LL Cobra in use https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/39248/ll-cobra LL Cobra in use. Originally designed by Cornel Windlin in 1996 as an adaptation of the logo of Cobra, a British highstreet sportswear chain, which resembled Dubbeldik (Mecanorma, 1972), but with added crosshairs. Released in 1998 with alternates for most characters. At some point, it included uppercase characters. Discontinued in 2019. Revised by Samara Keller with Weichi He and re-released in Oct. 2022 as LL Cobra VIP, now as a lowercase-only design with many alternates. Comes in five weights as well as in variable font format. en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:56:39 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:56:39 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina (Granta)]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/26516/one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place-by-biny Florian Hardwig


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Granta Paperbacks, October 2012.






“A strange, allusive, tender memoir about growing up in middle-class Kenya.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Binyavanga Wainaina’s book debut was published by Granta Books in 2011. The cover for the hardback edition (shown below) features modular letterforms, with the individual modules printed in two shades of blue, imperfectly aligned. It’s either lettering or a typeface I don’t recognize. The paperback cover from 2012 (shown above) picks up the modular theme. This time it’s definitely a typeface: LL Cobra was designed by Cornel Windlin and issued by Lineto in 1996. Here it is used exclusively in uppercase. The decorative pattern separating the title from the author’s name is composed from elements of the typeface, too, further emphasizing its modular nature. The typeface used for the blurb is ITC Lubalin Graph.

Wainaina is probably best know for for his satirical essay “How to Write About Africa”. The Kenyan author and gay rights activist passed away in May 2019 at age 48.




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Hardback edition by Granta Books, Nov. 2011. The small type is ITC Avant Garde Gothic.



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