<para>
Firstly, subscribe to &email-debian-devel; if you haven't
already. Send the word <literal>subscribe</literal> in the
-<emphasis>Subject</emphasis> of an email to
+<literal>Subject</literal> of an email to
&email-debian-devel-req;. In case of problems, contact the
list administrator at &email-listmaster;. More information on
available mailing lists can be found in <xref linkend="mailing-lists"/> .
requirements just pick the default. </para> <para> The easiest way to tell
whether an existing key is a v4 key or a v3 (or v2) key is to look at the
fingerprint: Fingerprints of version 4 keys are the SHA-1 hash of some key
-matieral, so they are 40 hex digits, usually grouped in blocks of 4.
+material, so they are 40 hex digits, usually grouped in blocks of 4.
Fingerprints of older key format versions used MD5 and are generally shown in
blocks of 2 hex digits. For example if your fingerprint looks like
<literal>5B00 C96D 5D54 AEE1 206B AF84 DE7A AF6E 94C0 9C7F</literal>
</para>
<para>
To apply as a new maintainer, you need an existing Debian Developer to support
-your application (an <emphasis>advocate</emphasis>). After you have
+your application (an <literal>advocate</literal>). After you have
contributed to Debian for a while, and you want to apply to become a registered
developer, an existing developer with whom you have worked over the past months
has to express their belief that you can contribute to Debian successfully.