generate word cloud with basic contour

wc_basic_contour.py

# Function to generate word cloud with basic contour
def generate_better_wordcloud(data, title, mask=None):
    cloud = WordCloud(scale=3,
                      max_words=150,
                      colormap='RdYlGn',
                      mask=mask,
                      background_color='white',
                      stopwords=stopwords,
                      collocations=True,
                      contour_color='black',
                      contour_width=1).generate_from_text(data)
    plt.figure(figsize=(10,8))
    plt.imshow(cloud)
    plt.axis('off')
    plt.title(title)
    plt.show()
    
# Use function to generate wordcloud
generate_better_wordcloud(rome_corpus, 'Rome, Italy', mask=rome_mask)