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Specifies the character set for an external stylesheet.

HTML	@charset "sCharacterSet"
Script	N/A

sCharacterSet

String specifying the character set.

The rule has no default value.

At most, one @charset can be used in an external stylesheet, and it must appear at the top of the file, not preceded by any characters. The @charset rule cannot be in an embedded stylesheet.

The following sample demonstrates how the @charset rule is implemented.

@charset "Windows-1251";