# Playball — Source Metadata Investigation

**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
**Date**: 2026-03-12

## Summary

The upstream repository for Playball was identified at https://github.com/googlefonts/play-ball, hosted under the `googlefonts` GitHub organization. The METADATA.pb file referenced commit `13a54129eb380bb0f3a086b31da09e7f2cd46ba9` on the `master` branch, with build configuration at `sources/config.yml`.

## Font Description

Playball is a decorative display and handwriting typeface designed by Robert Leuschke and added to Google Fonts in 2011. It features a bold, informal style reminiscent of sports and pop-culture lettering from mid-20th century America. The font is classified as both display and handwriting. It covers Latin and Latin Extended scripts, as well as Vietnamese. The copyright dates to 2011.

## Designer

Robert Leuschke is a prolific type designer who has contributed multiple script and decorative typefaces to Google Fonts, including Playball, Passions Conflict, Petemoss, and others.

## Repository

- **URL**: https://github.com/googlefonts/play-ball
- **Commit**: `13a54129eb380bb0f3a086b31da09e7f2cd46ba9`
- **Branch**: `master`
- **Config**: `sources/config.yml`
- **License**: OFL

## Font Details

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Category | DISPLAY / HANDWRITING |
| Style | Regular (400) |
| Subsets | latin, latin-ext, vietnamese |
| Variable | No |

## File Mapping

The source block specified explicit file mappings: `OFL.txt`, `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html`, and `fonts/ttf/Playball-Regular.ttf` were mapped from the upstream repository.

## Confidence

**High** — The repository is hosted under the `googlefonts` organization and the commit is explicitly referenced. The copyright notice URL matches the repository URL.
