diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest b/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
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+DIST babelfont-2.0.1.tar.gz 731550 BLAKE2B df941bc1e0dfe92e5cb1ccc4610b8ad2674405a947605d01b87fa365417b061591b5e9e6265af009516c24890fc5ecfa6314e6e49ac3b6cf255dcbdf446a338e SHA512 40cd60fe81d28218601be6903cced481b82bc7f205aa6715f729c4936f4608c232c809a566e7b3ca65f56cf15238d3056fef1e5de000b86264365168c4c7f3e3
diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-2.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-2.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+DESCRIPTION="Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/defcon[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/fontParts[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/fonttools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/glyphsLib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/metadata.xml b/dev-python/babelfont/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+</pkgmetadata>