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Appendix: Apprentices’ work from the competition of the association Typografia, Prague.
I. Commendation. Supplementary paper after the design of Antonín Vondřich, a student of the Typographic Continuation School, Prague. Printed by the Workers’ Printing House. — III. Commendation. Circular after the design of Josef Švalb, a student of the 3rd year of the Typographic Continuation School. Printed by the Workers’ Printing House. — IV. Commendation. Insert after the design of St. Krůček, a student of the 3rd year of the Typographic Continuation School, Prague. Printed by the Workers’ Printing House. — V. Commendation. Cover for the magazine Typografia (2-colour) after the design of Josef Horálek, a student of the 3rd year of the Typographic Continuation School, Prague. Printed by the Workers’ Printing House. — VI. Commendation. Address book and envelope (3-colour) after the design of Jos. Franz, an apprentice at the Hejda & Zbroj book printing house, Mladá Boleslav. Printed by the Workers’ Printing House. — Colour sample from E. T. Gleitsmann, Dresden; representative B. Fr. Zrnek, Prague.
Text: Alois Chvála: Workers’ Exhibition in Kladno. — Dr. Josef Pešek: Jan Hostivít Pospíšil. — Hubert Khel: On Typesetting Machines. — K. Hozmann: The Printer’s Views on Paper. — Miscellany. — Cover by the apprentice M. Čadský.
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