Category: Text

text/css

text/css instructs browsers to parse the file as styling rules. In strict mode, modern browsers will refuse to load stylesheets with non-text/css MIME types.

MIME / CONTENT-TYPE

text/css

ASSOCIATED EXTENSIONS

.css

PRIMARY CATEGORY

Text

HTTP Headers & Web Server Configurations

Standard HTTP Response Header

Content-Type: text/css; charset=utf-8

Send this exact header in HTTP responses to instruct browsers how to decode and render the payload.

Node.js / Express / Web API

res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/css; charset=utf-8");
res.setHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");

NGINX Configuration (mime.types)

types {
    text/css css;
}

Apache (.htaccess / httpd.conf)

AddType text/css .css

Security Advisory & Hardening

With `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`, browsers will strictly refuse to apply stylesheets that do not match `text/css`.

Frequently Asked Questions

text/css Questions & Answers

Common questions regarding MIME types, Content-Type headers, and web server configurations.

The standard HTTP response header is: "Content-Type: text/css; charset=utf-8".

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