Alex Eftekhar Courtesy It’s a sign that reads “Diner” in a red, glowing neon font, and although Eftekhar has been unable to dig up many specific details about its history, he knows the sign ...

Traditionally, cartoonists would do all this lettering by hand, but a lot of us just turn our handwriting into a font. I have to write really slowly for my handwriting to be legible — my ...