Upon the open waves of the sea that is the internet you occasionally come across a gem you'll use for a life time. A tool so simple and powerful that you wonder how you did without it before...

Julian Hansen (website here), a 22-year-old graphic design student from Copenhagen, Denmark may have come up with one of these tools.

As he says "So You Need A Typface [is] an alternative way on how to choose fonts (or just be inspired."

Below is a preview of his wonderful infographic - which is available at his website or by clicking on the preview.

Check out the full graphic here (opens in a new window).