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 **Command line ASCII boxes unlimited!**
 
-[Boxes](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/) is a command line
+[Boxes](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/) is a command line filter program which draws ASCII
-[filter program](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/filters.html) that draws ASCII art boxes
+art boxes around your input text ([examples](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/examples.html)).
-around your input text ([examples](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/examples.html)).
 
 ![example boxes](README-0.gif)
 
 For more information, please visit [the website](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/).
 
-## Status
+## Download
 
-*Boxes* is **stable**.
+The recommended way is to install *boxes* via your package manager. But many ways exist
-
+to get *boxes* onto your machine, [details here](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/download.html).
-It has been around since 1999, and has since been included in several
-Linux distributions and, lately, even
-[Windows 10](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/2016/08/boxes-part-of-windows10), via its Ubuntu subsystem.
-Its source code is quite portable, and so, *boxes* has been made to run on a wide range of
-platforms, from Windows PCs to Netgear routers.
-
-*Boxes* has matured, and is thusly no longer being actively developed. But contributors can be sure
-that their pull requests are promptly reviewed and merged into the main code base.
-
-## License
-
-Boxes is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2
-([GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)).
-
-## Development
-
-The website has information on [building from source](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/build.html),
-[testing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/testing.html), and
-[contributing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html) to the source code.<br/>
-*Boxes* has received support from many [contributors](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html#contributors)
-over the years, and continues to benefit greatly from contributions. Many thanks for that!
 
 ## Running it
 
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     /*******/
 
 Type `boxes -l` to get a long list of box designs to use. Detailed usage information is in the
-manual page and on the website. Consider tying
+[manual page](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/boxes-man-1.html) and on the website. Consider
-*boxes* to your editor, so that it can be invoked by a simple keypress.
+[tying *boxes* to your editor](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/install.html),
+so that it can be invoked by a simple keypress.
+
+## Status
+
+*Boxes* is **stable**.
+
+It has been around since 1999, and is still available and kept current in many package managers
+(apt, rpm, choco, brew, just to name a few). Its source code is quite portable, and so, *boxes*
+has been made to run on a wide range of platforms, from Windows PCs to Netgear routers.
+
+*Boxes* has matured, and is thusly no longer being actively developed. But contributors can be sure
+that their pull requests are promptly reviewed and merged into the main code base.
+
+Update 2021: In 2021, the original author has turned to *boxes* again in order to implement all
+open issues, including full multi-byte character set support. This is still ongoing, but there
+have already been two new releases with significant new functionality.
+
+## Development
+
+The website has information on [building from source](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/build.html),
+[testing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/testing.html), and
+[contributing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html) to the source code.<br/>
+*Boxes* has received support from many [contributors](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html#contributors)
+over the years, and continues to benefit greatly from contributions. Many thanks for that!
 
 ## Custom box designs
 
 You can define [your own box designs](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/)!
 
 We appreciate the creative new box designs that you craft for *boxes*.
-Please feel free to submit them in the form of pull requests on
+If you think that others should have your box designs, please feel free to submit them in the
+form of pull requests on
 [boxes-config](https://github.com/ascii-boxes/boxes/blob/master/boxes-config),
 and they may make it into the next release!
 
+## License
+
+Boxes is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2
+([GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)).
+
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-    /\                        \
+/\                        \
-    \_|    Thank you for      |
+\_|    Thank you for      |
   |    using Boxes!       |
   |  _____________________|_
   \_/______________________/