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HTML Charset
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What is HTML Charset?
HTML Charset refers to the character encoding used for interpreting and displaying text within an HTML document.
It specifies the mapping between character codes and the corresponding visual representation of characters.
The most commonly used HTML charset is UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit), which supports a wide range of characters from various writing systems and is backward-compatible with ASCII.
UTF-8 is recommended as the default character encoding for HTML documents.
To specify the charset in an HTML document, you can use the tag within the section of your HTML document. Here's an example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Content of the HTML document -->
</body>
</html>
In this example, the <meta>
tag with the charset attribute set to "UTF-8" indicates that the HTML document should be interpreted and displayed using the UTF-8 character encoding.
It's important to ensure that the charset specified in the HTML document matches the actual encoding used for the text content. Using the correct charset is essential for proper rendering and handling of special characters, multilingual content, and internationalization.
Types of Charset
There are several types of charsets (character encodings) that can be used in HTML documents.
Here are some commonly used charsets:
- UTF-8: UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit) is the most widely used character encoding for HTML documents. It supports a vast range of characters from various writing systems and is backward-compatible with ASCII.
- ISO-8859-1: Also known as Latin-1, ISO-8859-1 is a character encoding that covers a subset of the Latin alphabet used by many Western European languages. It does not support characters from other writing systems or extended characters.
- Windows-1252: Windows-1252 is an extension of ISO-8859-1 and provides additional characters used in the Windows operating system. It is commonly used in web pages targeting Windows-based systems.
- UTF-16: UTF-16 (Unicode Transformation Format 16-bit) is a variable-length encoding that represents characters using 16-bit code units. It supports the entire Unicode character set but requires more storage space compared to UTF-8.
- ASCII: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a 7-bit character encoding scheme that represents basic Latin alphabet characters and a limited set of symbols. It does not support extended characters or characters from other writing systems.
- ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-3, ISO-8859-4, etc.: These are ISO-8859 character encodings that cover specific subsets of the Latin alphabet used by various European languages.
It's important to choose the appropriate charset for your HTML document based on the language, characters, and writing systems you need to support.
UTF-8 is generally recommended as the default choice due to its broad compatibility and support for a wide range of characters.
The following table provides a different types of Character sets described above:
Number | ASCII | ANSI | 8859-1 | UTF-8 | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | space | ||||
33 | ! | ! | ! | ! | exclamation mark |
34 | " | " | " | " | quotation mark |
35 | # | # | # | # | number sign |
36 | $ | $ | $ | $ | dollar sign |
37 | % | % | % | % | percent sign |
38 | & | & | & | & | ampersand |
39 | ' | ' | ' | ' | apostrophe |
40 | ( | ( | ( | ( | left parenthesis |
41 | ) | ) | ) | ) | right parenthesis |
42 | * | * | * | * | asterisk |
43 | + | + | + | + | plus sign |
44 | , | , | , | , | comma |
45 | - | - | - | - | hyphen-minus |
46 | . | . | . | . | full stop |
47 | / | / | / | / | solidus |
48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | digit zero |
49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | digit one |
50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | digit two |
51 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | digit three |
52 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | digit four |
53 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | digit five |
54 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | digit six |
55 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | digit seven |
56 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | digit eight |
57 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | digit nine |
58 | : | : | : | : | colon |
59 | ; | ; | ; | ; | semicolon |
60 | < | < | < | < | less-than sign |
61 | = | = | = | = | equals sign |
62 | > | > | > | > | greater-than sign |
63 | ? | ? | ? | ? | question mark |
64 | @ | @ | @ | @ | commercial at |
65 | A | A | A | A | Latin capital letter A |
66 | B | B | B | B | Latin capital letter B |
67 | C | C | C | C | Latin capital letter C |
68 | D | D | D | D | Latin capital letter D |
69 | E | E | E | E | Latin capital letter E |
70 | F | F | F | F | Latin capital letter F |
71 | G | G | G | G | Latin capital letter G |
72 | H | H | H | H | Latin capital letter H |
73 | I | I | I | I | Latin capital letter I |
74 | J | J | J | J | Latin capital letter J |
75 | K | K | K | K | Latin capital letter K |
76 | L | L | L | L | Latin capital letter L |
77 | M | M | M | M | Latin capital letter M |
78 | N | N | N | N | Latin capital letter N |
79 | O | O | O | O | Latin capital letter O |
80 | P | P | P | P | Latin capital letter P |
81 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Latin capital letter Q |
82 | R | R | R | R | Latin capital letter R |
83 | S | S | S | S | Latin capital letter S |
84 | T | T | T | T | Latin capital letter T |
85 | U | U | U | U | Latin capital letter U |
86 | V | V | V | V | Latin capital letter V |
87 | W | W | W | W | Latin capital letter W |
88 | X | X | X | X | Latin capital letter X |
89 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Latin capital letter Y |
90 | Z | Z | Z | Z | Latin capital letter Z |
91 | [ | [ | [ | [ | left square bracket |
92 | \ | \ | \ | \ | reverse solidus |
93 | ] | ] | ] | ] | right square bracket |
94 | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | circumflex accent |
95 | _ | _ | _ | _ | low line |
96 | ` | ` | ` | ` | grave accent |
97 | A | a | a | a | Latin small letter a |
98 | B | b | b | b | Latin small letter b |
99 | C | c | c | c | Latin small letter c |
100 | D | d | d | d | Latin small letter d |
101 | E | e | e | e | Latin small letter e |
102 | F | f | f | f | Latin small letter f |
103 | G | g | g | g | Latin small letter g |
104 | H | h | h | h | Latin small letter h |
105 | I | i | i | i | Latin small letter i |
106 | J | j | j | j | Latin small letter j |
107 | K | k | k | k | Latin small letter k |
108 | L | l | l | l | Latin small letter l |
109 | M | m | m | m | Latin small letter m |
110 | N | n | n | n | Latin small letter n |
111 | O | o | o | o | Latin small letter o |
112 | P | p | p | p | Latin small letter p |
113 | Q | q | q | q | Latin small letter q |
114 | R | r | r | r | Latin small letter r |
115 | S | s | s | s | Latin small letter s |
116 | T | t | t | t | Latin small letter t |
117 | U | u | u | u | Latin small letter u |
118 | V | v | v | v | Latin small letter v |
119 | W | w | w | w | Latin small letter w |
120 | X | x | x | x | Latin small letter x |
121 | Y | y | y | y | Latin small letter y |
122 | Z | z | z | z | Latin small letter z |
123 | { | { | { | { | left curly bracket |
124 | | | | | | | | | vertical line |
125 | } | } | } | } | right curly bracket |
126 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | tilde |
127 | DEL | Description | |||
128 | € | euro sign | |||
129 | NOT USED | ||||
130 | ‚ | single low-9 quotation mark | |||
131 | ƒ | Latin small letter f with hook | |||
132 | „ | double low-9 quotation mark | |||
133 | … | horizontal ellipsis | |||
134 | † | dagger | |||
135 | ‡ | double dagger | |||
136 | ˆ | modifier letter circumflex accent | |||
137 | ‰ | per mille sign | |||
138 | Š | Latin capital letter S with caron | |||
139 | ‹ | single left-pointing angle quotation mark | |||
140 | Œ | Latin capital ligature OE | |||
141 | NOT USED | ||||
142 | Ž | Latin capital letter Z with caron | |||
143 | NOT USED | ||||
144 | NOT USED | ||||
145 | ‘ | left single quotation mark | |||
146 | ’ | right single quotation mark | |||
147 | “ | left double quotation mark | |||
148 | ” | right double quotation mark | |||
149 | • | bullet | |||
150 | – | en dash | |||
151 | — | em dash | |||
152 | ˜ | small tilde | |||
153 | ™ | trade mark sign | |||
154 | š | Latin small letter s with caron | |||
155 | › | single right-pointing angle quotation mark | |||
156 | œ | Latin small ligature oe | |||
157 | NOT USED | ||||
158 | ž | Latin small letter z with caron | |||
159 | Ÿ | Latin capital letter Y with diaeresis | |||
160 | no-break space | ||||
161 | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark | |
162 | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign | |
163 | £ | £ | £ | pound sign | |
164 | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | currency sign | |
165 | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign | |
166 | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken bar | |
167 | § | § | § | section sign | |
168 | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | diaeresis | |
169 | © | © | © | copyright sign | |
170 | ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicator | |
171 | « | « | « | left-pointing double angle quotation mark | |
172 | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign | |
173 | soft hyphen | ||||
174 | ® | ® | ® | registered sign | |
175 | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron | |
176 | ° | ° | ° | degree sign | |
177 | ± | ± | ± | plus-minus sign | |
178 | ² | ² | ² | superscript two | |
179 | ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three | |
180 | ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent | |
181 | µ | µ | µ | micro sign | |
182 | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | pilcrow sign | |
183 | · | · | · | middle dot | |
184 | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla | |
185 | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one | |
186 | º | º | º | masculine ordinal indicator | |
187 | » | » | » | right-pointing double angle quotation mark | |
188 | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | vulgar fraction one quarter | |
189 | ½ | ½ | ½ | vulgar fraction one half | |
190 | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | vulgar fraction three quarters | |
191 | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark | |
192 | À | À | À | Latin capital letter A with grave | |
193 | Á | Á | Á | Latin capital letter A with acute | |
194 | Â | Â | Â | Latin capital letter A with circumflex | |
195 | Ã | Ã | Ã | Latin capital letter A with tilde | |
196 | Ä | Ä | Ä | Latin capital letter A with diaeresis | |
197 | Å | Å | Å | Latin capital letter A with ring above | |
198 | Æ | Æ | Æ | Latin capital letter AE | |
199 | Ç | Ç | Ç | Latin capital letter C with cedilla | |
200 | È | È | È | Latin capital letter E with grave | |
201 | É | É | É | Latin capital letter E with acute | |
202 | Ê | Ê | Ê | Latin capital letter E with circumflex | |
203 | Ë | Ë | Ë | Latin capital letter E with diaeresis | |
204 | Ì | Ì | Ì | Latin capital letter I with grave | |
205 | Í | Í | Í | Latin capital letter I with acute | |
206 | Î | Î | Î | Latin capital letter I with circumflex | |
207 | Ï | Ï | Ï | Latin capital letter I with diaeresis | |
208 | Ð | Ð | Ð | Latin capital letter Eth | |
209 | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | Latin capital letter N with tilde | |
210 | Ò | Ò | Ò | Latin capital letter O with grave | |
211 | Ó | Ó | Ó | Latin capital letter O with acute | |
212 | Ô | Ô | Ô | Latin capital letter O with circumflex | |
213 | Õ | Õ | Õ | Latin capital letter O with tilde | |
214 | Ö | Ö | Ö | Latin capital letter O with diaeresis | |
215 | × | × | × | multiplication sign | |
216 | Ø | Ø | Ø | Latin capital letter O with stroke | |
217 | Ù | Ù | Ù | Latin capital letter U with grave | |
218 | Ú | Ú | Ú | Latin capital letter U with acute | |
219 | Û | Û | Û | Latin capital letter U with circumflex | |
220 | Ü | Ü | Ü | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis | |
221 | Ý | Ý | Ý | Latin capital letter Y with acute | |
222 | Þ | Þ | Þ | Latin capital letter Thorn | |
223 | ß | ß | ß | Latin small letter sharp s | |
224 | à | à | à | Latin small letter a with grave | |
225 | á | á | á | Latin small letter a with acute | |
226 | â | â | â | Latin small letter a with circumflex | |
227 | ã | ã | ã | Latin small letter a with tilde | |
228 | ä | ä | ä | Latin small letter a with diaeresis | |
229 | å | å | å | Latin small letter a with ring above | |
230 | æ | æ | æ | Latin small letter ae | |
231 | ç | ç | ç | Latin small letter c with cedilla | |
232 | è | è | è | Latin small letter e with grave | |
233 | é | é | é | Latin small letter e with acute | |
234 | ê | ê | ê | Latin small letter e with circumflex | |
235 | ë | ë | ë | Latin small letter e with diaeresis | |
236 | ì | ì | ì | Latin small letter i with grave | |
237 | í | í | í | Latin small letter i with acute | |
238 | î | î | î | Latin small letter i with circumflex | |
239 | ï | ï | ï | Latin small letter i with diaeresis | |
240 | ð | ð | ð | Latin small letter eth | |
241 | ñ | ñ | ñ | Latin small letter n with tilde | |
242 | ò | ò | ò | Latin small letter o with grave | |
243 | ó | ó | ó | Latin small letter o with acute | |
244 | ô | ô | ô | Latin small letter o with circumflex | |
245 | õ | õ | õ | Latin small letter o with tilde | |
246 | ö | ö | ö | Latin small letter o with diaeresis | |
247 | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign | |
248 | ø | ø | ø | Latin small letter o with stroke | |
249 | ù | ù | ù | Latin small letter u with grave | |
250 | ú | ú | ú | Latin small letter u with acute | |
251 | û | û | û | Latin small letter with circumflex | |
252 | ü | ü | ü | Latin small letter u with diaeresis | |
253 | ý | ý | ý | Latin small letter y with acute | |
254 | þ | þ | þ | Latin small letter thorn | |
255 | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
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