Italic formatting within one word generates visible underscores

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Bug Report

Formatting a part of one word in italic doesn't work. This works for bold.

Steps to Reproduce

• Mark the first syllable of one word in italic, e.g. italic­word.
• Things look as expected at first glance.
• Commit
• Italic text appears with underscores, e.g. . _italic_word

Actual Results

Expected Results Italic formatting within one word should be preserved, just like bold.

Note that using ­ as a workaround is currently no option because of PDF issues.