Angle brackets or chevrons ⟨ ⟩ were the earliest type of bracket to appear in written English. Erasmus coined the term … See more

In English, typographers mostly prefer not to set brackets in italics, even when the enclosed text is italic. However, in other languages like German, if brackets enclose text in italics, they are usually also set in italics. … See more

( and ) are parentheses /pəˈrɛnθɪsiːz/ (singular parenthesis /pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs/) in American English, and either round brackets or simply brackets in British English. They are also known as "parens" /pəˈrɛnz/, … See more

[ and ] are square brackets in both British and American English, but are also more simply brackets in the latter. An older name for these brackets is "crotchets".
Square brackets are often used to insert explanator… See more

{ and } are braces in both American and British English, and also curly brackets in the latter.
Curly brackets are used by text editors to mark editorial insertions or interpolations.
Braces use… See more

⟨ and ⟩ are angle brackets in both American and British English. In computer slang, they are known as "brokets".
Strictly speaking they are distinct from V-shaped chevrons, as they have (where the typograph… See more

Some East Asian languages use lenticular brackets 【 】, a combination of square brackets and round brackets called 方頭括號 (fāngtóu kuòhào) in Chinese and 隅付き括弧 (sumitsuki kakko) in Japanese. They are used in title… See more