From: Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:37:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: novamono: add source metadata from googlefontdirectory-hg
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novamono: 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/novamono/METADATA.pb b/ofl/novamono/METADATA.pb
index b784ade79..1f3229521 100644
--- a/ofl/novamono/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/novamono/METADATA.pb
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ subsets: "latin"
 subsets: "latin-ext"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
 classifications: "MONOSPACE"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}
diff --git a/ofl/novamono/upstream_info.md b/ofl/novamono/upstream_info.md
index 6c5a79eb7..216846ca8 100644
--- a/ofl/novamono/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/novamono/upstream_info.md
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 **Date**: 2026-03-12
 
-## Repository
+## Source Repository
 
-- **Primary upstream (librefonts mirror)**: https://github.com/librefonts/novamono
+- **Repository**: [googlefontdirectory-hg](https://github.com/nicholasgross/googlefontdirectory-hg) (Mercurial-to-Git conversion of the original Google Font Directory)
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `novamono/src/`
+
+### Source Files in googlefontdirectory-hg
+
+- `NovaMono.sfd` — FontForge source file (primary editable source)
+- `NovaMono.png` — specimen image
+- `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/novamono
   - Branch: `master`
   - Latest commit: `33c70f6f3fb14b38512b00b6bc36004a227f7fbc` (2014-10-17, "update .travis.yml")
   - Status: Frozen since 2014; not archived but no activity since then.
@@ -15,30 +29,14 @@
 
 - **Open Font Library**: https://fontlibrary.org (listed as source in original FONTLOG).
 
-## Source Files
-
-The `librefonts/novamono` repo contains:
-- `src/NovaMono.sfd` — FontForge source file (primary editable source)
-- `NovaMono.ttf.*.ttx` — TTX-decomposed TTF tables (generated artifact)
-- `menusubset.ff` — FontForge script for menu subset generation
-- `src/NovaMono.png` — specimen image
-- `src/VERSIONS.txt`
-- `METADATA.json`, `FONTLOG.txt`, `OFL.txt`, `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`
-
-The `.sfd` file is the authoritative source. Nova Mono also has a `menusubset.ff` script not present in the other Nova family repos.
-
 ## 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/novamono` repo or in `ofl/novamono/` 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 (`NovaMono.ttf`) corresponds to version 1.2 (February 2011) — the last release before development was halted.
-- Nova Mono was officially discontinued by the designer and is not part of the active wmk69/Nova repo. The `librefonts/novamono` repo is the only available source of record.
+- Nova Mono was officially discontinued by the designer and is not part of the active wmk69/Nova repo. The librefonts mirror and googlefontdirectory-hg are the only available sources of record.
 - Nova Mono has broader Unicode coverage than the other Nova fonts: full Greek, mathematical operators, arrows, currency, etc.
 - 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.
+- Confidence in source identification: **High** — the SFD source in googlefontdirectory-hg matches the librefonts mirror and the Google Fonts binary.