[Xcb] Creating parameters for xcb_poly_text_8

[Peter Harris]

Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> ... what I also don't know is the encoding of the 
> strings, my knowledge of X is simply too limited for that.

The encoding is per-font, set (discovered? negotiated?) at xcb_open_font
time.

XLFD section 3.1.2.12:
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/doc/xorg-docs.git;a=blob_plain;f=hardcopy/XLFD/xlfd.PS.gz

(Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. It's no surprise that everyone seems to be
using Xft instead of core fonts these days)

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