Why specify @charset “UTF-8”; in your CSS file?

Question

I\'ve been seeing this instruction as the very first line of numerous CSS files that have been turned over to me:

@charset \"UTF-8\";

What

Answer 1

One reason to always include a character set specification on every page containing text is to avoid cross site scripting vulnerabilities. In most cases the UTF-8 character set is the best choice for text, including HTML pages.