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Create a Font with BirdFont
See the new version of this tutorial.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxVhe3J7eGw)
Draw
some letters and create a digital image of the drawing.
Create a new font and select the first glyph in the overview tab.
Insert the background image.

Scale background image.

Move the background image to it's position.

Move x-height, baseline and side bearings to their positions.

Select the pen and and right-click to add control points.

Hide the background image.

Hold down shift and select all nodes in-between the corner nodes.
Create smooth curves by tying handles for the selected control points.

Align all paths with the background image.
Create a counter path.

Look at the result. (Ctrl+P)
Don't forget to updated name and description.