Designed by Tom Carnase. Some sources additionally credit Herb
Lubalin [Reichardt/Hoefer].
Issued by ITC in 3 weights; Light,
Medium, Bold. No lowercase, but several alternates incl. biform
glyphs for ‘AEIMNR’. Adopted for dry transfer lettering by
Mecanorma (Light, Bold) [Mecanorma
1974]. The Bold was carried by Letraset, Formatt, and Zip-a-Tone. A
Phil’s Photo catalog from 1980 shows a fourth Book weight.
VGC had a copy called Omnibus (3 weights, possibly
w/ slight differences and other alternates) [VGC
1972] and later carried Busorama in 3 weights [VGC
1973].
Digital versions by ITC (3 weights, no More…
Designed by Tom Carnase. Some sources additionally credit Herb Lubalin [Reichardt/Hoefer]. Issued by ITC in 3 weights; Light, Medium, Bold. No lowercase, but several alternates incl. biform glyphs for ‘AEIMNR’. Adopted for dry transfer lettering by Mecanorma (Light, Bold) [Mecanorma 1974]. The Bold was carried by Letraset, Formatt, and Zip-a-Tone. A Phil’s Photo catalog from 1980 shows a fourth Book weight.
VGC had a copy called Omnibus (3 weights, possibly w/ slight differences and other alternates) [VGC 1972] and later carried Busorama in 3 weights [VGC 1973].
Digital versions by ITC (3 weights, no alternates), URW (Bold, some alts), Bitstream (Medium, no alts, with new symmetrical ‘A’), Castcraft (as OPTI Buffer, Light and Medium, some alts).