Hello
Trying to solve a 2 × 2 × 2 Rubik’s cube, I was looking for some help on
the web when I found a handful of unknown arrows.
I had never seen them before, but I understood their meaning at first sight.
Since they are used in sequences to describe Rubik’s cube movements, I
wonder whether they’re worth a proposal.
To describe them concisely, they consist of the arrows ← or → with a
long dash above or below, and of the arrows ↑ or ↓ with a long dash on
the left or on the right.
Here is the web page where I found them:
http://omegalima.free.fr/rubiks/2x2x2/
There already are arrows with dashes in Unicode: ⥪ ⥫ ⥬ ⥭ .
Here are the missing characters. I propose to group them in a block
called “2x2x2 Rubik's cube arrows”.
LEFTWARDS ARROW ABOVE LONG DASH
* clockwise rotation of the upper face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
RIGHTWARDS ARROW ABOVE LONG DASH
* anticlockwise rotation of the upper face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
LONG DASH ABOVE LEFTWARDS ARROW
* anticlockwise rotation of the lower face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
LONG DASH ABOVE RIGHTWARDS ARROW
* clockwise rotation of the lower face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
UPWARDS ARROW BESIDE LONG VERTICAL DASH
* anticlockwise rotation of the left face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
DOWNWARDS ARROW BESIDE LONG VERTICAL DASH
* clockwise rotation of the left face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
LONG VERTICAL DASH BESIDE UPWARDS ARROW
* clockwise rotation of the right face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
LONG VERTICAL DASH BESIDE DOWNWARDS ARROW
* anticlockwise rotation of the right face of a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube
IMHO The two circular arrows could be considered glyph variations of ⟲
and ⟳.
That makes a total of 8 new arrow symbols.
Jean-François Colson