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@@ -236,6 +236,20 @@ Folly Format             79.9                  445                430
 compare formatting function overhead only. Boost Format is a
 header-only library so it doesn't provide any linkage options.
 
+
+Quick build
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can download and install fmt using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) dependency manager:
+
+    git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+    cd vcpkg
+    ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+    ./vcpkg integrate install
+    vcpkg install fmt
+
+The fmt port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
+
 Running the tests
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~