Prettybird is a new domain-specific font description language that simplifies the early steps of font design. Its simple grammar and reusable functions make font design more approachable to beginners while reducing the amount of time required for experts to craft a new font. Additionally, Prettybird avoids certain pitfalls of METAFONT, including reduced syntactic complexity, better integration with graphical font design software, and improved recursive features for automating the design of high-complexity glyphs.