G0 is the default character set. Each can be set to one of four mappings. This fills the display with the character 'E' to allow the display to be centred. The console driver changed in 1.3.x. This documents the changes between 1.2.13 and 1.3.28.
Font support is enhanced.
UTF support has been enhanced. Colour palette support is added. 512 byte font support is added. Font height support allows the screen to resize to fit the font.