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gf-guide/authors.md

@@ -7,19 +7,12 @@
 
 <div class="callout">
 
-🦤 Authors and contributors are people or industries participating into a project either because they paid for it, they employed people who created and produced it, or because they are the people who made it.
+🦤 Authors and contributors are people or organizations participating in a project, either because they are the people who made it, the people who paid for it, or the employers who gathered the people who made it.
 
-<ul>
-    <li> The list of authors generally includes the creators and all the possible copyright holders (such as the company employing the actual creators). This may differ according to the copyright laws of the author’s country; better to inform yourself if the project was commissioned by an instiution or a company.</li>
-    <li> The list of contributors generally includes everyone who participated in the project to a large degree: producers, engineers, developers etc. (including non–copyright-holders). </li>
-</ul>
+* The list of authors is for the copyright holders. Typically this is the creators, or the organization employing the actual creators, or the client of that organization. It is best to confirm for yourself who holds copyrights in a project, as it is often not a simple single answer.
+* The list of contributors is for everyone who participated in the project (creators, producers, engineers, developers, writers, etc) and explicitly includes non–copyright-holders.
 
-The <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file is mandatory for font’s repository aimed to be published in Google Fonts:
-
-<ul>
-    <li> The <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file is used from an important legal point of view: the copyright string in the License file point out to this file. No modification can be made to the license unless all copyright holders agreed to it.</li>
-    <li> Google Fonts uses the <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file to know who to credit in the <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Brygada+1918#about">#About section</a> of the specimen page. Without this file, the font may be wrongly attributed.</li>
-</ul>
+Google Fonts prefers to credit human designers whereever possible, alongside foundry and client brands.
 
 </div>
 
@@ -35,11 +28,18 @@ The <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file is mandatory for font’s reposit
 
 ## Crediting authors
 
-Usually the foundry and the designers are mentioned. It can happen that the company is the only copyright holder (for example because the designers signed a contract giving up all rights with their company), or that there is so many authors that only the collective name is mentioned. In such a case, the names of the individual creators should be moved to the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file.
+The <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file is mandatory for font projects published in Google Fonts:
 
-You can find a template in the [Google Fonts Project Template](https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefonts-project-template), or copy-paste the text below into a `.txt` file that you add at the root of your repository. Don’t forget to replace our example “Supercompany” and “Laura Artist” by the actual copyright holders of the project.
+* The <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file is important legally: The copyright string in the License file references this file. No modification can be made to the license, unless all copyright holders agreed to it, so it is important to have a convenient way to know who those copyright holders are.
+* Google Fonts uses the <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file along with other information (like the <mark class="grey">CONTRIBUTORS.txt</mark> file) to know who to credit in the <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Brygada+1918#about">#About section</a> of the specimen page.
 
-``` code
+In the jargon of copyright law, a copyright-holder is an author, even if they were not the physical author of the work.
+Often an organization is the only copyright-holder, because the designers and contributors all signed contracts transferring all rights to that organization.
+In these cases, the names of the individual creators and contributors should be listed in the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file.
+
+You can find a template for your <mark class="grey">AUTHORS.txt</mark> file in the [Google Fonts Project Template](https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefonts-project-template), or copy-paste the text below into a `.txt` file that you add at the root of your repository. Don’t forget to replace our example “Supercompany” and “Laura Artist” by the actual copyright holders of the project.
+
+```code
 # This is the official list of project authors for copyright purposes.
 # This file is distinct from the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file.
 # See the latter for an explanation.
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ Laura Artist <mail@lauraartist.com>
 
 ## Crediting contributors
 
-The CONTRIBUTORS.txt file is used to be able to reach out to some people when necessary (the maintainer of the repo, the engineer etc.) and to acknowledge their participation.
+The CONTRIBUTORS.txt file is used to acknowledge the participation of all human contributors, and may be used to reach out to some people when necessary (such as to ask a specific technical question of the font engineer).
 
-You can find a template in [GFPT](https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefonts-project-template/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt), or copy-paste the text below into a `.txt` file that you add at the root of your repository. Don’t forget to replace our example “Bob Tester” and “Maggie Techno” with the actual contributors of the projects.
+You can also find a template for this file in the [Google Fonts Project Template](https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefonts-project-template/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt), or copy-paste the text below into a `.txt` file that you add at the root of your repository. Don’t forget to replace our example “Bob Tester” and “Maggie Techno” with the actual contributors to the project.
 
 ``` code
 # This is the list of people who have contributed to this project,
-# and includes those not listed in `AUTHORS.txt` because they are not
+# and includes those not listed in AUTHORS.txt because they are not
 # copyright authors. For example, company employees may be listed
 # here because their company holds the copyright and is listed there.
 #

gf-guide/metadata.md

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Example: `date_added: "2021-09-30"`
 
 ### designer
 
-The full name of the type designers or foundries who designed the fonts. The order in which the names are listed here will determine the order of appareance in the About section in the font specimen page. (See below.) 
+The full name of the type designers or foundries who designed the fonts. The order in which the names are listed here will determine the order of appearance in the About section in the font specimen page. (See below.) 
 Each designer listed needs to have an entry in the library repo [/catalog/designers](https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/main/catalog/designers) tree; and each one needs to match a string in the `designer` key of `info.pb` files there.
 
 Examples:

gf-guide/profile.md

@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ You can request the addition or modification of your name, bio, and image using
 
 ## How to write the biography
 
--   **Fill up the** **[AUTHORS.txt](authors.md)** **file carefully.**
+-   **Fill up the [AUTHORS.txt and CONTRIBUTORS.txt](authors.md) files carefully.**
     <br>
-    All the names present in [AUTHORS.txt](authors.md) will be credited in the font’s specimen page on Google Fonts. The names should be written with all necessary signs and marks to be considered correct.
+    All the names present in these 2 files will be used to author credits shown on the font’s Google Fonts catalog specimen page. The names should be written with all necessary signs and marks to be considered correct in these files.
 -   **There is one bio per designer and per foundry mentioned.**
--   **The text should be around 100 words** (so it should be more than 200 characters and less than 1000 characters).
+-   **The text should be around 100 words** (so it should be more than 200 characters and less than 1,000 characters).
 -   **The text must be written in the 3rd person.**
--   **We recommend one or two links directing to a webpage or social media.**
--   **Bio must be written in English and names translated in Latin script.**
+-   **We recommend one or two links directing to a homepage or social media account.**
+-   **Biography text must be written in English, and names translated to Latin script.**
 
 ### Designer section &rarr; Foundry information
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The Foundry information is not mandatory for every project, but for those that l
 
 **Example:**
 
-> *Based in New York and London, Commercial Type is a joint venture between Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, who have collaborated since 2004 on various typeface projects, beginning with the award-winning Guardian Egyptian, through to typefaces for clients worldwide including Vanity Fair; Helsingin Sanomat; T, The New York Times Style Magazine; MoMA; Visa; and Chobani. Commercial Type has also published typefaces that have helped to define the look of the last 10 years, including Graphik, Druk, and Dala Floda.* [*commercialtype.com*](https://commercialtype.com)
+> *Based in New York and London, Commercial Type is a joint venture between Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, who have collaborated since 2004 on various typeface projects, beginning with the award-winning Guardian Egyptian, through to typefaces for clients worldwide including Vanity Fair; Helsingin Sanomat; T, The New York Times Style Magazine; MoMA; Visa; and Chobani. Commercial Type has also published typefaces that have helped to define the look of the last 10 years, including Graphik, Druk, and Dala Floda. [commercialtype.com](https://commercialtype.com)*
 
 ### Designer section &rarr; Designer information
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The Foundry information is not mandatory for every project, but for those that l
 
 **Example:**
 
-> *Greg Gazdowicz (b. 1988) hails from the suburbs of Gaithersburg, Maryland. He studied graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art, then completed the Type@Cooper Extended program in 2014, months after joining the design staff of Commercial Type. Greg has designed custom typefaces for Mailchimp, La Republica, Google, and New York magazine, and has released several families through Commercial Type, including Robinson and the ambitious Terza family.* [*Twitter*](http://www.twitter.com/)
+> *Greg Gazdowicz (b. 1988) hails from the suburbs of Gaithersburg, Maryland. He studied graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art, then completed the Type@Cooper Extended program in 2014, months after joining the design staff of Commercial Type. Greg has designed custom typefaces for Mailchimp, La Republica, Google, and New York magazine, and has released several families through Commercial Type, including Robinson and the ambitious Terza family. [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/)*
 
 ## Registering a designer profile
 
@@ -163,4 +163,4 @@ As a developer or a team member, you may want to know the process for registerin
 <div class="next-reading">
     Further reading:<br>
     <mark class="purple">nerd&nbsp;</mark> <a href="./googlefonts">google/fonts repository explained</a>
-</div>
+</div>