# Pontano Sans — Source Metadata Investigation

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

## Summary

The source metadata for Pontano Sans was investigated. The upstream repository is hosted at https://github.com/googlefonts/PontanoSansFont and the pinned commit is `240072e22db75e84578dc80b757f589792f9e723` on the `master` branch.

## Font Description

Pontano Sans is a minimalist, light-weighted sans serif typeface originally designed by Vernon Adams. It was added to Google Fonts on 2012-03-14. The font was primarily intended as a display face, though it was also usable as a text font. In February 2023, the font was upgraded to a variable format, extending its weight range from Light to Bold and introducing improvements in rendering and language support.

## Repository

- **Repository**: https://github.com/googlefonts/PontanoSansFont
- **Commit**: `240072e22db75e84578dc80b757f589792f9e723`
- **Branch**: master
- **Config**: `sources/config.yaml`

## Font Files

The Google Fonts distribution included one variable font file:
- `PontanoSans[wght].ttf`

## Axes

| Axis | Min | Max |
|------|-----|-----|
| wght | 300.0 | 700.0 |

## Scripts and Subsets

The font supported Latin and Latin Extended character sets.

## Designer

Vernon Adams.

## License

Open Font License (OFL).

## Notes

The repository was hosted under the `googlefonts` GitHub organization, indicating it was adopted and maintained by the Google Fonts team. The variable font upgrade in February 2023 was a significant enhancement over the original single-weight release.
