Reply To: Italics and Parenthesis Home › Forums › English Braille American Edition › Italics and Parenthesis › Reply To: Italics and Parenthesis June 2, 2010 at 12:02 pm #20370 Chris ClemensKeymaster Hi, A parenthesis does not terminate the effect of the emphasis indicator. Are the numbers emphasized? If they are not, you would use a single emphasis indicator before each word Reading and Writing.Does this help?Jana