nosifercaps: 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/nosifercaps/METADATA.pb b/ofl/nosifercaps/METADATA.pb
index 685b763f8d9859eb3f1a7f1cb6466a635d008461..7b72190d11e14ce11131766ef3f8da9b50b4008d 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/nosifercaps/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/nosifercaps/METADATA.pb
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ subsets: "latin"
 subsets: "latin-ext"
 stroke: "SANS_SERIF"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}

diff --git a/ofl/nosifercaps/upstream_info.md b/ofl/nosifercaps/upstream_info.md
index 54e4f2d8b8e7685526d7b46da3411c00f106eb40..3966f9aa4dffac3f639bb7448f722e9d284b01b7 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/nosifercaps/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/nosifercaps/upstream_info.md
@@ -3,37 +3,48 @@
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 **Date**: 2026-03-12
 
-## Repository
+## Source Repository
 
-- **URL**: https://github.com/librefonts/nosifercaps
-- **Status**: Mirror/archive repository; no authoritative upstream from the original designer (Vernon Adams / Typomondo) has been found on GitHub.
-- **Default branch**: master
-- **Latest commit**: `4d06a566155423ccc76fa04f2929cb17bead6050` — "update .travis.yml" (2014-10-17)
-- **Relationship to Nosifer**: Nosifer Caps shares the same designer, copyright notice (`Copyright (c) 2011, Typomondo`), and version (001.002) as Nosifer. Both reside in the `librefonts` GitHub organization as parallel archive repos. They are distinct typefaces (caps-only design vs. full display) but share the same origin.
+- **Repository**: [googlefontdirectory-hg](https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg) (Mercurial monorepo, pre-GitHub era)
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `ofl/nosifercaps/src/`
+- **Buildable**: No — legacy formats only (.sfd)
 
-## Source Files
+The font sources are in the **googlefontdirectory-hg** monorepo, a git mirror of the
+original Google Code Mercurial repository (`code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory`)
+that was the canonical host for Google Fonts from 2010 to 2013.
 
-The `src/` directory of `librefonts/nosifercaps` contains:
+### Source Files
 
-- `NosiferCaps-Regular.sfd` — FontForge source (original outlines)
-- `NosiferCaps-Regular-TTF.sfd` — FontForge source (TrueType-specific outlines)
-- `VERSIONS.txt` — records `NosiferCaps-Regular.ttf: Version 001.002`
-- `METADATA_comments.txt` — historical subsetting/build script comments
+| File | Type |
+|------|------|
+| `NosiferCaps-Regular.sfd` | FontForge SFD source, original outlines (not buildable with gftools-builder) |
+| `NosiferCaps-Regular-TTF.sfd` | FontForge SFD source, TrueType-specific outlines (not buildable with gftools-builder) |
+| `METADATA_comments.txt` | Metadata comments (not a source file) |
 
-Root-level TTX files are deconstructed table dumps of the distributed binary, not canonical build artifacts. The repo also includes DSIG, GDEF, GPOS, and GSUB table dumps, indicating the caps variant has OpenType feature tables absent from the base Nosifer.
+Two SFD files are present — one with original outlines and one with TrueType-specific outlines. Both are FontForge format, not compatible with gftools-builder.
+
+## Designer and Provenance
+
+- **Designer**: Vernon Adams (Typomondo)
+- Vernon Adams passed away in 2014; no living maintainer is known for these fonts.
+- No authoritative upstream from the original designer has been found on GitHub.
+- **Relationship to Nosifer**: Nosifer Caps shares the same designer, copyright notice (`Copyright (c) 2011, Typomondo`), and version (001.002) as Nosifer. They are distinct typefaces (caps-only design vs. full display) but share the same origin.
+
+## Additional Mirror
+
+A third-party mirror exists at https://github.com/librefonts/nosifercaps (latest commit `4d06a56` on 2014-10-17, "update .travis.yml"). It contains the same SFD sources plus TTX table dumps. The `src/VERSIONS.txt` records version 001.002, matching the Google Fonts binary. The repo also includes DSIG, GDEF, GPOS, and GSUB table dumps, indicating the caps variant has OpenType feature tables absent from the base Nosifer.
 
 ## Build System
 
-No build system is present. The librefonts repo is a 2014-era archive snapshot. The original production workflow used the legacy `googlefontdirectory` toolchain (font-optimizer + subset.py scripts). No Makefile, Python build scripts, or `gftools` configuration exists.
+Not applicable — the SFD sources require FontForge. The original production workflow used the legacy `googlefontdirectory` toolchain (font-optimizer + subset.py scripts).
 
-## config.yaml Status
+## config.yaml
 
-No `config.yaml` exists in `/mnt/shared/google/fonts/ofl/nosifercaps/`. None is present in the upstream repo either.
+Does not exist. Cannot be created — no gftools-builder compatible sources available.
 
 ## Notes
 
-- Vernon Adams passed away in 2014. No living maintainer is known for these fonts.
-- The font binary in the google/fonts repo (`NosiferCaps-Regular.ttf`, Version 001.002) matches the version in `librefonts/nosifercaps/src/VERSIONS.txt`.
-- The librefonts organization appears to have been a Google Fonts-affiliated archiving effort (circa 2014) and does not represent active development.
-- For future maintenance, the SFD sources in `librefonts/nosifercaps/src/` are the best available upstream.
-- See also: Nosifer investigation at `/mnt/shared/google/fonts/ofl/nosifer/upstream_info.md` for additional context on the designer and provenance.
+- The font binary in google/fonts (`NosiferCaps-Regular.ttf`, Version 001.002) matches the version in the librefonts mirror's `VERSIONS.txt`.
+- The `librefonts` organization appears to have been a Google Fonts-affiliated archiving effort circa 2014 and does not represent active development.
+- See also: Nosifer investigation for additional context on the designer and provenance.