diff --git a/img2img.py b/img2img.py
index 06936104..3e02b113 100644
--- a/img2img.py
+++ b/img2img.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ def main(opt):
         cell_height = 12
         num_cols = int(width / cell_width)
         num_rows = int(height / cell_height)
-    char_width, char_height = font.getsize(sample_character)
+    bbox = font.getbbox(sample_character)
+    char_width = bbox[2] - bbox[0]
+    char_height = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
     out_width = char_width * num_cols
     out_height = scale * char_height * num_rows
     out_image = Image.new("L", (out_width, out_height), bg_code)
diff --git a/img2img_color.py b/img2img_color.py
index 86a0768e..3f91f382 100644
--- a/img2img_color.py
+++ b/img2img_color.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ def main(opt):
         cell_height = 12
         num_cols = int(width / cell_width)
         num_rows = int(height / cell_height)
-    char_width, char_height = font.getsize(sample_character)
+    bbox = font.getbbox(sample_character)
+    char_width = bbox[2] - bbox[0]
+    char_height = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
     out_width = char_width * num_cols
     out_height = scale * char_height * num_rows
     out_image = Image.new("RGB", (out_width, out_height), bg_code)
diff --git a/img2txt.py b/img2txt.py
index 44bda99e..8099cd83 100644
--- a/img2txt.py
+++ b/img2txt.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main(opt):
     if opt.mode == "simple":
         CHAR_LIST = '@%#*+=-:. '
     else:
-        CHAR_LIST = "$@B%8&WM#*oahkbdpqwmZO0QLCJUYXzcvunxrjft/\|()1{}[]?-_+~<>i!lI;:,\"^`'. "
+        CHAR_LIST = r"""$@B%8&WM#*oahkbdpqwmZO0QLCJUYXzcvunxrjft/\|()1{}[]?-_+~<>i!lI;:,\"^`'. """
     num_chars = len(CHAR_LIST)
     num_cols = opt.num_cols
     image = cv2.imread(opt.input)
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index b1ea6d9c..4fb6717b 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@
 
 def sort_chars(char_list, font, language):
     if language == "chinese":
-        char_width, char_height = font.getsize("制")
+        bbox = font.getbbox("制")
+        char_width=bbox[2]-bbox[0]
+        char_height=bbox[3]-bbox[1]
     elif language == "korean":
-        char_width, char_height = font.getsize("ㅊ")
+        bbox = font.getbbox("ㅊ")
+        char_width=bbox[2]-bbox[0]
+        char_height=bbox[3]-bbox[1]
     elif language == "japanese":
-        char_width, char_height = font.getsize("あ")
+        bbox = font.getbbox("あ")
+        char_width=bbox[2]-bbox[0]
+        char_height=bbox[3]-bbox[1]
     elif language in ["english", "german", "french", "spanish", "italian", "portuguese", "polish"]:
-        char_width, char_height = font.getsize("A")
+        bbox = font.getbbox("A")
+        char_width=bbox[2]-bbox[0]
+        char_height=bbox[3]-bbox[1]
     elif language == "russian":
-        char_width, char_height = font.getsize("A")
+        bbox = font.getbbox("A")
+        char_width=bbox[2]-bbox[0]
+        char_height=bbox[3]-bbox[1]
     num_chars = min(len(char_list), 100)
     out_width = char_width * len(char_list)
     out_height = char_height