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-footnotes welcomes contributions!
+***footnotes*** welcomes contributions!
 
 Please follow these guidelines when contributing, as it will give your pull request the best chance of being accepted:
 
 # Branching
 
-- footnotes uses [GitHub Flow](https://githubflow.github.io/)
+- ***footnotes*** uses [GitHub Flow](https://githubflow.github.io/)
 - branch off of `main` to start developing
 - give your new branch a descriptive name
 - when ready, submit a pull request to merge your branch with `main`
 
 # Commits
 
-- footnotes uses [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org)
+- ***footnotes*** uses [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org)
 - keep individual commits as small as possible
 
 # Versioning
 
-- footnotes uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
+- ***footnotes*** uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)