diff --git a/novelwriter/core/tohtml.py b/novelwriter/core/tohtml.py
index d95d217a..30fb63dc 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/tohtml.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/tohtml.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import logging
 
 from novelwriter.constants import nwKeyWords, nwLabels, nwHtmlUnicode
-from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer, stripEscape
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class ToHtml(Tokenizer):
                     parStyle = hStyle
                 for xPos, xLen, xFmt in reversed(tFormat):
                     tTemp = tTemp[:xPos] + htmlTags[xFmt] + tTemp[xPos+xLen:]
-                thisPar.append(tTemp.rstrip())
+                thisPar.append(stripEscape(tTemp.rstrip()))
 
             elif tType == self.T_SYNOPSIS and self._doSynopsis:
                 tmpResult.append(self._formatSynopsis(tText))
diff --git a/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py b/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
index f6434fcf..56886657 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, nwRegEx, nwUnicode
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def stripEscape(text):
+    """Helper function to strip escaped markdown characters from
+    paragraph text.
+    """
+    if "\\" in text:
+        # Checking first is slightly slower when there are escaped
+        # characters in the text, but significantly faster when not
+        return text.replace(r"\*", "*").replace(r"\~", "~").replace(r"\_", "_")
+    return text
+
+
 class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
     # In-Text Format
@@ -340,23 +351,6 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
         return
 
-    def doPostProcessing(self):
-        """Do some postprocessing. Overloaded by subclasses. This just
-        does the standard escaped characters.
-        """
-        escapeDict = {
-            r"\*": "*",
-            r"\~": "~",
-            r"\_": "_",
-        }
-        escReplace = re.compile(
-            "|".join([re.escape(k) for k in escapeDict.keys()]), flags=re.DOTALL
-        )
-        self._theResult = escReplace.sub(
-            lambda x: escapeDict[x.group(0)], self._theResult
-        )
-        return
-
     def tokenizeText(self):
         """Scan the text for either lines starting with specific
         characters that indicate headers, comments, commands etc, or
diff --git a/novelwriter/core/toodt.py b/novelwriter/core/toodt.py
index 2f6e1f0b..6170c7a2 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/toodt.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/toodt.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from zipfile import ZipFile
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from novelwriter.constants import nwKeyWords, nwLabels
-from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer, stripEscape
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -1356,16 +1356,17 @@ class XMLParagraph:
 
         return
 
-    def appendText(self, tText):
+    def appendText(self, text):
         """Append text to the XML element. We do this one character at
         the time in order to be able to process line breaks, tabs and
         spaces separately. Multiple spaces above one are concatenated
         into a single tag, and must therefore be processed separately.
         """
+        text = stripEscape(text)
         nSpaces = 0
-        self._rawTxt += tText
+        self._rawTxt += text
 
-        for c in tText:
+        for c in text:
             if c == " ":
                 nSpaces += 1
                 continue
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/docviewer.py b/novelwriter/gui/docviewer.py
index 2449688d..517b88f4 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/docviewer.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/docviewer.py
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
             aDoc.doPreProcessing()
             aDoc.tokenizeText()
             aDoc.doConvert()
-            aDoc.doPostProcessing()
         except Exception:
             logger.error("Failed to generate preview for document with handle '%s'", tHandle)
             logException()
diff --git a/novelwriter/tools/build.py b/novelwriter/tools/build.py
index f6f9ccd8..f222ebdd 100644
--- a/novelwriter/tools/build.py
+++ b/novelwriter/tools/build.py
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ class GuiBuildNovel(QDialog):
                     bldObj.doHeaders()
                     if doConvert:
                         bldObj.doConvert()
-                    bldObj.doPostProcessing()
 
             except Exception:
                 logger.error("Failed to build document '%s'", tItem.itemHandle)
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py b/tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py
index d459bff1..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
 
 
@@ -574,10 +585,6 @@ def testCoreToHtml_Methods(mockGUI):
     assert theHtml.theMarkdown[-1] == (
         "Text with <brackets> &amp; short&ndash;dash, long&mdash;dash &hellip;\n\n"
     )
-    theHtml.doPostProcessing()
-    assert theHtml.theMarkdown[-1] == (
-        "Text with <brackets> &amp; short&ndash;dash, long&mdash;dash &hellip;\n\n"
-    )
 
     # Result Size
     assert theHtml.getFullResultSize() == 147
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py b/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
index 4b535730..8a2f9631 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import pytest
 from tools import C, buildTestProject, readFile
 
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
-from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer
+from novelwriter.core.tokenizer import Tokenizer, stripEscape
 
 
 class BareTokenizer(Tokenizer):
@@ -203,11 +203,6 @@ def testCoreToken_TextOps(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
     theToken.doPreProcessing()
     assert theToken._theText == docTextR
 
-    # Post Processing
-    theToken._theResult = r"This is text with escapes: \** \~~ \__"
-    theToken.doPostProcessing()
-    assert theToken.theResult == "This is text with escapes: ** ~~ __"
-
     # Save File
     savePath = fncPath / "dump.nwd"
     theToken.saveRawMarkdown(savePath)
@@ -223,6 +218,18 @@ def testCoreToken_TextOps(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
 # END Test testCoreToken_TextOps
 
 
+@pytest.mark.core
+def testCoreToken_StripEscape():
+    """Test the stripEscape helper function.
+    """
+    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: ** ~~ __"
+
+# END Test testCoreToken_StripEscape
+
+
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_HeaderFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of header formats in the Tokenizer class.
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