# CCC Studios — Text to ASCII Art Converter

> CCC Studios — Text to ASCII Art Converter is a paid API for AI agents from ccc-studios.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Converts a text string into ASCII art using a specified font, paid via x402 micropayments on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ccc-studios.vercel.app/api/text-to-ascii
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ccc-studios-text-to-ascii-art-converter-28f5e5cd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_q_CwS2vTaF8d4CwWgLgCI

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-converter-28f5e5cd
```

Example prompt: Can you render the text 'Hello World' as ASCII art using the 'banner3' font?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to convert a short text string into ASCII art with a specific named font, especially in contexts where micropayment-per-call billing via x402 on Base is acceptable. Prefer this over general-purpose image generators when the output is purely text-based ASCII and you want a lightweight, low-cost per-call API.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported font name returns an error
- Missing required 'text' parameter causes a 400 or error response
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
- Text too long may cause truncation or error
- Network timeout on the Vercel endpoint

## 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 representation of the input text rendered in the chosen font — typically a multi-line string of printable ASCII characters forming the stylized text image.

## 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-converter-28f5e5cd/health.json
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