How do scientists reconstruct the face of an ancient person?

Question

There was recently news of a grup of scientists who reconstructed the face of a teenager who lived 1300 years ago in Britain.
How is this possible?
I can understand that they could infer skin color or even eye color from the region the remains are found but how can they possibly know from bones if the person has a hooked nose or bulging eyes or a wide mouth etc? You know, the features that usually are the features which make us different from one another. How??
Is this part make believe?

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Thanks for explaining, now I can finally reconstruct my great-great-great-grandpa’s face. #FamilyReunionGoals