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Inkscape
Inkscape is a cross-platform editor for vector graphics.
Setup
On the Inkscape website setup files for Windows, MacOS and Linux can be found. On most Linux distributions Inkscape can usually be installed with the corresponding package manager.
Usage
This section addresses various way to use Inkscape for specific tasks.
Convert Handwriting to Vector Graphic
This section is based on a two source. One is a YouTube video by vecteezy which explains the setting of the levels, aswell as the tracing of the bitmap. though an older version was used which is why some features may be found at another place in the menus. This was changed accordingly for the following guide. The other is a YouTube video by Logos By Nick which explains the simplification process.
To convert handwriting to a vector graphic an image of the writing should first be opened in
Inkscape.
First the levels of black and white can be changed by using Extensions > Raster > Levels and
changing the values for white and black points.
Afterwards the bitmap should be traced.
For this select Path > Trace Bitmap and change the values in the Detection mode
Brightness cutoff until it matches your expectations.
After this the image has been converted to a bitmap, but most of the times it is not smooth and has
quite some errors.
The removal can be done by hand by removing the points manually.
This is useful to do for bigger errors.
For smaller errors Path > Simplify can be used.