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 <p align="center">
-  <a title="Go to freesewing.org" href="https://freesewing.org/"><img src="https://freesewing.org/img/logo/black.svg" align="center" width="150px" alt="Freesewing logo"/></a>
+  <a title="Visit freesewing.org" href="https://freesewing.org/">
+    <img src="https://freesewing.org/img/logo/black.svg" align="center" width="150px" alt="Freesewing logo"/>
+  </a>
 </p>
-<h4 align="center"><em>&nbsp;<a title="Go to freesewing.org" href="https://freesewing.org/">freesewing</a></em>
-<br><sup>a library for made-to-measure sewing patterns</sup>
+<h4 align="center">
+  <span style="font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: -0.02em; color: red;">Free</span><span style="font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: -0.0rem; color: #222;">Sewing</span>
+<br><sup>A free and open source library for made-to-measure sewing patterns</sup>
 </h4>
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://travis-ci.org/freesewing/freesewing"><img src="https://badgen.net/travis/freesewing/freesewing/master" alt="Travis build"></a>
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/freesewing"><img src="https://badgen.net/npm/v/freesewing" alt="Version"></a>
-  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/freesewing"><img src="https://badgen.net/npm/license/freesewing" alt="License"></a>
-  <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/freesewing/freesewing"><img src="https://badgen.net/codecov/c/github/freesewing/freesewing/master" alt="Code coverage"></a>
-  <a href="https://deepscan.io/dashboard#view=project&pid=2993&bid=23256"><img src="https://deepscan.io/api/projects/2993/branches/23256/badge/grade.svg" alt="DeepScan grade"></a>
   <a href="https://gitter.im/freesewing/freesewing"><img src="https://badgen.net/badge/chat/on%20Gitter/cyan" alt="Chat on Gitter"></a>
   <a href="https://freesewing.org/patrons/join"><img src="https://badgen.net/badge/become/a%20Patron/FF5B77" alt="Become a Patron"></a>
 </p>
 
-# freesewing
+## About freesewing
 
-[Freesewing](https://freesewing.org/) is an open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns.  
+FreeSewing is a free and open source library for made-to-measure sewing patterns.
 
 Try [the online demo](https://beta.freesewing.org/en/demo/) to *get it*.