Re: Non-ASCII characters in CSS

On Monday 2009-08-03 16:32 +0100, Phil Archer wrote:
> Please forgive me if this is an old question but is it actually wrong to  
> have non-ASCII characters in CSS? i.e., is this invalid:
>
> #fundaciĆ³n {
>   background-color:#fff;
> }
>
> I ask because the validator throws it out but it seems a bit harsh!

It's valid.  It's probably also a good idea to use an @charset
rule at the *very* beginning of the style sheet.  (Could the
validator be complaining because it thinks the style sheet is in a
different encoding than it actually is?)

-David

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Received on Monday, 3 August 2009 15:46:44 UTC