This reverts https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=7fc842ddc6e5905da2c5961547e3ff7385bbcc44

--- a/display.c
+++ b/display.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@
 {
 
 	if (D_encoding == UTF8) {
+		c = (c & 255) | (unsigned char)D_rend.font << 8;
 		if (D_mbcs) {
 			c = D_mbcs;
 			if (D_x == D_width)
