The HTML charset Attribute is used to specify the character encoding for the HTML document. The charset attribute could be overridden by using the lang attribute of any element.
Syntax:
<meta charset="character_set">
Attribute Values: It contains the value i.e character_set which specify the character encoding for the HTML document.
Values:
- UTF-8: It specify the character encoding for Unicode.
- ISO-8859-1: It specify the character encoding for the Latin alphabet.
Example: This Example illustrates the use of charset Attribute in Meta Element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
HTML charset Attribute
</title>
<meta name="keywords" charset="UTF-8"
content="Meta Tags, Metadata" />
</head>
<body style="text-align:center">
<H1>Hello GeeksforGeeks!</H1>
<h2>
HTML charset Attribute in Meta Element
</h2>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <meta> Charset Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari