From: Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:37:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: sixcaps: add source metadata from googlefontdirectory-hg
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sixcaps: 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)
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diff --git a/ofl/sixcaps/METADATA.pb b/ofl/sixcaps/METADATA.pb
index 112853271..7fa2df9b8 100644
--- a/ofl/sixcaps/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/sixcaps/METADATA.pb
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ subsets: "menu"
 subsets: "latin"
 stroke: "SANS_SERIF"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}
diff --git a/ofl/sixcaps/upstream_info.md b/ofl/sixcaps/upstream_info.md
index ed2f7d025..31c495460 100644
--- a/ofl/sixcaps/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/sixcaps/upstream_info.md
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
+# Six Caps -- Upstream Source Investigation
+
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 
-# Six Caps — Upstream Source Investigation
+## Source Repository
+
+Design sources were found in the **googlefontdirectory-hg** archive (Google Font Directory, Mercurial-era).
+
+- **Repository**: googlefontdirectory-hg
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `sixcaps/src/`
+
+## Source Files
+
+The source directory contains: 1 SFD file (FontForge format).
 
-## Summary
+The SFD format (FontForge) is not supported by gftools-builder. These sources are **not directly buildable** with the current open-source pipeline.
 
-Six Caps is a condensed all-caps sans-serif display typeface designed by Vernon Adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk) and released in 2010. It was added to Google Fonts on 2011-02-16.
+### Key source files
+
+- `SixCaps-TTF.sfd` (SFD, FontForge)
 
 ## Designer
 
@@ -18,11 +32,3 @@ A search for canonical upstream repositories was conducted on GitHub. Searches f
 - **google-fonts-bower/sixcaps-bower** — a deprecated bower packaging mirror.
 
 No repository owned by Vernon Adams containing UFO or Glyphs sources was found. Vernon Adams passed away in 2014; his work is preserved via Google Fonts and associated archives.
-
-## Status
-
-No canonical upstream repository with UFO or Glyphs sources was found. No source block was added.
-
-## Confidence
-
-Low — No public source repository was found. The font predates widespread open-source font hosting and the original creator is deceased.