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18 changes: 15 additions & 3 deletions about/index.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ allows you to [build and share](../developer) keyboard layouts for any language.
Keyman already supports over 2,500 languages and more are contributed every
week.

<blockquote class='mission'>
<p>
Our mission is to empower every language to thrive in the digital world,
giving communities the tools to read, write, and communicate in their own
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A nice prominent addition.

imho I associate "language community" as people and "language" as inanimate (part of culture)

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giving communities the tools to read, write, and communicate in their own
Our mission is to empower every language community to thrive in the digital world,
giving them the tools to read, write, and communicate in their own

language—at no cost to them.
</p>
</blockquote>

Keyman was originally created in 1993 to type Lao on Windows. It is available
for many platforms, including [Windows](../windows/), [macOS](../mac/),
[iOS](../iphone-and-ipad/), [Android](../android/), [Linux](../linux/) and the
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[open catalog](https://help.keyman.com/developer/keyboards) to all major desktop and
mobile platforms.

## About the team

Keyman is made available to you by a dedicated team and many contributors. [Learn more about our team](team/).

➡️ [About the Keyman team](team/)
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I was wondering why sometimes we have 2 links to the same place.
Also on "About SIL Global"

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I like to do this sometimes so you can find the link with low cognitive load. If you are reading the whole para you will naturally click the in-para link. Otherwise, it's easy to find the Team link without reading all text.


## About SIL Global

<img id="sil-logo" src="../_common/assets/sil-logos-2024/sil-logo-abbysinica.png" width="30%" alt='SIL' />
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You can learn more about SIL Global on the [SIL Global web site](https://www.sil.org/about).

## About the team

➡️ [About the Keyman team](team/)
➡️ [About SIL Global](https://www.sil.org/about)

## Thank you to supporting organizations

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background: white;
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#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission {
padding: 0;
}

#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission p {
font-size:1.8em;
font-style: italic;
font-family: Gabriola, Palatino;
text-align: justify;
padding: 1em;
}

table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
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text-align: left;
line-height: 1.4;
}

#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission p {
font-size:1.4em;
}
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px) and (orientation: portrait) {
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#bookmarklet-search {
width: 300px;
}

#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission p {
font-size:1.4em;
}
}

@media (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 767px) {
#bookmarklet-search {
width: 550px;
}

#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission p {
font-size:1.4em;
}
}

/* Landscape mode */
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#download-cta {
margin: 0px 80px;
}

#section2 .markdown blockquote.mission p {
font-size:1.4em;
}
}

dl.faq dt,
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