From: Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:53:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Berkshire Swash: add source block to METADATA.pb
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Berkshire Swash: add source block to METADATA.pb

- Repo: librefonts/berkshireswash
- Commit: 1a4fb49d (update .travis.yml)
- Config: (none)
- Status: missing_config
- Confidence: MEDIUM
---

diff --git a/ofl/berkshireswash/METADATA.pb b/ofl/berkshireswash/METADATA.pb
index 5d51b1d47..86d178fab 100644
--- a/ofl/berkshireswash/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/berkshireswash/METADATA.pb
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ designer: "Astigmatic"
 license: "OFL"
 category: "HANDWRITING"
 date_added: "2012-03-14"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/librefonts/berkshireswash"
+  commit: "1a4fb49d514e01ada8934472cae85cc4590efa58"
+}
+
 fonts {
   name: "Berkshire Swash"
   style: "normal"
diff --git a/ofl/berkshireswash/upstream_info.md b/ofl/berkshireswash/upstream_info.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbfaf8655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ofl/berkshireswash/upstream_info.md
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Berkshire Swash - Investigation Report
+
+## Source Data (from tracking)
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Family Name | Berkshire Swash |
+| Repository URL | https://github.com/librefonts/berkshireswash |
+| Commit Hash | 1a4fb49d514e01ada8934472cae85cc4590efa58 |
+| Config YAML | (none) |
+| Status | missing_config |
+| Category | HANDWRITING / DISPLAY |
+
+## How the Repository URL Was Found
+
+The repository URL `https://github.com/librefonts/berkshireswash` comes from the librefonts organization on GitHub, a collection of decompiled font repos maintained by Marc Foley. The URL was recorded in the tracking data and added to METADATA.pb in commit `9a14639f3` (on branch `sources_info_2026-02-25`, not yet merged to main).
+
+## How the Commit Hash Was Determined
+
+The commit hash `1a4fb49d514e01ada8934472cae85cc4590efa58` is the latest (HEAD) commit in the librefonts/berkshireswash repo, dated 2014-10-17. This was set because it is the most recent commit in the repository, corresponding to a Travis CI config update ("update .travis.yml").
+
+**Font history in google/fonts**:
+- Initial commit `90abd17b4`: Font first added to google/fonts
+- `5e3cf0753`: "hotfix-berkshireswash: v1.001 added" (PR #855, by Marc Foley, 2017-08-07)
+
+The hotfix PR #855 by Marc Foley had an empty body. The librefonts repo's last commit predates the hotfix by about 3 years (2014 vs 2017).
+
+## Config YAML Status
+
+- **No `config.yaml`** exists in the upstream librefonts repo (not at any commit)
+- **No override `config.yaml`** in `google/fonts/ofl/berkshireswash/`
+- The repo contains only **VFB sources** (`src/BerkshireSwash-Regular-OTF.vfb`, `src/BerkshireSwash-Regular-TTF.vfb`, `src/BerkshireSwash-Regular.vfb`) and TTX-decomposed font files
+- VFB (FontLab Studio format) is a proprietary binary format not compatible with gftools-builder
+- No UFO, Glyphs, or DesignSpace sources are available
+
+## Verification
+
+- Commit hash `1a4fb49` exists in the repo (message: "update .travis.yml", dated 2014-10-17)
+- It is the HEAD commit of the master branch (10 total commits in the repo)
+- Repository URL is valid and accessible
+- The upstream repo is cached at `upstream_repos/fontc_crater_cache/librefonts/berkshireswash`
+- PR #855 body was empty
+
+## Confidence Level
+
+**Medium** - The commit hash is simply HEAD of the librefonts mirror repo. The librefonts repo is not the original design source. The original designer is Brian J. Bonislawsky (Astigmatic/AOETI). The repo only has VFB (proprietary FontLab) and TTX sources, making gftools-builder integration impossible without source conversion.
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- The original VFB source files from Astigmatic are proprietary format (FontLab Studio); conversion to UFO would be needed for gftools-builder compatibility
+- The hotfix from 2017 may have used a process not reflected in the librefonts repo (which was last updated in 2014)
+- Astigmatic (Brian Bonislawsky) designed many fonts for Google Fonts; it's unknown if more modern source formats are available from the designer
+- The tracking notes say "No buildable source files at recorded commit" which is correct -- VFB files require proprietary software to open
+- This font was added to Google Fonts in 2012 and has classification DISPLAY with SERIF stroke