te8.py

import numpy as np
from PIL import Image

roman_mask = np.array(Image.open(path.join(d, 'roman7.png')))
text_stem = open(fpath + '/Plutarch_stem.txt', 'rt').read()

wc = WordCloud(stopwords=stop_words, 
               max_font_size=200,
               width=5000,
               height=4000,
               background_color="white", 
               max_words=4000, 
               mask=roman_mask,
               contour_width=3, 
               contour_color='steelblue',
               random_state = 64).generate(text_stem)

wc.to_file(path.join(d, "wc_stemmed.png")) #comment out if no need to store the png

fig = plt.figure().set_size_inches(18, 18)
plt.imshow(wc, interpolation='bilinear')
plt.axis("off")
plt.title("Plutarch's Lives (Stemmed)", fontsize= 20)
plt.show()