Character sets

The usage of character sets in HTML is intended to help internationalize the Internet and to ensure that WWW formats and protocols are usable worldwide. The standard that works with the subject of Internationalization is known as 'i18n' (i + 18 letters + n = internationalization).

The list below presents the list of the most often used character sets sorted alphabetically by the language name.

Important to say is that UTF-8 character set should be used whenever possible.