> Can you provide an emacs and org version, the value of the variables > at stake and an reproducible example?
Hi, naturally, I just wasn't at all sure I just overlooked something obvious and it's actually common knowledge. Naturally, using emacs -Q GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.13) of 2019-12-10 Org mode version 9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542) minimal setup: (setq org-hide-emphasis-markers t) (set-face-attribute 'org-code nil :box '(:line-width 1)) an example file mwe.org: ~sample text~ This reproduces the issue reliably. Cheers, D.