Foundation for Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation – Barrier Free Initiative contains a useful library of Japanese standard public information symbols. Here are some useful subpages:
- Standard information symbols – Main page
- Symbols for priority facilities
- Communication Board – a set of cards for people who can’t speak Japanese or with disabilities to communicate simple ideas, such as “what time is it”, “I need help”, “I have lost item”…etc.
Please refer to their terms of use (in Japanese) to learn about the licensing issues.
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Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is a Safari extension that allows you to take full-length webpage screenshots with just one click of a button. After taking a screenshot, you can add annotations and symbols to it, and then save the picture in PNG format or upload it to image sharing sites. It is a very convenient tool for web design research and archiving.
I have a couple of issues though: