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Life & fun · February 5, 2016

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Ascii Art to Data URI

Ascii Art to Data URI launched on February 5, 2016 with 17 votes, #1,925 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

Ascii Art to Data URI is a tool that converts ASCII art into data URIs, allowing users to embed text-based art directly into web code. Launched in 2016, it serves developers and designers who want to incorporate ASCII artwork into their projects without relying on external image files. The tool simplifies the process of transforming simple text art into a format suitable for web implementation.

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