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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.
 
 Create a virtual environment called: