Draw letters with Pillow using the verdana true type font

DrawLetters.py

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import mahotas as mh

def makeLetterImage(character, size):
    image = Image.new("RGBA", (600,150), (255,255,255))
    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
    font = ImageFont.truetype("verdana.ttf", size)
    
    draw.text((5, 0), character, (0,0,0), font=font)
    img_resized = np.array(image.resize((300,75), Image.ANTIALIAS))
    letter = img_resized[0:40,0:30,0]<64
    r1 = mh.bbox(letter)[0]
    r2 = mh.bbox(letter)[1]
    c1 = mh.bbox(letter)[2]
    c2 = mh.bbox(letter)[3]
    letter = letter[r1-1:r2+1,c1-1:c2+1]
    return letter

imA = makeLetterImage("A", 70)
imB = makeLetterImage("B", 70)
imH = makeLetterImage("H", 70)

subplot(131)
imshow(imA, interpolation='nearest')
subplot(132)
imshow(imB, interpolation='nearest')
subplot(133)
imshow(imH, interpolation='nearest')