A few key events/movements documented here, could be useful when we decide what periods we are going to include in the publication, some interesting points in the comments as well.

http://www.designhistory.org/handwriting.html

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/05/30/a-brief-history-of-type-part-4/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Western_typography