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 ## Ubuntu
 
-Ubuntu has always used one system typeface, apty named **Ubuntu**. That part was easy.
+Ubuntu has always used one system typeface, aptly named **Ubuntu**. That part was easy.
 
 ## Native `system-ui` resources