subsets: "latin-ext"
classifications: "DISPLAY"
classifications: "HANDWRITING"
+source {
+ repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+ commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}
-# Seaweed Script — Upstream Source Investigation
+# Seaweed Script — Source Metadata Investigation
-**Designer**: Neapolitan
**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
**Date**: 2026-03-12
-## Summary
+## Source Repository
-No canonical upstream repository with font sources was found for Seaweed Script on GitHub. The font was designed by Font Diner, Inc DBA Neapolitan (diner@fontdiner.com). No GitHub repositories matching the font name or designer were found.
+The `googlefontdirectory-hg` monorepo (the historical Google Font Directory Mercurial archive) contains files for this family.
-## Search Results
+- **Repository**: `googlefontdirectory-hg`
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `seaweedscript/src/`
+
+## Source Files
+
+The `seaweedscript/src/` directory contains design sources in proprietary VFB format only, which cannot be built with gftools-builder:
+
+- **VFB** (FontLab, proprietary format, not buildable with gftools): SeaweedScript-Regular-TTF.vfb
+
+## Buildability
+
+Not buildable with gftools-builder. The VFB sources are in FontLab's proprietary format. Conversion to UFO or Glyphs format would be required before a reproducible build pipeline could be established.
+
+## Designer
+
+Neapolitan
+
+## Investigation Details
- Searched `seaweed script font` on GitHub: 0 results
- Searched `seaweed script font in:name,description` on GitHub: 0 results
- No Font Diner or Neapolitan GitHub presence was found
-
-## Outcome
-
-No source block was added to METADATA.pb. Font Diner does not appear to maintain public source repositories for their fonts on GitHub.