Instead of contributing.md
https://fontforge.org/en-US/downloads/source/
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/blob/master/INSTALL.md
I can make a PR if you agree.
In fact i like the way the OpenFrameworks project put it, they named INSTALL_FROM_GITHUB.md
so it is in your face
https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/blob/master/INSTALL_FROM_GITHUB.md
It would be great to have instructions to build the python module and the binary program with interface too.