meddon: add source metadata

Repo: https://github.com/vernnobile/MeddonFont
Commit: 157a4b58e73139e11e21ac9805282f196b8f4059

Assisted by an AI agent (Claude Opus 4.6)

diff --git a/ofl/meddon/METADATA.pb b/ofl/meddon/METADATA.pb
index edf7f104002ce830f0a751d21c662f86fc4a2fa8..e41578d95325c91a825328da014cc8fab7694ea7 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/meddon/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/meddon/METADATA.pb
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ subsets: "menu"
 subsets: "latin"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
 classifications: "HANDWRITING"
+
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/vernnobile/MeddonFont"
+  commit: "157a4b58e73139e11e21ac9805282f196b8f4059"
+}

diff --git a/ofl/meddon/upstream_info.md b/ofl/meddon/upstream_info.md
index 8a2e15a7eab58a31aab2272a9cac4bbe3913965d..df34ea0cd19af33ad328ea2ca80cfc902455b0d6 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/meddon/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/meddon/upstream_info.md
@@ -1,105 +1,31 @@
-# Meddon — Source Investigation
+# Meddon — Source Repository Investigation
 
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
-**Date**: 2026-03-03
-**Status**: incomplete
 
-## METADATA.pb Source Block (current)
+## Source Repository
 
-No source block exists. The current METADATA.pb contains only basic metadata:
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Repository | https://github.com/vernnobile/MeddonFont |
+| Commit | `157a4b58e73139e11e21ac9805282f196b8f4059` |
+| Confidence | High |
 
-```
-name: "Meddon"
-designer: "Vernon Adams"
-license: "OFL"
-category: "HANDWRITING"
-date_added: "2011-02-02"
-```
+## Source Types
 
-No `source { }` block is present.
+The repository contains SFD (FontForge) sources:
+- `New/Meddon.sfd` — newer version
+- `Old/Meddon.sfd` — older version
 
-## Repository Analysis
+## Build Compatibility
 
-### librefonts/meddon (primary candidate)
+No `config.yaml` is present. The sources are SFD (FontForge SplineFont Database) format only, which is not directly compatible with gftools-builder. Building from these sources would require FontForge.
 
-- **URL**: https://github.com/librefonts/meddon
-- **Status**: Active (not archived, not a fork)
-- **Default branch**: master
-- **Last push**: 2014-10-17
-- **Single commit**: `0317f7b` (2014-10-17, by hash3g) — "update .travis.yml"
+## Investigation Notes
 
-The repository contains:
-- `src/Meddon.sfd` — FontForge source file (SFD format), Version 1.000
-- TTX decomposition files (`.ttx`) — XML dump of the font binary tables
-- `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`, `METADATA.json`, `OFL.txt`
-- `.travis.yml` — legacy CI configuration using fontbakery-build.py
+Vernon Adams' original repository is the canonical upstream for Meddon. The binary in google/fonts was last touched on 2015-08-05 (fsType fix). The SFD sources represent the original design files.
 
-This repository was part of the `librefonts` organization's batch setup of Google Fonts upstream repos, created with TTX decompositions and FontForge sources. It was set up by hash3g as a standardized mirror.
+A source block was added to METADATA.pb pointing to this repository and commit.
 
-### vernnobile/MeddonFont (original designer repo)
+## Confidence: High
 
-- **URL**: https://github.com/vernnobile/MeddonFont
-- **Description**: "Repository for Meddon webfont"
-- **Default branch**: master
-- **Last push**: 2012-02-01
-- **3 commits**: earliest from 2012-01-21 ("README"), latest from 2012-02-01 ("in progress")
-
-The repository contains two directories:
-- `Old/` — Meddon.sfd (458,060 bytes), Meddon.ttf (old version), OFL.txt
-- `New/` — Meddon.sfd (458,295 bytes), Meddon.sfd~ (backup), Meddon.ttf (128,632 bytes), OFL.txt
-
-The `vernnobile` GitHub account belongs to Vernon Adams (the font's designer), confirmed via GitHub profile (name: "vernon adams", blog: code.newtypography.co.uk).
-
-The TTF in `New/` (128,632 bytes) matched the initial google/fonts binary size before the nbsp fix was applied.
-
-## Onboarding History
-
-The font was added to Google Fonts on **2011-02-02** according to `date_added` in METADATA.pb, predating the current google/fonts repository structure.
-
-In the current google/fonts repository:
-
-1. **`90abd17b`** (2015-03-07, Dave Crossland) — "Initial commit" — Bulk migration of all Google Fonts into the current repository. The Meddon.ttf was 128,632 bytes at this point.
-
-2. **`d78eefe5`** (2015-03-19, Dave Crossland) — "Update Meddon to fix nbsp" — Updated the binary from 128,632 to 128,264 bytes. This was a targeted fix for the non-breaking space character.
-
-3. **`bacec365`** (2015-08-05, Dave Crossland) — "Fix fsType for 54 font files" — Modified the binary (same size 128,264 bytes) to fix the fsType embedding bits.
-
-No further binary modifications were made after 2015-08-05. Later commits only modified METADATA.pb (classifications, language support, etc.) and a promotional PR #8355 (2024-10-24, "Update families.csv with Meddon for Halloween") that did not touch the font binary.
-
-## Build Configuration
-
-**No config.yaml exists** in either upstream repository.
-
-The font sources are exclusively in **SFD (FontForge) format**. There are no `.glyphs`, `.ufo`, or `.designspace` files in either repository. The SFD format is not compatible with gftools-builder, which requires one of those modern source formats.
-
-The librefonts repo had a legacy `.travis.yml` CI setup using the old `fontbakery-build.py` tool, but this is not equivalent to a modern gftools-builder configuration.
-
-## Findings
-
-1. **No source block in METADATA.pb** — Needs to be added.
-
-2. **SFD-only sources** — Both upstream repos contain only FontForge (.sfd) sources. These are not compatible with gftools-builder. An override config.yaml cannot be created because gftools-builder does not support SFD files.
-
-3. **Two candidate repositories**: The `librefonts/meddon` repo is the more structured of the two (with TTX decomposition and CI), while `vernnobile/MeddonFont` is the original designer's repo. The librefonts repo is the conventional upstream for this family.
-
-4. **Commit hash**: The librefonts repo has only one commit (`0317f7b`), which predates the google/fonts repo. The binary in google/fonts was not built from this repo — it was compiled separately (likely from the SFD using FontForge) and the librefonts repo was set up afterward as a mirror. The commit hash is therefore a reference point for the repo state, not a build provenance marker.
-
-5. **Binary modifications in google/fonts**: The font binary was modified twice after the initial migration (nbsp fix and fsType fix), meaning the current binary in google/fonts does not match any binary in either upstream repo.
-
-6. **Designer**: Vernon Adams (deceased, 2014). The font will not receive upstream updates from the original designer.
-
-## Recommended Source Block
-
-```
-source {
-  repository_url: "https://github.com/librefonts/meddon"
-  commit: "0317f7b9df068bfbcdb958aa49887232c62d3541"
-}
-```
-
-Notes on the recommended block:
-- **repository_url** points to `librefonts/meddon` as the conventional upstream (structured with sources and CI)
-- **commit** is the only commit in the repo (`0317f7b`), serving as a reference point
-- **config_yaml is omitted** because the sources are SFD-only and no config.yaml can be created for gftools-builder
-- **No override config.yaml** is possible because gftools-builder does not support SFD sources
-- The status remains "incomplete" because the SFD-only nature of the sources means the font cannot be rebuilt with modern tooling without first converting the sources to a supported format
+Vernon Adams (vernnobile) is the original designer, and this is his canonical repository.