diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/facts-and-figures/_facts-and-figures.scss b/source/_patterns/04-components/facts-and-figures/_facts-and-figures.scss
index b21805d336b38f501a71091071b6966c185f11f4..01bd414c8e056ecd104520b1578e5cfb2edf8ba3 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/04-components/facts-and-figures/_facts-and-figures.scss
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/facts-and-figures/_facts-and-figures.scss
@@ -580,6 +580,12 @@ are the same height. */
         font-size:rem(gesso-font-size(-1));
         line-height: 1.2;
       }
+      em, i {
+        font-style: normal;
+      }
+      strong, b {
+        font-weight: bold;
+      }
     }
   }
   &--no-carousel{