diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py b/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py
index 50af2307..9f70852c 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
 
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases(mockGUI):
-    """Test some special cases that has caused errors in the past.
+    """Test some special cases that have caused errors in the past.
     """
     theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ def testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases(mockGUI):
         "<p>Test &gt; text <em>&lt;<strong>bold</strong>&gt;</em> and more.</p>\n"
     )
 
-    # Test for bug #950
-    # =================
+    # Test for issue #950
+    # ===================
     # See: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues/950
 
     theHtml.setComments(True)
@@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ def testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases(mockGUI):
         "<h1 style='page-break-before: always;'>Heading &lt;1&gt;</h1>\n"
     )
 
+    # Test for issue #1412
+    # ====================
+    # See: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues/1412
+
+    theHtml._theText = "Test text \\**_bold_** and more.\n"
+    theHtml.tokenizeText()
+    theHtml.doConvert()
+    assert theHtml.theResult == (
+        "<p>Test text **<em>bold</em>** and more.</p>\n"
+    )
+
 # END Test testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py b/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
index 6b44c93d..8a2f9631 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
@@ -222,10 +222,12 @@ def testCoreToken_TextOps(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
 def testCoreToken_StripEscape():
     """Test the stripEscape helper function.
     """
-    text = r"This is text with escapes: \** \~~ \__"
-    assert stripEscape(text) == "This is text with escapes: ** ~~ __"
+    text1 = "This is text with escapes: \\** \\~~ \\__"
+    text2 = "This is text with escapes: ** ~~ __"
+    assert stripEscape(text1) == "This is text with escapes: ** ~~ __"
+    assert stripEscape(text2) == "This is text with escapes: ** ~~ __"
 
-    return
+# END Test testCoreToken_StripEscape
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_core_toodt.py b/tests/test_core/test_core_toodt.py
index fedfbcf3..6e3ea446 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_core_toodt.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_core_toodt.py
@@ -221,7 +221,21 @@ def testCoreToOdt_TextFormatting(mockGUI):
         "</office:text>"
     )
 
-    # Tabs and Breaks
+    # Test for issue #1412
+    # ====================
+    # See: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues/1412
+
+    theDoc.initDocument()
+    theTxt = "Test text \\**_bold_** and more."
+    theFmt = "             I    i            "
+    theDoc._addTextPar("Standard", oStyle, theTxt, theFmt=theFmt)
+    assert theDoc.getErrors() == []
+    assert xmlToText(theDoc._xText) == (
+        "<office:text>"
+        "<text:p text:style-name=\"Standard\">Test text **<text:span text:style-name=\"T2\">"
+        "bold</text:span>** and more.</text:p>"
+        "</office:text>"
+    )
 
 # END Test testCoreToOdt_TextFormatting