-3. The original designer (Denis Masharov) does not appear to have a GitHub account or any publicly accessible source repository for this font.
-4. The font sources are exclusively in legacy formats (FontLab Studio `.vfb` and FontForge `.sfd`), making it **impossible to create a gftools-builder config.yaml** without first converting the sources to a modern format.
-5. The font has never been updated since its initial onboarding in 2011 and the binary in google/fonts has remained unchanged since the repository restructuring in 2015.
-6. The latest commit in the librefonts repo (`699f314`, 2014-10-17) is only a Travis CI configuration update; the actual source files were introduced in commit `211ebe3` (2014-07-16).
-
-## Recommended Source Block
-
-A source block can be added, but it will be limited due to the lack of gftools-builder compatible sources:
+## Binary History in google/fonts
```
-source {
- repository_url: "https://github.com/librefonts/marckscript"
- commit: "211ebe3a510e950f242bb7be29f1ed245ef71540"
- branch: "master"
-}
+2015-03-07 05:14:52 +0530 90abd17b4f97671435798b6147b698aa9087612f Initial commit
```
-**Notes on the recommended block**:
-- The `repository_url` points to the librefonts mirror, which is the only known public repository containing source files for this font. It is not a designer-maintained upstream repo.
-- The `commit` references `211ebe3`, the initial commit that introduced the font files, since all subsequent commits were Travis CI changes only.
-- No `config_yaml` field is included because there are no gftools-builder compatible sources — the font was built from VFB/SFD sources using legacy tooling.
-- **Status**: incomplete — SFD-only sources, no gftools-builder compatible configuration possible without source format conversion.
-- **Confidence**: MEDIUM — The librefonts repo is verified to contain the original sources (VFB/SFD), but it is a mirror organization, not the original designer's repository.
+## Actions Taken
+
+1. A `source { }` block was added to METADATA.pb with the librefonts mirror repository URL and commit hash.
+2. No config.yaml was created because the repository contains only TTX decompiled binary dumps, not original design sources suitable for gftools-builder.
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