# CCC Studios — Text to ASCII Art API

> CCC Studios — Text to ASCII Art API is a paid API for AI agents from cthreexstudios.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Converts input text into ASCII art using a specified font, returning stylized character-based renderings.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cthreexstudios.vercel.app/api/text-to-ascii
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ccc-studios-text-to-ascii-art-api-937cb8c2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EdTTxxImah4iz6SsYLZh6

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ccc-studios-text-to-ascii-art-api-937cb8c2
```

Example prompt: Can you turn the text 'Hello World' into ASCII art using the 'slant' font?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically render text as ASCII art and want to pay per use without a subscription. Ideal for terminal tools, creative content generation, or decorative banners where per-call micropayments via Base USDC are acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported font name returns an error
- Missing required 'text' parameter results in a bad request
- Payment failure via x402 micropayment results in a 402 Payment Required response
- Very long text strings may be truncated or rejected
- Network timeout if the Vercel deployment is cold-starting

## How this service works

Convert images and text to ASCII art. Pay per conversion via x402 micropayments on Base.

## Output

The agent receives an ASCII art rendering of the provided text, composed of printable characters arranged to visually represent the input string in the chosen font style.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "font": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Font name"
  },
  "text": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Text to render"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ccc-studios-text-to-ascii-art-api-937cb8c2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from cthreexstudios.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/cthreexstudios.vercel.app/llms.txt)