diff --git a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/Manifest b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/Manifest
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+DIST vharfbuzz-0.1.1.tar.gz 9036 BLAKE2B c22b1ef28612221b61a7f1565cb5ec37d0a8de852ad9899c1738eed58fc948c775248da460306a213cd39cfed3e180ba8440bfcda15428e2c071888be90657f7 SHA512 20579c380d15168c6635c7aa1a5d28a6c323e6bc25954a9ad2a03d172b414f2a4349f6d51ed2e8c737f8ae5331bc32c1cf1e02cc80544bbc5a265be4731feb01
diff --git a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/metadata.xml b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/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 type="person">
+      <email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+      <name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+    </maintainer>
+    <upstream>
+        <bugs-to>https://github.com/simoncozens/vharfbuzz/issues</bugs-to>
+        <remote-id type="github">simoncozens/vharfbuzz</remote-id>
+        <remote-id type="pypi">vharfbuzz</remote-id>
+    </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A user-friendlier way to use Harfbuzz in Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/simoncozens/vharfbuzz"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/simoncozens/vharfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+KEYWORDS=""
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/fonttools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/uharfbuzz[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs dev-python/sphinxcontrib-napoleon