You can now set the style on alert boxes.

boxes.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from colorama import Fore, Back, Style
 
 # see http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_drawing_shapes.html
 
+
 def merge(color_string):
     """ Given a string of colorama ANSI, merge them if you can. """
     return color_string.replace("m\x1b[", ";")
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ class Boxes(object):
         return c + s["bl"] + s["top"] * self.size + s["br"] + r + self.nl
 
     @staticmethod
-    def alert(message, length=0, pad=2, width=78, base="red"):
+    def alert(message, length=0, pad=2, width=78, base="red", style=1):
         """
         Display alert message
 
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ class Boxes(object):
             length = len(message)
         box_size = length + pad * 2
         boxpad = " " * pad
-        box = Boxes(box_size, color=color, start_nl=False)
+        box = Boxes(box_size, color=color, start_nl=False, style=style)
         msg = "{0}{1}{2}{3}".format(color, boxpad, message, boxpad)
 
         # How much pad to add to the left side?