I really wanted to know what's for the Children's Television Workshop Font is

Busorama  Suggested by Heron2001 


Busorama  Suggested by pilaster 

It looks like the Buffer font listed here, which in itself is a sort of cut of Busorama. Can't find a legitimate download for it…

This font…
http://www.dafont.com/omnibus.font?text=CHILDREN%27S+TELEVISION+WORKSHOP&back=theme
…is a pretty close alternative.
Someone else may come up with an ID and link, so don't give up hope.

Meanwhile - this was set a long time ago... using Busorama on a typositor - with alternatives. (And most of those alternatives are not available digitally.)

Found an image with the alternatives in a weight up from yours... the K the E -- it's all there...

Sorry Heron, I hadn't made the Sesame Street connection so had no notion of this being VERY pre digital! There is a knockoff of Busorama, Busorama FS which features the 'R' and 'K' that match the posted sample. Though it's a bit heavier than OPs sample
NOT THE FONT but could be used to set a close approximation.

Pilaster - this is when you and I discuss how different life was with professional typesetters. When Busorama was finally digitized from ITC (with its $30 royalty added for having the thrill of owning it) it was there on the Linographs, Compugraphics, (I don't think they did it for my Alphatype shop) - but it was always on typositor... sometimes, I miss those days - and others, no I don't -- no stress trying to get that 6 p.m. order over to the customer before 9 a.m. anymore!

P.S. I just noticed the one you are showing and the one I am showing does not have that H but I know it existed!

I think I mentioned in a previous comment that I literally just missed the boat on photo/filmotype. My first job on my first day in the print industry proper was loading a Scantext 1000 (I think) machine onto the recycling truck, before commencing work as a mac operator. So I have knowledge of some pre digital technologies, like Letraset when it was a rub on transfer (oh sweet memories of doing posters for friends bands with that stuff) but not the real pre-digital typesetting. I have recently been toying with the idea of growing a beard and buying a letterpress press though… (It's either that or growing a beard and opening a micro brewery!)

PS I doubt that we will find a perfect match, unless there is a revival out there in the dark recesses of the Creative Market or some such…

Interesting discussion.
The rub-on letters shown in my Letraset product manual included an _H_ with an the crossbar extending to the right.

Indeed yes, the Letraset "cut" has the H, but not the R and K
[img]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/Nl8AAOSwQJ5UTT2-/$_57.JPG[/img]

Yes Don and so did the 2" typositor film from VGC

Edited:
Does anyone know who designed the original font? Presumably somebody who produced for ITC.
A few more variations are shown in

http://bowfinprintworks.com/BauhausFaces6.html
... image embed problem

Tom Carnase's creation.

Thanks. A master of flair in typeface design. Most monoline fonts look mechanical but Busorama escapes the trap of rigid geometry. The circles are combined with some more subtle arcs.
I'll add this to my list of his fonts.