Usage of charset in the script tag for Javascript

Question

I need to include text of different languages in the javascript app that I'm writing, and the characters need to show up properly in different webpages that have different page encodings. The script is external.

I've read that in order to have the browser correctly interpret and display these characters, a charset tag should be added in the script tag. However, I am facing a few problems with this approach and would like to see if anyone could help.

1. The order of the charset seems to matter in IE9. Should "charset" be declared before "src" in the script tag? Is there such a specification or did anyone see a similar issue?

2. I've seen someone comment in another forum that the charset in an element will not be processed if the webpage defines a charset in the http content type/meta (or something along that line). Is this true? Does this mean that the charset in the script tag will be ignored then? If so, how to overcom

3. Are there any other recommended methods besides using charset in the script tag? Manipulating the webpages is not an option.

Answer 1

If I understood you correctly, you have multiple js files each one using a different encoding, and you tried the charset on the <script> tag but that is causing you troubles.

If so, have you tried not adding the charset at all and having the javascript files encoded in Unicode? I found that to be the best in having the browser actually render the correct fonts.

read this for some examples and let us know if it works out for you!