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 Color and Black-and-White Noto emoji fonts, and tools for working with them.
 
 ## Building NotoColorEmoji
-Building NotoColorEmoji requires Python 3, and uses virtual envorinments to manage dependencies. Use the following steps to get up and running.
+Building NotoColorEmoji requires Python 3, and uses virtual environments to manage dependencies. Use the following steps to get up and running.
 
 Create a virtual environment called `noto-emoji-env`:
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Activate the virtual environment:
 
 	source noto-emoji-env/bin/activate
 
-Install the python requirements with:
+Install the Python requirements with:
 	
 	pip install -r requirements.txt