HTML <meta> charset Attribute
Example
Specify the character encoding for the HTML document:
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
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Definition and Usage
The charset attribute specifies the character encoding for the HTML document.
The HTML5 specification encourages web developers to use the UTF-8 character set, which covers almost all of the characters and symbols in the world!
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| charset | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
<meta charset="character_set">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| character_set | Specifies the character encoding for the HTML document. The HTML5 specification encourages web developers to use the UTF-8 character set! |
❮ HTML <meta> tag
