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 # moderncv
 
-## A modern curriculum vitae class for LaTeX
-
-`moderncv` provides a documentclass for typesetting applications (curricula vitae and cover letters) in various styles. `moderncv` aims to be both straightforward to use and customizable, providing five ready-made styles (classic, casual, banking, oldstyle and fancy) and allowing one to define his own by modifying colors, fonts, icons, etc.
-
-### Getting started
-Once you clone this repo have a look at some examples and build the manual to see if this package suits your needs.
-This can be done by issuing
-```make
-make userguide
-```
-in a terminal. After completion of the compilation precompiled versions of the template in all styles can be found in the folder `examples` and
-the user guide in the folder `manual`.
-Alternatively get the tar ball from [CTAN](https://ctan.org/pkg/moderncv?lang=de). The examples as well as the documentation are already prebuilt in that tarball.
-
-To start working on your own application use and modify the template file `template.tex`.
-The user guide can be found in the folder `manual` and contains additional information on what the document class offers.
-
-### Makefile
-The `Makefile` supports the following rules.
-
-#### Rules for building templates and the user guide
-* `template:` Build the `moderncv` template `template.tex` with `LuaLaTeX`. This rule can be called in one of two ways:
-  * `make template`: Build the template in default style.
-  * `make template STYLE=<style>`: Build the template in the style specified by
-	`<style>`. `<style>` can be classic, casual, banking, oldstyle or fancy.
-
-* `templates:` Build the template `template.tex` with LuaLaTeX for _all moderncv styles_ and move resulting `pdf` files to the folder `examples/`.
-
-* `userguide:`  Build the user manual `manual/moderncv_userguide.tex` with `LuaLaTeX`. This rule calls the rule `templates` before compiling the documentation.
-
-* `clean:` Clean the clutter created by compiling the documents.
-
-* `delete:`Delete `template.pdf` and `manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf`.
-
-* `deleteexamples:` Delete `examples/` folder and remaining template example `pdf` files in folder `manual/`.
-
-* `force:`  Force rebuilding the user guide by running the rules `delete` `deleteexamples`  `userguide` and clean.
-
-#### Rules intended for package maintainance
-* `version:` Update the version information (version number and date) of all `moderncv` files (*.sty, moderncv.cls, *.tex). This rule can be called in two different ways. Note, however, that it is intended to be called by the rule `release` and usually does not need to be called explicitly.
-  * `make version`: Called in this way the version number is obtained through `git describe --tags`. If this information is newer all `moderncv` files get updated.
-  * `make version NEW=<version number>`: Optionally, the desired version number `<version number>` can be specified.
-
-* `tarball:`  Create a new release tarball suitable for upload to CTAN. If the `example/` folder is present, it gets included in the tar archive. Similary, all `pdf` files in the `manual/` folder get included aswell. This rule is intended to be called by the rule `release` and usually does not need to be called explicitly.
-
-* `release:`Update the version information of all files including the subtitle
-  in the user guide, rebuild examples as well as the user
-  guide and create a releasable tarball including the compiled pdfs.
-  Before runing `make release` for an actual release be sure to tag the last
-  commit with the intended version information.
-
-
-If using [`academicons`](https://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/academicons) in the template, you need to use a Xe(La)TeX or Lua(La)TeX engine for them to render. Otherwise an alternative will be used automatically.
-
-## Development
-
 [![Build template](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv/actions/workflows/build-pdf.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv/actions/workflows/build-pdf.yml)
 [![CTAN](https://img.shields.io/ctan/v/moderncv.svg)](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv)
 [![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/matrix/moderncv:matrix.org)](https://matrix.to/#/#moderncv:matrix.org)
 
-As the main goal is to keep this package alive, it is maintained in a loosely structured team. You can contact us in our matrix room [moderncv:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#moderncv:matrix.org), feel free to join if you have questions or want to contribute. Development takes place at [github.com/moderncv/moderncv](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv).
+## A modern curriculum vitae class for LaTeX
+
+The `moderncv` package provides a document class for typesetting applications (curricula vitae and cover letters) in various styles. `moderncv` aims to be both straightforward to use and customizable, providing five ready-made styles (classic, casual, banking, oldstyle and fancy) and allowing you to define your own by modifying colors, fonts, icons, etc.
+
+## Getting started
+
+### Installation
+`moderncv` should already be included in your installed LaTeX distribution.
+If not, you can get the tarball of the package from [CTAN](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv).
+Alternatively, you can also build the package from source by cloning the its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv) and compiling the included LaTeX files:
+```
+latexmk -pdf ./template.tex manual/moderncv_userguide.tex
+```
+
+### Usage
+To get started on your own CV, use and modify the template file `template.tex`.
+The user guide can be found in the folder `manual` and contains additional information on what the document class offers.
+Take a look at it to see if this package suits your needs.
+
+If you are using the [`academicons`](https://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/academicons) package in the template, you will need to use a Xe(La)TeX or Lua(La)TeX engine to render the icons. Otherwise, an alternative icon package will be used automatically.
+
+## Development
+
+As the main goal is to keep this package alive, it is maintained in a loosely structured team.
+You can contact us in our matrix room [moderncv:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#moderncv:matrix.org), feel free to join if you have questions or want to contribute.
+Development takes place at [github.com/moderncv/moderncv](https://github.com/moderncv/moderncv).
 
 ## Licence
+
 `moderncv` is licensed under the [LPPL-1.3c](https://spdx.org/licenses/LPPL-1.3c.html).
 
 ## Origin
-Original author: Xavier Danaux <xdanaux@gmail.com><br/>
-Original repository: https://github.com/xdanaux/moderncv<br/>
-This repository is a fork aiming to maintain moderncv inside CTAN, since upstream is dead since 2016.
+
+Original author: Xavier Danaux <xdanaux@gmail.com>
+<br/>
+Original repository: https://github.com/xdanaux/moderncv
+
+This repository is a fork aiming to maintain `moderncv` inside CTAN, since upstream has been dead since 2016.