From: Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:37:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: novascript: add source metadata from googlefontdirectory-hg
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novascript: 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/novascript/METADATA.pb b/ofl/novascript/METADATA.pb
index d4d158a7d..44716ffbc 100644
--- a/ofl/novascript/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/novascript/METADATA.pb
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ fonts {
 }
 subsets: "latin"
 subsets: "menu"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}
diff --git a/ofl/novascript/upstream_info.md b/ofl/novascript/upstream_info.md
index f2c887388..e010bec47 100644
--- a/ofl/novascript/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/novascript/upstream_info.md
@@ -3,9 +3,22 @@
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 **Date**: 2026-03-12
 
-## Repository
+## Source Repository
 
-- **Primary upstream (librefonts mirror)**: https://github.com/librefonts/novascript
+- **Repository**: [googlefontdirectory-hg](https://github.com/nicholasgross/googlefontdirectory-hg) (Mercurial-to-Git conversion of the original Google Font Directory)
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `novascript/src/`
+
+### Source Files in googlefontdirectory-hg
+
+- `NovaScript.sfd` — FontForge source file (primary editable source)
+- `METADATA_comments.txt` — metadata notes (not a source file)
+
+The `.sfd` (FontForge) format is the only design source. This format is not buildable with gftools-builder.
+
+## Additional Repository Information
+
+- **Librefonts mirror**: https://github.com/librefonts/novascript
   - Branch: `master`
   - Latest commit: `b58a53e910b4c401089e816c85f2e59cb169412f` (2014-10-17, "update .travis.yml")
   - Status: Frozen since 2014; not archived but no activity since then.
@@ -15,29 +28,15 @@
 
 - **Open Font Library**: https://fontlibrary.org (listed as source in original FONTLOG).
 
-## Source Files
-
-The `librefonts/novascript` repo contains:
-- `src/NovaScript.sfd` — FontForge source file (primary editable source)
-- `NovaScript.ttf.*.ttx` — TTX-decomposed TTF tables (generated artifact)
-- `src/VERSIONS.txt`
-- `METADATA.json`, `FONTLOG.txt`, `OFL.txt`, `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`
-
-The `.sfd` file is the authoritative source.
-
 ## Build System
 
-The repo uses the legacy `fontbakery-build.py` pipeline (circa 2014), driven by a `.travis.yml` CI config. This system is obsolete. No `Makefile` or modern build script is present.
-
-## config.yaml Status
-
-No `config.yaml` exists in the `librefonts/novascript` repo or in `ofl/novascript/` in google/fonts. One would need to be created for any rebuild attempt.
+The librefonts repo uses the legacy `fontbakery-build.py` pipeline (circa 2014), driven by a `.travis.yml` CI config. This system is obsolete. No `Makefile` or modern build script is present. No `config.yaml` exists.
 
 ## Notes
 
-- The Google Fonts binary (`NovaScript-Regular.ttf`) is labeled v2.001; a hotfix was applied to the Google Fonts repo (commit `a9ad19397`: "hotfix-novascript: v2.001 added"), suggesting the file in google/fonts may be slightly newer than the `librefonts` repo snapshot.
+- The Google Fonts binary (`NovaScript-Regular.ttf`) is labeled v2.001; a hotfix was applied to the Google Fonts repo (commit `a9ad19397`: "hotfix-novascript: v2.001 added"), suggesting the file in google/fonts may be slightly newer than the librefonts repo snapshot.
 - Per the designer's history notes: "NovaScript is based on my NovaOval font, and it's a part of the Nova set. I created it because the Nova family was missing an oblique font."
-- Nova Script was officially removed from the active family in 2020. The `librefonts/novascript` repo is the best available source of record.
+- Nova Script was officially removed from the active family in 2020. The librefonts mirror and googlefontdirectory-hg are the best available sources of record.
 - Nova Script only covers Latin (no latin-ext), unlike most other Nova fonts.
 - Designer: Wojciech Kalinowski (wmk69), wmk69@o2.pl.
-- Confidence in source identification: **High** — the `librefonts` repo is the known Google Fonts upstream mirror and the commit matches what was previously recorded. The v2.001 hotfix may not be reflected in the librefonts repo.
+- Confidence in source identification: **High** — the SFD source in googlefontdirectory-hg matches the librefonts mirror. The v2.001 hotfix may not be reflected in the librefonts repo.