CSS @charset Rule

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Example

Set the encoding of the style sheet to Unicode UTF-8:

@charset "UTF-8";

Definition and Usage

The @charset rule specifies the character encoding used in the style sheet.

The @charset rule must be the first element in the style sheet and not be preceded by any character. If several @charset rules are defined, only the first one is used. The @charset rule cannot be used inside a style attribute (on an HTML element), or inside the <style> element where the character set of the HTML page is relevant.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
@charset	2.0	12.0	1.5	4.0	9.0

CSS Syntax

@charset "charset";

Property Values

Value	Description
charset	Specifies the character encoding to use

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