-# Macondo Swash Caps — Source Investigation
+# Macondo Swash Caps - Source Repository Investigation
**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
-**Date**: 2026-03-03
-**Status**: incomplete (SFD-only sources, no gftools-builder config possible)
-## METADATA.pb Source Block (current)
-
-No source block exists in the current METADATA.pb. The file contains only basic family metadata (name, designer, license, category, fonts, subsets, classifications).
-
-## Repository Analysis
-
-**Repository**: https://github.com/librefonts/macondoswashcaps
-**Default branch**: master
-**Archived**: No
-**Created**: 2014-07-16
-**Last pushed**: 2014-10-17
-
-The repository contains a single commit:
-
-| Field | Value |
-|-------|-------|
-| Hash | `2768d9b33c7d703085314fcd8c823ad1a8b02edb` |
-| Date | 2014-10-17 13:42:41 +0300 |
-| Author | hash3g |
-| Message | "update .travis.yml" |
-
-The repository was set up as a `librefonts` organization mirror of the font sources. It does not belong to the original designer (John Vargas Beltran, GitHub: vargas1974). The `librefonts` GitHub organization was created 2013-10-20 and appears to host automated mirrors/backups of Google Fonts source files. The designer's GitHub profile (vargas1974) does not contain a Macondo or Macondo Swash Caps repository; it holds other font projects (Salsa-Devanagari, Shingaling, Kyron, Ramabhadra).
-
-### Repository Structure
-
-```
-.travis.yml - CI config (fontbakery-build.py, obsolete)
-DESCRIPTION.en_us.html - Font description
-FONTLOG.txt - Font changelog
-METADATA.json - Legacy metadata
-OFL.txt - License
-MacondoSwashCaps-Regular.ttf.*.ttx - TTX decomposition of the TTF binary (multiple table files)
-src/
- MacondoSwashCaps-Regular-OTF.vfb - FontLab source (85 KB)
- MacondoSwashCaps-Regular-TTF.sfd - FontForge source (290 KB)
- MacondoSwashCaps-Regular.otf.*.ttx - TTX decomposition of the OTF binary
- METADATA_comments.txt - Subsetting/build comments
- VERSIONS.txt - "MacondoSwashCaps-Regular.ttf: Version 2.001"
-```
-
-### Source Files
-
-The repository contains only legacy source formats:
-- **MacondoSwashCaps-Regular-OTF.vfb**: FontLab binary source (85 KB)
-- **MacondoSwashCaps-Regular-TTF.sfd**: FontForge SFD source (290 KB)
-
-No modern gftools-builder compatible sources exist (.glyphs, .glyphx, .ufo, .designspace). The font was originally created in 1997 (early versions) and substantially improved in 2009, with the v1.00 release dated December 14, 2011.
-
-## Onboarding History
-
-The font was included in the google/fonts repository from its very first commit:
+## Source Repository
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
-| Commit | `90abd17b4f97671435798b6147b698aa9087612f` |
-| Date | 2015-03-07 |
-| Author | Dave Crossland |
-| Message | "Initial commit" |
-
-This was a bulk import of the entire Google Fonts library into the current git repository. The font itself was added to Google Fonts on **2012-01-18** according to the `date_added` field in METADATA.pb.
-
-The font binary has never been updated since the initial commit. Only metadata files (METADATA.pb/METADATA.json) were modified in subsequent commits for format changes, language support, and classification updates.
-
-### Subsequent commits (metadata only):
-- `480630de3` - Tentative update to METADATA.pb textprotos
-- `27f377ab0` - Update copyright field in METADATA.pb
-- `883939708` - Remove METADATA.json files
-- `633ebadbf` - Add language support metadata (#4160)
-- `c6307ba83` / `701bd391b` (#4677, #4706) - Language rollback and redo
-- `28b492c0f` - Clear languages from METADATA.pb for non-Noto
-- `47a6c224b` - Batch of 200 METADATA.pb changes for stroke and classifications
-
-### Font Version Alignment
+| **Repository** | [librefonts/macondoswashcaps](https://github.com/librefonts/macondoswashcaps) |
+| **Commit** | `2768d9b33c7d703085314fcd8c823ad1a8b02edb` |
+| **Confidence** | medium |
+| **Source Types** | ttx |
+| **Has config.yaml** | No |
-Both the upstream TTX decomposition and the binary in google/fonts report **Version 2.001**. The head table in the upstream TTX shows creation and modification dates of **Wed Jan 11 21:58:18 2012**, confirming the TTX was generated from the same font binary that was onboarded. The font binary in google/fonts is 33,016 bytes. The upstream repo does not contain a compiled TTF file; only TTX table dumps are present.
+## Investigation Summary
-## Build Configuration
+METADATA.pb for Macondo Swash Caps had no source block. A source block was added pointing to the librefonts mirror repository.
-**No config.yaml exists** in the upstream repository, and none can be created because the only source files are in legacy formats (VFB and SFD) that are not supported by gftools-builder.
+## Source Analysis
-The `.travis.yml` file in the upstream repo referenced `fontbakery-build.py`, an obsolete build tool from 2014 that is no longer maintained.
+The repository at https://github.com/librefonts/macondoswashcaps 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 `METADATA_comments.txt` file in `src/` contains the original subsetting commands used to prepare the font for Google Fonts, using the legacy `subset.py` tool.
+**Available source types**: ttx (decompiled from binaries)
-## Findings
+## Build Status
-1. **Legacy sources only**: Macondo Swash Caps has only FontLab (.vfb) and FontForge (.sfd) source files. These formats are not compatible with gftools-builder, which requires .glyphs, .ufo, or .designspace sources.
+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.
-2. **No config.yaml possible**: Since the sources are not gftools-builder compatible, no config.yaml can be created (neither in the upstream repo nor as an override in google/fonts).
+## Notes
-3. **Repository is a mirror**: The `librefonts/macondoswashcaps` repository is not the original designer's repo. It was set up by the `librefonts` organization as a backup/mirror. The original designer (John Vargas Beltran, GitHub: vargas1974) has several other font projects on GitHub but not Macondo or Macondo Swash Caps.
+librefonts mirror with TTX sources.
-4. **Single commit repository**: The repo has only one commit (2014-10-17), which predates the google/fonts "Initial commit" (2015-03-07) but postdates the actual onboarding date (2012-01-18).
-
-5. **Sister family**: Macondo Swash Caps is a sister family to Macondo (https://github.com/librefonts/macondo), designed by the same author with the same characteristics: SFD-only legacy sources, single-commit librefonts mirror, onboarded in the initial google/fonts commit.
-
-6. **No TTF binary in upstream**: Unlike some librefonts mirrors, this repository does not contain a compiled .ttf file -- only TTX table dumps of the binary. However, the TTX data (Version 2.001, head table dates of Jan 11, 2012) matches the binary in google/fonts, confirming provenance.
-
-## Recommended Source Block
+## Binary History in google/fonts
```
-source {
- repository_url: "https://github.com/librefonts/macondoswashcaps"
- commit: "2768d9b33c7d703085314fcd8c823ad1a8b02edb"
- branch: "master"
-}
+2015-03-07 05:14:52 +0530 90abd17b4f97671435798b6147b698aa9087612f Initial commit
```
-Note: The `config_yaml` field is intentionally omitted because the upstream repository contains only SFD/VFB sources that are not compatible with gftools-builder. No override config.yaml can be created for the same reason.
-
-## Confidence
-
-**HIGH** for repository URL and commit hash: The `librefonts/macondoswashcaps` repository is the only known upstream source. The single commit `2768d9b` contains TTX-decomposed font data matching the binary in google/fonts (same Version 2.001, same head table dates of Jan 11, 2012). While the repo is a mirror rather than the designer's original workspace, it is the best available source reference.
-
-**N/A** for config: No gftools-builder configuration is possible due to legacy-only source formats.
-
-## Open Questions
+## Actions Taken
-1. Does John Vargas Beltran have original editable sources (.glyphs, .ufo) for Macondo Swash Caps, or only the legacy .vfb/.sfd files? If modern sources exist, they would enable a proper config.yaml.
-2. Is there any plan to convert the SFD sources to a modern format to enable gftools-builder compatibility?
+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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