Hi Denis,

> Currently, org syntax doesn’t officially seem to support intra-word emphasis. Am
> I missing something?

I’d describe it as supported via-zero width spaces.

You may be interested in <https://blog.tecosaur.com/tmio/2021-05-31-async.html#easy-zero-width>.

> If the assessment is correct: Is there a reason for this? And, shouldn’t that
> be officially added?

Do you happen to have any ideas on how this could be achieved? I’d rather not
resort to having to do things like `\ast{}' and `\tilde{}' too much.

All the best,
Timothy