lobstertwo: add source metadata from googlefontdirectory-hg

Repo: https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg
Commit: 52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6
source block added to METADATA.pb

Assisted by an AI agent (Claude Opus 4.6)

diff --git a/ofl/lobstertwo/METADATA.pb b/ofl/lobstertwo/METADATA.pb
index 6dd03781cea9370b2a1f59db9e01d7a1593fa68a..b1782e6dd98fb906a91e2083186667da54bcc43d 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/lobstertwo/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/lobstertwo/METADATA.pb
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ subsets: "menu"
 subsets: "latin"
 stroke: "SANS_SERIF"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}

diff --git a/ofl/lobstertwo/upstream_info.md b/ofl/lobstertwo/upstream_info.md
index 0e466c7c811e8370a42906ef9964e7d7b2dc05e3..5e9254f73c30bb95d14cd2eec5c4a42f19f4ccbe 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/lobstertwo/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/lobstertwo/upstream_info.md
@@ -1,46 +1,42 @@
-# Lobster Two — Source Investigation
+# Lobster Two - Source Investigation
 
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 **Date**: 2026-03-03
-**Status**: incomplete
+**Confidence**: HIGH
 
-## METADATA.pb Source Block (current)
+## Source Repository
+
+The original design sources for Lobster Two are preserved in the **googlefontdirectory-hg** Mercurial monorepo at commit `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`, under the path `lobstertwo/src/`.
+
+### Source Files in googlefontdirectory-hg
+
+- `LobsterTwo-Regular.vfb` / `LobsterTwo-Regular-TTF.vfb` -- FontLab binary sources (proprietary, not buildable with gftools-builder)
+- `LobsterTwo-Bold.vfb` / `LobsterTwo-Bold-TTF.vfb` -- FontLab binary sources
+- `LobsterTwo-Italic.vfb` / `LobsterTwo-Italic-TTF.vfb` -- FontLab binary sources
+- `LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.vfb` / `LobsterTwo-BoldItalic-TTF.vfb` -- FontLab binary sources
+- `LobsterTwo-Regular.otf`, `LobsterTwo-Bold.otf`, `LobsterTwo-Italic.otf`, `LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.otf` -- compiled OTF binaries, not design sources
+- `METADATA_comments.txt` -- metadata file, not a design source
+
+The design sources are exclusively VFB (FontLab binary) format. No `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` files are present. VFB files are not compatible with gftools-builder.
+
+## METADATA.pb Analysis
 
 No source block exists in the current METADATA.pb. The file contains only font metadata (name, designer, license, category, fonts, subsets, stroke, classifications) with no `source { }` block.
 
-## Repository Analysis
+## Upstream Repository (librefonts archive)
 
 The upstream repository is **librefonts/lobstertwo** at https://github.com/librefonts/lobstertwo.
 
 - **Not archived**, not a fork
 - **Created**: 2014-07-16
 - **Last pushed**: 2014-10-17
-- **Single commit**: `0f38cf2` (2014-10-17) — "update .travis.yml"
+- **Single commit**: `0f38cf2` (2014-10-17) -- "update .travis.yml"
 - **Single branch**: `master`
 
-### Repository Structure
-
-The repo contains:
-- Root level: `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`, `FONTLOG.txt`, `METADATA.json`, `OFL.txt`, `.travis.yml`
-- Root level: TTX table dumps of the TTF files (e.g., `LobsterTwo-Regular.ttf._g_l_y_f.ttx`, etc.)
-- `src/` directory: VFB source files and OTF TTX dumps
-
-### Source Files
-
-The `src/` directory contains only **VFB (FontLab)** source files:
-- `LobsterTwo-Regular.vfb` and `LobsterTwo-Regular-TTF.vfb`
-- `LobsterTwo-Italic.vfb` and `LobsterTwo-Italic-TTF.vfb`
-- `LobsterTwo-Bold.vfb` and `LobsterTwo-Bold-TTF.vfb`
-- `LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.vfb` and `LobsterTwo-BoldItalic-TTF.vfb`
-
-There are **no** `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` source files anywhere in the repository. There is **no** `config.yaml` file.
+The repository contains the same VFB source files as the googlefontdirectory-hg monorepo, plus TTX table dumps of the TTF files. There are **no** `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, `.designspace`, or `config.yaml` files.
 
 The `.travis.yml` references an old build pipeline using `fontbakery-build.py` (circa 2014), not gftools-builder.
 
-### Font Versions
-
-All four TTF files are version 1.006.
-
 ### Related Repository
 
 A related but distinct repository exists: **impallari/The-Lobster-Font** (https://github.com/impallari/The-Lobster-Font). This repo contains a `Lobster.glyphs` source file but is for the original single-weight "Lobster" font (Regular only), not "Lobster Two" (Regular, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic). The two are related families but separate projects.
@@ -49,31 +45,17 @@ A related but distinct repository exists: **impallari/The-Lobster-Font** (https:
 
 Lobster Two was added to google/fonts in the **initial commit** (`90abd17b`) on 2015-03-07 by Dave Crossland. This was a bulk import that added many font families at once. There were no PRs associated with the onboarding of this specific font.
 
-Subsequent commits in google/fonts that touched the lobstertwo directory were all metadata-only changes:
-- METADATA.pb textproto conversion
-- Copyright field updates
-- METADATA.json removal
-- Designer key updates
-- Language metadata additions/rollbacks
-- Stroke and classification metadata updates
+Subsequent commits in google/fonts that touched the lobstertwo directory were all metadata-only changes (METADATA.pb textproto conversion, copyright field updates, METADATA.json removal, designer key updates, language metadata, stroke and classification metadata).
 
-The TTF binary files have **never been updated** since the initial commit.
+The TTF binary files have **never been updated** since the initial commit. All four TTF files are version 1.006.
 
-## Build Configuration
-
-**No config.yaml exists** in the upstream repository, and none can be created because the source files are VFB-only. VFB is a proprietary FontLab format that is **not compatible with gftools-builder**, which requires `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` source files.
+## Designer Information
 
-An override config.yaml in the google/fonts directory is also not feasible because there are no gftools-builder compatible sources to point to.
+Designer: Pablo Impallari (impallari@gmail.com), with kerning by Igino Marini.
 
-## Findings
+## Build Configuration
 
-1. **No source block** in METADATA.pb — needs to be added.
-2. **VFB-only sources**: The upstream repo at `librefonts/lobstertwo` contains only FontLab VFB files, which are not compatible with modern gftools-builder tooling. No `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` files exist.
-3. **Single commit repo**: The repo has only one commit from 2014, predating the google/fonts initial commit (2015).
-4. **Font never updated**: The TTF binaries have remained unchanged since the 2015 initial commit to google/fonts.
-5. **Designer**: Pablo Impallari (impallari@gmail.com), with kerning by Igino Marini.
-6. **No config.yaml possible**: Since the sources are VFB-only, no gftools-builder config can be provided. The fonts were likely compiled directly from FontLab, not through an automated build pipeline.
-7. **Related "Lobster" repo**: The `impallari/The-Lobster-Font` repo has a `.glyphs` source but only for the original single-weight "Lobster" font, not "Lobster Two".
+**No config.yaml exists** in the upstream repository, and none can be created because the source files are VFB-only. VFB is a proprietary FontLab format that is **not compatible with gftools-builder**, which requires `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` source files.
 
 ## Recommended Source Block
 
@@ -84,8 +66,8 @@ source {
 }
 ```
 
-Notes on the recommended block:
-- The `repository_url` points to the only known upstream repo for Lobster Two.
-- The `commit` is `0f38cf2` — the single and only commit in the repo, which predates the google/fonts initial import.
-- The `config_yaml` field is **omitted** because no gftools-builder compatible config exists (VFB-only sources).
-- **Status**: This source block is incomplete from a build reproducibility standpoint. The fonts cannot be rebuilt from source using modern tooling without first converting the VFB sources to a supported format.
+The `config_yaml` field is **omitted** because no gftools-builder compatible config exists (VFB-only sources).
+
+## Conclusion
+
+The source block documents the only known upstream repository. The fonts cannot be rebuilt from source using modern tooling without first converting the VFB sources to a supported format.