From: Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:37:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: simonetta: add source metadata from googlefontdirectory-hg
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simonetta: 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/simonetta/METADATA.pb b/ofl/simonetta/METADATA.pb
index 92458301b..0a035355d 100644
--- a/ofl/simonetta/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/simonetta/METADATA.pb
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ subsets: "latin-ext"
 subsets: "menu"
 stroke: "SERIF"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}
diff --git a/ofl/simonetta/upstream_info.md b/ofl/simonetta/upstream_info.md
index 024d6ace4..5b21cc565 100644
--- a/ofl/simonetta/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/simonetta/upstream_info.md
@@ -1,10 +1,35 @@
+# Simonetta -- Upstream Source Investigation
+
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 
-# Simonetta — 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**: `simonetta/src/`
+
+## Source Files
+
+The source directory contains: 8 VFB file(s) (FontLab, proprietary format); 4 compiled binaries (OTF/TTF, not design sources).
 
-## Summary
+The VFB format is proprietary (FontLab) and cannot be built with gftools-builder. These sources are **not directly buildable** with the current open-source pipeline.
 
-Simonetta is a display serif typeface designed by Brownfox (Gayaneh Bagdasaryan, gayaneh.b@gmail.com / brownfox.org) and released in 2011–2012. It was added to Google Fonts on 2012-04-04.
+### Key source files
+
+- `Simonetta-Black-OTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Black-TTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-BlackItalic-OTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-BlackItalic-TTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Italic-OTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Italic-TTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Regular-OTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Regular-TTF.vfb` (VFB, proprietary)
+- `Simonetta-Black.otf` (compiled binary)
+- `Simonetta-BlackItalic.otf` (compiled binary)
+- `Simonetta-Italic.otf` (compiled binary)
+- `Simonetta-Regular.otf` (compiled binary)
 
 ## Designer
 
@@ -17,11 +42,3 @@ A search for canonical upstream repositories was conducted on GitHub. The follow
 - **librefonts/simonetta** — a librefonts mirror (excluded per policy).
 - **profound-labs/simonetta-x-font** — extended variant with Slovenian and Pali accents, not the canonical upstream.
 - No repository owned by Brownfox or Gayaneh Bagdasaryan was found.
-
-## Status
-
-No canonical upstream repository with UFO or Glyphs sources was found. No source block was added.
-
-## Confidence
-
-Low — No canonical upstream repository was located. The font predates widespread use of public version control for font sources.