Small changes to fontification.

lisp/org.el

@@ -5457,13 +5457,13 @@ needs to be inserted at a specific position in the font-lock sequence.")
                    '(org-do-emphasis-faces (0 nil append))
                  '(org-do-emphasis-faces)))
 	   ;; Checkboxes
-	   '("^[ \t]*\\([-+*]\\|[0-9]+[.)][ \t]+\\(?:\\[@start:[0-9]+\\][ \t]*\\)?\\)\\(\\[[- X]\\]\\)"
-	     2 'org-checkbox prepend)
+	   '("^[ \t]*\\(?:[-+*]\\|[0-9]+[.)]\\)[ \t]+\\(?:\\[@start:[0-9]+\\][ \t]*\\)?\\(\\[[- X]\\]\\)"
+	     1 'org-checkbox prepend)
 	   (if (cdr (assq 'checkbox org-list-automatic-rules))
 	       '("\\[\\([0-9]*%\\)\\]\\|\\[\\([0-9]*\\)/\\([0-9]*\\)\\]"
 		 (0 (org-get-checkbox-statistics-face) t)))
 	   ;; Description list items
-	   '("^[ \t]*\\([-+*]\\|[0-9]+[.)]\\) +\\(.*? ::\\)"
+	   '("^[ \t]*\\([-+*]\\|[0-9]+[.)]\\)[ \t]+\\(.*? ::\\)"
 	     2 'bold prepend)
 	   ;; ARCHIVEd headings
 	   (list (concat "^\\*+ \\(.*:" org-archive-tag ":.*\\)")