novasquare: 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)

diff --git a/ofl/novasquare/METADATA.pb b/ofl/novasquare/METADATA.pb
index 769d9dcdc09bfbdbd3f5e42c2693ecfae682499e..d6d6ff7e918db15fe8468919aaa886e02d7e6184 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/novasquare/METADATA.pb
+++ b/ofl/novasquare/METADATA.pb
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ subsets: "latin"
 subsets: "latin-ext"
 stroke: "SANS_SERIF"
 classifications: "DISPLAY"
+source {
+  repository_url: "https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg"
+  commit: "52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6"
+}

diff --git a/ofl/novasquare/upstream_info.md b/ofl/novasquare/upstream_info.md
index e522668e51faef94e81aa64a8c884e4f15cb3416..4499bc01a00d96fbc886e758f64151629ba8cc6c 100644 (file)
--- a/ofl/novasquare/upstream_info.md
+++ b/ofl/novasquare/upstream_info.md
@@ -3,39 +3,38 @@
 **Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
 **Date**: 2026-03-12
 
-## Repository
+## Source Repository
 
-- **Primary upstream (librefonts mirror)**: https://github.com/librefonts/novasquare
+- **Repository**: [googlefontdirectory-hg](https://github.com/nicholasgross/googlefontdirectory-hg) (Mercurial-to-Git conversion of the original Google Font Directory)
+- **Commit**: `52f780bc9d197280a9f430574e179a5f233c56b6`
+- **Source path**: `novasquare/src/`
+
+### Source Files in googlefontdirectory-hg
+
+- `NovaSquare.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/novasquare
   - Branch: `master`
   - Latest commit: `86d7d2eb056b9570622e665e20fb3b40f41010cf` (2014-10-17, "update .travis.yml")
   - Status: Frozen since 2014; not archived but no activity since then.
 
 - **Designer's canonical repo**: https://github.com/wmk69/Nova
-  - The `wmk69/Nova` repo **does** include Nova Square (as `NovaSquare-Book.sfd`, etc.) with a substantially redesigned v3.x version including Bold, Oblique, and Slim variants. However, the Google Fonts version is v2.000 from 2011 and the `librefonts/novasquare` repo holds the matching source.
+  - The `wmk69/Nova` repo **does** include Nova Square (as `NovaSquare-Book.sfd`, etc.) with a substantially redesigned v3.x version including Bold, Oblique, and Slim variants. However, the Google Fonts version is v2.000 from 2011 and the googlefontdirectory-hg / librefonts repo holds the matching source.
 
 - **Open Font Library**: https://fontlibrary.org (listed as source in original FONTLOG).
 
-## Source Files
-
-The `librefonts/novasquare` repo contains:
-- `src/NovaSquare.sfd` — FontForge source file (primary editable source)
-- `NovaSquare.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/novasquare` repo or in `ofl/novasquare/` 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 (`NovaSquare.ttf`) corresponds to version 2.000 (2011). Nova Square was added to Google Fonts slightly later than the other Nova fonts (2011-04-14 vs 2011-03-23).
 - The designer released a substantially redesigned Nova Square v3.x (with Bold/Oblique/Slim variants) in `wmk69/Nova` in 2020, but this has not been adopted by Google 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.
+- Confidence in source identification: **High** — the SFD source in googlefontdirectory-hg matches the librefonts mirror and the Google Fonts binary.