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@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ If you find a problem with a font file or have a request for the future developm
 
 ## Contribute Fonts
 
-If you need more context on how to create issues in a GitHub issue tracker, or if you want to contribute a font directly, see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+If you need more context on how to create issues in a GitHub issue tracker, or if you want to contribute a font directly, please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 ## Contributor Code of Conduct
 
 However you choose to contribute, please abide by our [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) to keep our community a healthy and welcoming place.
 
-## Self Host Fonts Available From Google Fonts
+## Self-Host Fonts Available From Google Fonts
 
 Since all the fonts available here are licensed with permission to redistribute, subject to the license terms, you can self-host using a variety of third-party projects.
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ One popular service is [Fontsource](https://github.com/fontsource/fontsource), w
 
 ## Local installation package managers
 
-For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, or HaikuOS you can also use [fnt](https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt), to install single fonts. For [RPM](http://bootes.ethz.ch/fonts/rpm/), [DEB](http://bootes.ethz.ch/fonts/deb/) based systems, feel free to try the linked URLs for individual fonts. Others can also use the [webservice](http://bootes.ethz.ch/fonts/).
+For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, or HaikuOS you can also use [fnt](https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt) to install single fonts.
 
 ## Download All Google Fonts
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ You can download all Google Fonts in a simple ZIP snapshot (over 1GB) from <http
 
 #### Sync With Git
 
-You can also sync the collection with git so that you can update by only fetching what has changed. To learn how to use git, GitHub provides [illustrated guides](https://guides.github.com), a [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHubGuides), and an [interactive learning site](https://skills.github.com/).
-Free, open-source git applications are available for [Windows](https://git-scm.com/download/gui/windows) and [Mac OS X](https://git-scm.com/download/gui/mac).
+You can also sync the collection with git so that you can update by only fetching what has changed. To learn how to use git, GitHub provides [illustrated guides](https://guides.github.com), a [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHubGuides), and an [interactive learning site](https://skills.github.com/).
+Free, open-source git applications are available for [Windows](https://git-scm.com/tools/guis?os=windows) and [Mac OS X](https://git-scm.com/tools/guis?os=mac).
 
 ## License
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ It is important to always read the license for every font that you use.
 Each font family directory contains the appropriate license file for the fonts in that directory.
 The fonts files themselves also contain licensing and authorship metadata.
 
-Most of the fonts in the collection use the SIL Open Font License, v1.1.
-Some fonts use the Apache 2 license.
-The Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License v1.0.
+Most of the fonts in the collection use the [SIL Open Font License v1.1](https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)  
+Some fonts use the [Apache License v2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)  
+The Ubuntu fonts use the [Ubuntu Font License v1.0](https://canonical.com/legal/font-licence)  
 
 The SIL Open Font License has an option for copyright holders to include a Reserved Font Name requirement, and this option is used with some of the fonts.
 If you modify those fonts, please take care of this important detail.
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ These fonts are usually the result of collaborative projects, where you are invi
 
 When customizing or remixing fonts, please do contact the designers to understand what they might need in order to include your improvements.
 
-Most of all: Enjoy the fonts!
+Most of all: ***Enjoy the fonts!***
 
 – The Google Fonts team