CSS Charsets

CSS Charsets is a module of CSS that lets you specify the character set used in the style sheet.

Reference

At-rules

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1)
The definition of '@charset' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

@charset rule

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
@charsetChrome Full support 2Edge Full support 12Firefox Full support 1.5
Notes
Full support 1.5
Notes
Notes Firefox 1 supported an invalid syntax where the character encoding is not between single or double quotes.
IE Full support 5.5
Notes
Full support 5.5
Notes
Notes From Internet Explorer 5.5 to IE 7 (inclusive), Internet Explorer supported an invalid syntax where the character encoding is not between single or double quotes.
Opera Full support 9Safari Full support 4WebView Android Full support 2Chrome Android Full support 18Firefox Android Full support 4Opera Android Full support 10.1Safari iOS Full support 4Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support
Full support
See implementation notes.
See implementation notes.